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razed across the table at his score tary.
Finally, he said:
.sMy dear scri you N can 6 " t really
mean what you say You Know 7. 5t lll's
hold that all classeso OF labor should naVe
exactly the same com ton % Inc
]. Il n iiner. the black smi til, the preacher,
the president, the postal clerk, the au--s
thor. the publisher, the printer'-.yes,
the man who sweeps out the ONCE, or
who polishes boots. should each !'l1l
alike. if this world we're w hat it should
be-yes what it aciN be. W W hy, S SCI;
yer. YOU surely couldn't have read my
book - 4 III ss.
.sRead it? why, hang it, ! ,aoa'ote IT.,
..You wrote It? The deuce you did.
/ always thought was the author Of
81 $50 you are. But didn't take y az
down in shorthand, and didn't whack
it out on the typewriter, and dldn 9 &c
over the proof sheets with you Ana
vet you ask me If had read it!'
'.0h. yes, quito right, sec what You
mean Well, If You paid as much a at
ton to the arguments as you DID 70 sne
autography, should think you Would
not ask if really meant what said IN
the book
..Oh, suppose yon meant It all right
enough-in a way-in theory per-
haps, but
.sMy dear sir, allow ,ne to say that
theory that is not practical, is simply
no theory at all The great success OF
Gazing Upward has been duo to the
fact that it is an eminently practical
work The naturalization OF every
thing is not a matter OF theory Inc
ideas advocated in that book can De
seen at work any time. Look at the
army, look at the post-ofice.
"Oh, that's all right, looking at things
in bulk Let us come down to practical
details Detail is The real test OF any
scheme. Take this volume, Gazing Y p
ward Now. might ask how much
this book has netted you up to date?"
''Oh, l don't know exactly. Some
where in the neighborhood OF ono hum
dred thousand dollars"
every we'll, Their. Now let as look
for moment at the method by which
that book was produced. You walked
up and down this room with your hands
behind your back, and dictated chapter
after chapter, and | sat 40 this table
taking it all down in shorthand. Then
YOU went out and took the air while
whacked it out on the typewriter
II wish you wouldn't say 'whacked,'
SERVER That's twice you've used it"
'sAal right. typographical error. For
.whacked read manipulated. Then
you looked over the typewriter pages,
and erased and wrote in and finally
got out perfect copy Now worked
Jus, as hard-probabl; harder-than you
did, yet the success of that book was en-
tirely due TO you, and not to me There
fore it is quite right thatyou should get
one hundred thousand dollars, and that
I should get fifteen dollars week.
Come, now, isn't it? Speaking as man
of common sense.
speaking exactly in that way say.
no, it is not right, If the world were
rightly ruled the compensation of au-
thor and secretary would have been ex-
actly thezsame." 1850 Is. A.
IL ''Oh! we'll, If you go so far as that
replied the secretary. II have nothing
more to say" A.
The author laughed and the two men.
bent their energies to the correspond
ence When the task was finished
SERVER SAID:
II would like to get a couple of days
off, Mr.. Ringamy. have some private
business to attend to-" 5#
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'I'l report to you on Thursday morn
ing"
Every we'll, then, not later than
Thursday I think I'll take couple Of
days off myself.
On Thursday morning Mr.. Johnson
Rirgamy sat in his library looking outof
the window, but the day was notas pleas