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

young man who had been examining 1t,
enter the shop, I thought the novel
was as good as sold. My excitement
was intense when shopman came out
for the three volumes and carried them
inside, but was puzzled on seeing the
Young gentleman depart, apparently
without having made purchase. Con-
slider my feelings when the shopman
replaced the three volumes on his shelf
with the new label, '924 pp., 3d.,
worth Is"
"Surely 1t found purchaser now?"
"Alas, no. The only man who seemed
to be attracted by it at eighteenpence
turned out to be the author OF John
Mordaunt's Christmas-box' Thrilling!
published at 6s.: offered at Is 3d.o,
who was hanging about in the interest
of his own work"
'But it comes down to "Sixpence,
worth ninepence?"
mo: when 1 returned to the spot
next day | found Volumes One and
Three in the ed. any VOL box, and l
carried them away myself. What be-
came of Volume Two have never been
able to discover. rummaged the box
for itin vain"
GAS matter of fact" Angus. re-
marked Rorrison, "the novel is now in
its third edition"
81 always understood that it had done
we'll" said Rob.
"The fourth time I asked for 1t at
Mudie's," said Simms, the latter half OF
whose sentences were sometimes scarce
Ia audible, 81 inquired how it was 60
ing, and was told that it had been al
ready asked for three times. Cautiously
enough, there is a general impression
that it has been great success, and
for that have thanked one man"
1.-The admirer Of whJm you spoken"
Eyes, my admirer, as love TO call
him. first heard OF him as business
gentleman living at Shepherds Bush,
who spoke with rapture Of my novel to
any chance acauaintances he made on
the ton of 'busses. Then my aunt told
me that young lady knew stout man
living at Shepherds Bush who could
talk of nothing but my book, and on In
ouirv at nv publishers learned that
gentleman answering to this descrlp-
ton had bought two copies. l heard or
my admirer from different quarters for
the next month, until a great longing
rose in me to see him, to clasp his hand,
to ask what part Of the book he liked
best-at the least to walk up and down
past his windows, feeling that two men
who appreciated each other were only
separated by pane OF glass"
"Did you ever discover who he WASP"
uU did He lives at 42 Lavender
Crescent, Shepherds Bush, and his
name is Henry Gliding"
"Well?" said Rob, seeing Slmms pause,
as If this was all.
az am afraid, Mr.. Angus" the au-
thor murmured in reply, that you did
not read the powerful and narrowing
tale very carefully, or you would re-
member that my hero's name was also
Henry Gliding"
"Well, but what OF that?'
"There is rythin2 In that. That
is what made the Shepherds Bush gen.
tlemen my admirer for life. He con-
siders it the strangest and most divert
ing thing in his experience, and every
night, | believe, after dinner, his eldest
daughter has to read out to him the
passages In which the Henry Gildings
are thickest. He chuckles over the ex-
traordinary coincidence still. He could
Jake that joke with him to the seaside
for q month, and it would keep him In
humOr all the time"
"Have done, Simms, have DONE" said
Rorrison; "Angus is one Of us, or wants
to be, at all events. The MtnotGur is
printing one of his things, and l have
given him some sage advice.
"Any man." said Simms, twill do
well on the press If he is stupid enough;
even Rorrison has done we'll"
81 have just been telling him." re-
sponded Rorrison, "that the stupid men
fail"
81 don't consider you failure, Ror-
rison," said Simms, in mile surprise.
What stock-in-trade literary hand
requires, Mr.. Angus, is fire to dry his
writing at. jam or honey with which to
gum old stamps on to envelopes, and al
Gan. antimacassar?" Rob repeated.
Eyes; you pluck the thread with
which to sew your copy together out OF
the antimacassar. When my antimacas-
sars are at the wash l have to take a
holiday"
"Well, well. Simms," said Rorrison,
81 like you best when your are tact
turn"
so do l." said Simms.
"You might give Angus some advice
about the likeliest paper for which to
write. London is new to him."
"The fact is, Mr.. Angus, said Simms
more seriously, "that advice in such
matter is merely talk thrown away. II
you have the journalistic instinct,
which includes a determination not TO
be beaten as we'll as an aptitude for
selecting the proper subjects, You will
by-and -byefnd an editor who believes
in you. Many men OF genuine literary
ability have failed on the press because
they did not have that instinct, and
they have attacked journalism in their
books in consequence"
81 am not sure that l know what the
journalistic instinct precisely is, Rob
said, land still less whether Ipossess it"
"Ah, lust let me put you through
your paces," replied Simms. Suppose
yourself up for an exam. In journalism,
and that / am your examiner. Cues
ton One: The house was soon on fire;
much sympathy is expressed with the
sufferers Can you translate that into
newspaper English?"
"Let me see," answered Rob. enter
ing into the spirit of the examination.
GLOW would this 10: In a moment
the edifice was enveloped in shooting
tongues of flame; the appalling catas-
troDhe has plunged the whole street
inio the gloom Of night|
.Good. Question Two: A man hangs
himself; what is the technical heading
for this?"