Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-28

Icould not disheartcn him bysaying the
truth. 50 answered. Perhaps YOU don't
feed M the uco1.'
"Y,,Tdo-cxcept when I look at this
ftuG CGh
Read ne what you'y, done
lie rprd ana 1t WAS wundrous bad. He
ysonsai n all the specially tur,ld seu-
tenccs. waiting for a little approval, for he
wa rs Iroui 90 those sentences as knew
h. aid n'.
1T needs revision" | said at last, eau
uousv.
don't tliuk YOU could alter word here
without sol.lin1 the sense. II reads bet
ter aloud than when I was writing II
Charlie. you're suffering from an alarm
inr di-e.sr affecting q numerous class.
Ut the thing los aud tackle IT again in a
WI.
- want 20 dat at once, What do YOU
thinA %. it,
How can iudre from a half-written
tai. Toll me the whole of the story
Inari, told. ard in the telling there was
everything that his ignorance had so care
fu!iv prevented from escaping INTO the
written word. | looked 40 HIM aghaSt.
Nq.it1o.s bio he did not know the beauty,
III, originality. the tremendous power Of
the notion that had come IN his way. Men
hal been shaken 10 their depths bv inspi-
ration not q 1.-THE a. full. But Charlie bah
Died on srreHcly. interrupting the current
81 uurc fancy with samples of horrible
f.uteuces he purpusci to use. heard HIM
out to the end. IL would be follow TO allow
las idea 10 remain III his own :ncpt hands,
wnca could DO So much with II. Not all
tlat could be done, indeed; but OH, 50
much
hat DO YOU Think" he said.
l.. l.. - 10 oil. ~
won't be able % handle 1t for ever 50 long.
Aow '
'Wolld IL be of any use to Won? Would
You care IL take it, should be proud. "
BAD Charlie, promptly.
Their. is nothing sweeter IN the world
than the gUileieSs. hot headed. lntempe-
ratc. open admiration OF a JUNIOR. Even a
woman. ~ her bAndest devotion, does not
fall into the gait II the man she adore.
tll her bonnet 10 the angle at which h,
wears his hai or interlard her speech with
his pet oaths Aud Charlie did all these
things. Stll II was necessary to salve nay
conscience.
Let's make "a bargain. I'll give you a
FIVE for the notion" | said.
charlie became q bank clerk at once.
" Oh, that's impossible! Between two
pals YOU snow. II 1 may call YOU So. and
sreaking as man 2i the world, couldn't
taAe the notion Il it's any good TO you.
I've heaps more
He had. Nobody knew this better than
j. but they were mostly the notions Of
other men.
Look al II as q matter Of business-be-
tween men Of the woodland five pounds
Viii buy YOU any number of books Busi-
ness IS business, and You may be sure
shouldn't sprlng that price unless --"
On, II you put II that way" said
Charlie, yisibly moved by the thought OF
the books. And the bargain was clinched
with an understanding that Charlie should
al unstated intervals come 10 me with all
the notions that he possessed. should have
table of bis own 70 write at, and unques-
TONED NIGHT 10 infiict upon me all HIS
poems and fragments of poems. Then SAID
!; Now tell ne how you came by tins
notion"
ut came" Charles eyes opened.
les, but YOU told me great deal
about the hero that you must have read
before"
haven't any time for reading except
when YOU let NE sli here, and on SUNDAYS
I'm on my tricycle. on down the river all
day. There's nothing wrong about the
hero, is therei"
Tell me again aud shall understand
clearly. You say that your hero went pi-
rating. How did he liyei"
he was on the lower deck of this skip.
thing"
=" What sort Of ship? Tell me every
thing about il"
=" 1t was the kind rowed with oars--and
the sea sDurts through the holes for the
oars. and The men sit up 70 their knees in
water. Then there's bench running
down between the two lines Of oars, and
the ovorseer runs up and down the bench
q make the men work"
How do YOU know that?"
+" It's in the tale. There's o rope run
ming overhead, Topped no 10 tho upper
aeck, Tor the oyesrseer to catch hold OF
when the ship rolls. When the oyeerseer
misses the rope once and falls among the
sowers. yswswbsys hs hero laughs Ut him