The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-28

Together with several thousand other low
or. of the unique Don literature we are glad
90 know that YOU are lu the domain oil ilr
Columbia. and respect you Tor your koou
taste in visiting the West first, but = careful
perusal Of one of your American letters
moves us 10 rise up as one man an q adnou-
i-h YOU not 10 be fresh. As "A student You
are of course aware that men are creatures
cf environment, and as part az your ME has
been spent among Indian icllahs, ralah-,
and anon among books ANA men OH letters,
YOU are prone o. speak rather s1ghilnEiN oil
people who have done nothing more merit
horizons than % change sand hills into popu-
lou. cities. build cable railroads. and pass
through an evolution from coon--kln caps
10 broadclOth, but some Of these same men
could bankrupt You an knowledge ANA set
Won no In business again with larger cap
ital then YOU had before. Therefore don't
be fresh.
Itis rather tough on YOU that the Amefi-
can public has stolen your stories. out tutA
were among th. first 10 discover that your
stories amounted % anything, ana then YOU
can get even with us by lccturlng al adj
Vanced prices.
no a man whose soul has been nurturCd
among ne dirty 0plum-eaiers OF the lhdiah
desert 10 must bee painful 90 near Hchll
dressed woman say "SeI L. tct some "'
these same women have walked TWO or three
bor And even from my limited knoWieuse
of people I can pick ont women descended
from nobility Of tne land OF your birth, VINO
have had ali the benefits of wealth ana edu-
cation. and who, l0r all that, DO not hho"
au epic poem fi0m a relic OF the /un III
diaus. al.
Tbe American people have made up theii
minds 10 like YOU. which Is proved by lne
thousands Of natiernc notices your au-
breviated roma noes have received from Tue
nress but il YOU are determined 20 reform
country. We would rather YOU would ar
range y0ur route 30 as a. SKIP the Ohieu
states. A trihe over century ago ie"
rude Americans (whO probably sald rse1
act ont 10 run this country without fnShsh
advice and they passed the idea down lo
fbeir descendants one Charles Dickens,
man whose abilities are in some quarters
supposed 10 equal your Own, once WIZ
two rather lengthy books calculator 10 snow
Inc dull American how 10 depori himself
but be lived ~ learn that for once IN MS NE
be- had been barking zap the wrong stump,
aud be walked manfully up 70 the rack ana
said 50. Go thou and do likewise.
r,svel over the wonderful width OF the
,restest country that the world mas ever
Known. gaze upon the most varied ana 'ne I
0ra.f scenery on the face Of the green
,,,ud earth study the liteO people VINO
i've in a land OF bOundless possibilities
cYnverse with women who were born III
cabins 10 grace palaces, and then 20 10
YOUR room 10 the DOstelrie where you
chance 10 be s0jOurning and softly say 70
Yourself: "Rudyasd old boy, you are sh~ft
and talented. but in this great ian9 .,
America you are no more than sno" "a.
In a certain torrd locality which was ratler
grsrhically described by Mr.. Dante" lheS /
BIZ yoursslf Tor a lecture tour, and as ionp
As soi inhaIe the blessed breath OF life yo,i
viii love America and its sons rla
asushters. aud you will bless the day = wAen
frst you came among us.--Texas sin ngs'