The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13
CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER II.
Kcnan Buel received from his London ruh.
Usher brown rarcr parcel, and on orcnjng II
iounH tl". contents to hH Sly exceedingly NV
, ,"r,"J OF q, LOO, Wani"i"rtnr pYDIishct
spared Mains tn make the out>id" A. a,trar'iv.
a. a. n cnull nc made at the price. hu"i turned
himself bu,ing II huuk that looked a. taste.
fnliN go; Nr H> tli~ one. tn" SIGHT 81 til" vol.
ume CAV" lam u thrill. for hrrur1nmborr, tia;
u" press Doubtless received it, ~hIr" At ~ uHt
the same time his yarcci caac. AVID T." icir"d
J." would not i"out "f the cuuntr; be'or" tn,
lnwc>cr, luck was with The yulng man. AMI
ne ,ntnd hImsrii on ~" platform Of .n~tyn
out having seen ANYTHING, about nj, huuk ~
the tlucr-. except Lrtct lin" Iiliug il I lid
and his own nam" and the price in The" roJk,
a.; he fingered roun! tho we'll kcrt-hoos
stat, bci2rc 'he train LETT he saw a i"n; row
gave a Ihmrus he caught sigh, oil twu cope,
o. bis own WORK in IT." row lthcll"l Sow
any at them had been sold yr'. lut in the ilrt
Race lie hadn't til" courage, mad ~ t',o second
llAce the ,rlers, was very bus. - hn stood
there. u handsome Nouug Eiri, Equipped 'Og
travelling stcppel IN 70 II" stall and ran her
eye hnrrlcdly ny and down the t"mrting
alrf 81 ii,Irnmrs' ~, nHHSM r"vG',l OF tue
books THO clerk followIn: tie. eye. ri"Er!
out iiuel's book.
Who Is it n.y." asked the siri.
:" ~ K"nNn nu"I now man" answered tho
T w,non, M 1T En ve nt"@H r
hre was nstmntshe! at the kpn ,,gl;" shown
hy I'll" nltrE. Tie kn"w that ". IT, smith +"
wondered how thr clerk ntrar"ntN kr"w -
my. .: the v9lrin", and its author i%rr."tt!HG
lt,tlessly ran the l"aycs Of the book vast -"
edge If her thumb lts'en"d & lGel lhn' t."
.: ! her S%a Ts Z nSs f" VI MS
pretty shr was. Ihrrc stood tn. merchant
eager 10 sell. and there, in the form OF y young
buy. why should any ono else: and II r"no ~
bought, what chance had AN unknown author:
She, put the book .lown aud looked w "a she
Yes miss. Six shiilinss."
lone companion and took down liodi"r's.
THANH y'u.' said the girl. ctNn: him, a
hal, s?ysrSSS n II ~, SnaFSS dn
Ruel said ntterwari that what hurt hlm most
in this painful inci'i.n, was the fact tiint Il i
lose lose ,aith in the Took. iIc Ind jone ;" wall
for u man who could not POSSIBLY have r2a, u
in tMS Y1 ra,her mi hn f e own ha II"
copy had NOT been sol |. lie walked t. the end
o'the platform. and then back to TIE nooS stall;
YETI he asked the clerk. in an unconcernea
Yes. sir. Here it is; three AMI siyrence
THANK YOU, said .Enel putting his hand
In his pocket. How Is II Selllny
well sir. there won't lie much call for II.
not likely till the reviews begin to come ou;."
There Mr.. Buell. you had u lesson; if you
| meaning. You have often since then been
| very scornful OF newspaper reviews. yet you
man VII" IS not ,' even abused How were YOU
| to know that tho columns OF grossly unfair
raneor whsn The bGn H"s r ronrsd out On
| ing serencly over the Atlantic. would make
that same clerk send in four selarat,,, ord"rs
| to the House" during the week: M"di inc
results. SO Mr Kenan Bue after luyinE a
manteau with no one To- give them TO- took his
| place i'll the train. and in due / inc found him
self in Liverpool and on boarI the Hcrantum.
portnlanteau on the deck aud with his newly
bought book in his hand, the string and
down on the empty side OF the deck. noticing
| how scrupul sly clean il was. 1t was the
shin, and and he he could not trust hnse &n uie
| to EXPLORE the depths below, and see what
kind Of a statcr3om and what sort o. "A com;
tod him When he bought his Ticket that the
steamer " oud be very crowded that TRIP SO
h. lad a faint hoy the "thsr is lin
his thoughts a wandered to the pretty sri
who did not, buy his book, He saw
| and placid old woman. VINO sat unconcern-
| eddy surrounded by bundles. shawls. straps.
| valiSes. and handbags which the Z ri nervous
tried to nyince tbs elderly lady that some.
| thing must have been left behind in tho train
Steamer anne The worry o. trouble. which the
| elderly woman absolutely refused to share.
seemed to re-: est, With double weight on the
"a" As Buei thought OF all this he saw the girl
approach him along the deck with a smile Of
IDENTITY mistakes me Tor someone else. he said
| to himself
and holding out her hand, - soc You have
| found my book" lie helnlessly held ont the
package to her. which she took.
Yes. recognized it by the string. bought
i at Eust"n -tn,i9n. ! am forever losing
thnEs,' she added. Thank 80" ever 50
Eue laughed to himself as she disappeared.
BOOK" he said iIt to himself She via think the
| cler; has made Il mi stake. must get her I'M
biased opinion Oft before the voyage end~.
| The voyage At that moment was Just begin
that fact 10 his knowledge. He sought slew
ard and asked him to carry the p@rtmanteau
You don t happen 10 know whether there
Is any one else in that room or not. 90 you''
ITS likely there is. sir. The sIjp'sverytull
Bue followed him into the saloon. and alon.;
! the seemingly intcriunable passage. then
down z narrow side ,ni"y,, into WHICH door
at the door. and a. there was 10 RESPONSE
| opened it. All hopes Of room! TO hlns"li
| vanished ns Buc looked into thu small state
| room. Theirs was Il st"aEl"r trunk un the
| floor. n lortIiant"au on the sea-. while The
| two hunks wcre "' yered with a miscellaneous
assortment OF handbags. haw!-strap bundles.
! and Packages.
Tile steward sm,l"1.
"Ithink no wants Il room to himself" he
sail.
On the trunk Hur no. iced the name in whitc
stSiE moa1 %, IN, rnt In ,n',an ~ nnre ros,
bs tn. ccinhrat"'l nov list. rms Noi,r was
siren ghon,.d when h. SAW ON tn ortmautcav
m. letters u. J.. IT,. wuici wrre the nolal.
ISIS iri;i&i@. H. pictured to himse.! the in
t"rcsting conversations they would hav. ui,
III" way OVER. and hope he would nHvr som"
pa iclnr- iron the novelist own lips OT bis
early struggles Tor filG" >tl'. tie ii! -. ~
!pw hims"!i t. t,.j!d too much on hls spp;,~r-
tirr. for lh"r,' ore great many People IN this
world. and tie cG"EccS we're mat "a" 'r'lv"ii"r
wnUl be some 'minunp!uco individual oi tho
sam. name.
III. -t.wnri Ilnred the Iortmant"au hes.ln
lii. ether ana! h:.'kr'i OUT OF III" uv"rfirw'n.,
ga aln All doubt rs to The Identity Of th" n'il,r
occupant was pat ~ rest b" IL" apl"atHHcp
Lnw, the nassau Of n ulan whom En-. In.
s,nnt!r r""ug IiH" by tn" 'rirH:ls J." Mr!