Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-04

\ TALE oF LITERARY LIFE.
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alone 10 eNO -.
y .-S.re TO go ncw, aud ais heart
l2" ,'-s:1..e as he paced the platform
sn@ . TO- feeling that ID was his last
TicSJ' 81 sster. BE turned Into tho
EaS " orire 10 consult timetable and
Co'il9 .sinst the wall a railway map
y, 80 80 For a long time ne stood
LlD~s-it and rs he traced the river,
oa.l -s,..s familiar to him by name, the
So 49, and buildings which were
s'I.C - words 90 him, be felt that he
5-,'iI-o i'm London somehow. de dis
US. "a Flee. street In the map and
o' y',g tfe best way OF getting to II
l,'' T,-.r-'s Cross. Then GraSping his
o -.. rr~.v. be took possession OF Lon
% ..eslmIy aS be could.
2 o. o. ever found any difficulty after
~ =, rfcking out the shabby eating
l'~, :, which ho had his first meal in
1-- Grsy's inn road remained 70
.lvovs lbs most romantic street be-
ts vent down 10 first. He walked
.ls roar of London in HOlbOrn
y Yer forgot the alley into which be
.,s4 10 fud If he had suddenly be-
y. 5gsf lie wondered when the
IN weu.d pass. Years afterwards he
IN into Fetter lane, and suddenly
came back TO his mind the
.trs that had held him as he went
=, -be day be arrived in London.
-.-r,ir awe came upon Rob as he
l.4,vr Fleet street on the one side
--,frog the other. He could not
.f.9efrg into the faces OF the per-
.F. r.ssed him, and wondered II
.4...f the Times. The lean man
l r, r. ,.ss I'm such a hurry that wherever
Tad 20 10 be would soon be there,
/ .-5- be- "a man of letters WHOM Rob
4 ~. bv heart, but perhaps no was only
/ ..-t,r Journalist with his eye on hal.
| own The mild-IOoSiDg man whom
~ smiled so because, when he was
M vgqv across the street, no lost his
4 "a and was chased out Of sight by
20 dozen Ransom cabs, was war
RESPONDENT who had been SO long in
',.,t that the DerilS of London cross
+, unnamed MIN. The youth who
[so, his way home with pork chop
t.. n8cket edited o. society journal.
bbffi not recognize a distinguished
I ,s.fr q little. stout man who was look
rsrs.velv at q barrOwful OF wGlnUtS,
4 IN be vas mistaken in thinking that
BEARDED gentleman who held his
stt sd hirh must be somebody in par
sr. Rob observed 2 pale young man
1rr wlstiuliy at him, and wondered
be- was thief or q sub-editOr. de
Ir.sr mere y an aSpirant who had come
\, London that morning TO make his for
- and ne took Rob for q leader
.-.-.- $40 the least. The Offices, how
,.-. aud even the public buildings, the
ms. the uarrOwness Of the streets, all
sr9.r.eI Rob. The houses seemed
zat together for economy Of space,
.sa closed cuuCertina. Nothing quite
IrfneJ his expectations but the big let
-a0cs iu the district postal offices.
b. he'd not been sufficiently long In
,i0a To- feel It's greatest charms,
ch have been expressed i'm many
Az, 5y poet, Wit, business man, philoS-
bier. bat comes 10 this, that 10 is the
-.7 .,y in the world in whose streets
\ ol can eat penny buns without people
.lr,r- round 20 look nc you.
Ina lew DAYS Rob was part OF Lon
h. His SucheSter iaudlady had for
Hlrlad him his things, and Mr. Lie
Im.sl had washed his hands Of him.
b.. editor of the Mirrors letter
mounted 20 % lament that man whom
b. tsd allowed % do two mems work
.- lsli mans wages should have
.-e,sd him thus. Mr.. Licqu0risb, how
iy-. cad conceived the idea Of "forc-
E John Milton, aud SO saving . re-
,rar, and he did not insist on Rob
.emrliug. He expressed hope that
z-rag0rter would DO we'll In Lon
Don, and fear, amounting 20 q convic-
boo. that De would not. But he sent
be three pounds due 20 him IN wages,
pointing Out, justifabiy enough, that,
'uc-y speaking, Rob owed him a
rUtt', salary. Rob had not expected
,-,t u5er..ty, and from that time al
g8ys admitted that there must have
,asl au heroic vein in Mr.. LicQuorish
literal.
Bob established himself in a little
back room in the IsiiugJon, so small
'll,a fairly truthful journalist might
llye said ei 10, iO an article, tE2t you
bah % CLUB the table 20 reach the fire.
place, and ,0 lift oUt the easy chair be-
Poo, you could get out at the door. The
,oou was over a grOcer's store, whose
E.lllw bore the announcement: Eggs,
pew ai, is, 3d., eggs, fresh, Is. ID;
Eggs warranted, Is; eggs, 1Od." A shop
lerss the way limited aJ the reputation
Pc ue ue.glCorh0od in the polite piac-
PFC "Iy.s, ia the Lord; every other
person cash"
llsaa.y ornament Rob added to the
,e1nwas Che Christmas csrd in a frame.
a' placed .Dls on his mautel-piece and
..caet 40 &c frequently, but when ne
-'ir- lis iard.3jy coming he slipped 10
.l,- Into bus pocket. Yet he would
save liked 90 times 20 have the courage
Y eaye ttaere. Though he wanted TO
. literary man, he began his career
z .a-doa with q little sense, for he
Woe articles 20 editors instead OF call
-k 81 ile Offices, aud he had the good
o.'-le % have no intc0dUctionS. The
III! lSe,S man who ever male anything
" insisting ou seeing the editor was one
Scotsman, no doubt-who got him
=. -e a1d threatened 70 break his head
l' c.tHo -ud 90 opening for him,
--e editor saw that this was the sort Of
--- "-o had made up his mind TO get
IA, Sl1 yielded.
o-i'ns his first month in London Rob
.l.r.y articles and took them 10
- inherent offices In order 20 save the
,,e' Ilcre were many other men
'-e stree, no night doing the same
He 90, fifteen articles back by
..-'L Oh post and never saw the others
r.-' bu, here was the stuff Rob was
49, 49, OF: The thirty having been re-
~ De c.-ei 90 bread and cheese
,.- ,,sa1 the thirty-frst. It was ac-
.l oy Che 1i'H0tUu, a weekly paper.
~ view q sigh Of sxultation rs be got
5s.-5.. 2c19t In London and remem-