The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-20
CHAPTER Y.

At the first Mr. Holder held somewhat aloof
hsps that there was n" General desire oH II.
genial TO a select few: He walked the deck
who paid considerable attention to his per-
ssonai appearance. As day followed day Mr..
Mh Miss On What Is
ca led equal terms. The somewhat startling
orinions and uneX pected remarks OF the Amer
less tended to confirm his previous unfavora-
BILE IMPRESSIONS Of the Inhabitants OF the
ent during these conferences. and must
biorrasher. .hatf do not At ali approve Of Ris
silent and moody and. II It were any other
man than he; would even 60 so far as to say
Holders persistent ignoring Of him. and the
tated saei: but i he had had the advan.
to that. People thrive on the condescension
Yet Buei did not seem to be pleased. But the
man should actually have taken it upon him
to Holder as, sh. sat in her desk chair;
had i Baei to ind fault ns' with free and inde
pendent citizen OF another eountry.2 Evidently
young man his place: and would. perhaps,
tendency Of bis nationality to interfere in mat;
terS that did not CONCERN ger them a she ga
and then flashed quick glance at the serious
sweet and appealing but It Was not not what we
have right to expect from one whose ruler is
her. servant toward one whose ruler Is his SOW
ereign. In fact, the conduct OF these two
young people at this time is utterly inexplica-
ble to me, and have merely. to content my
attempting to give any reason for them.
why did you pretend TO- Holder that you
had never heard 81 him. and a., make him state
's nd h hs soSd Do
to minister to his insutlerable varity' Hasn't
he egotism enough already? saw in paper
sold to the, extent OF over. 10O.0Oo copies in
America SUI. snppSse e that is something m Won q,
It leaves s' over nifty millions Of people Who
sTs;, sSs Sc s VIII 10 majority Ss
:: Then I suppose you will not tell him you
bought his latest book in London. and 50 you
n sad fhs Pfyese OF bringing up on
No, The pleasure Of reading that book
But '' my punishment does not end thers.
Would you believe that authors are SO win
tha. they actually carry with them the books
You astonish mo-
~ thought t would: And ADDED to that
to lend their works to inoirensive people. who
hot S to- n s I'M and do wS hsgs
Holder. He kindly offered me his books to
read i. on the way over; He has nrsttiy hound
which read ever 50 many years ago '00''
"FGE rms me lrst time. yes; but don't care to
The conversation was here interrupted BY
Mr.. Holder himself. who sank into the vacant
though he would rise and leave them together.
tSs h.aa N linn Siss
standing. The young man felt glow, OF sat
with less discomfort than usual in his eyes,
:. have brought you said the novelist.
:.'Oh. thank you" cried that piece Of duplicity
whom he addressed. with unnecessary en-
phasis on tho middle word.
Holder by those whose opin ions are thought
highly OF in London. to be perhaps my most
successful work It is. Of course. not for me
my own part prefer the story l gave. you this
morning But But an authors choice is rarely
And was this book published in American"
can hardly say 1t was published. They
did me the honor to pirate it in your most
should say enemy-isent me IA copy. 1t was
z most ntrocions production. IN a paper cover
Kind q spelling which is. also. SO prevalent M
:, Il believe said Buel. srsaking for the first
here Is good English authority for much that
Tesson: as il we needed English authority
four great Enslish anthority thsueer@welI@"
Have yon read Chaucer:" asked Mr.. Hold
Certainly not. but | have looked, at his
hose dialect stories IN the magazines"
Miss Jcssop turned over the pages, of the
lid so name caught her attention. She re-
problem which had troubled her
when she read the book before. She cried i'm
"oh. Mr. Holder. there is O. question want
Buel. who seemed to realize the situation.
The way Of the transgressor is hard" he
isn't it2 cordially agreed the unblushing
What did You wish to ask me:" inquired
was it tho American spelling or the Amer.
ca piracy that made you dislike the United
AZ, Holder raised his ey,,sbr,9ws s,...
,ave many friends there. and see much to ad-
nire In the country But there are some
hings that do not commend themselves TO |
ne. and those ! yentured to touch upon lightly |
N one or Two occasions. much to the dis |
,ieasuro o.! a. section OF the inha bitants-a
NAL section. hopr.
:" Don't you think" yentured Buol. that a
writer should rather touch on what pleases
i'm than on what dis;pleases him. In writing
Possibly EOS Nations are like individuals:
hoy prefer fis,tery to honest criticism,
But writer should remem bsr that there Is |
10 law OF libel to protect u nation" |
TO this remark Mr. Holder did not reply.
And what did you object to most. Mr.. Hod-
Ter p ask ed the, girl
That's u hard question to answer. think. |
owever that one Of the most deplorahle fea- !
ures OF American life is the unlridled license
I the press. The reporters make existencex
urden: they print the most unIustIfable
Kings in their So called interviews. and a man
Ias no redress. There Ia no escaping them.
I a man Is at all well known. they attack him
etorc he has a chance to leave the shin. IL
ou refuse 10 say anything, they will write
'urely imaginative interview The last time
visited America. five OF them came out IT, in
eryiew me-they came out In the Custom
louise steamer believe"
Why should feel fa:tered II they took all
hat troubie over me. Mr.. Holder"
All ask OF them il to leave me alone
IN protect you. Mr. Holder. When they