The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-01
AUTHOR OF Ben HUR.
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Concluded From sixth Page.
Lsvi). Edhins' "Chinsss Buddhism.,"'
rry's documentary on tho Koran"
" 1"esleotions from the Kur-an. = 1.-THE
kavad Gita." .'Ths Shah Namsh Of the
Ian Post, Firdansi' THE great Persian
D, Hutchinson's ''Faber'a Mind Of Men
Y '.,Ihe Catholic llducator,n Hoffman's
ronicles Of Cartiphilus, tho Wandering
I 1.-TWO volumss .'Salathiel. Conveys
endsring jew" Maokeever's wander.
Jew" bt.. AuRustine's '.Ths City Of
Life OF s.. Augustin:' 5twelve vol.
81, "Ancient Armor and Weapons in
Dpe'' (thres yolumes). Thousand and
Nights tprofussly annotated). Pears
. Fall OF Constantinople," Msrivale's
esk Anthology" Richard F. Bufton's
Fsonal Narrative OF q Pilgrimage to FL
linah and Meccn;'' History Of the
Pman Turks" Lady Agnes Hnnt's"T
Duins OF the Euphrates;'' Freshman.s
. Jews and the 1sraelites;' kidpath,:
bleau General do rEpire Ottoman
60 immense volumes in French printed
1850. and "lhe Turkish History."a
int old blAckletter volume OF prcdiRious
generously illustrated in col0rs and
tad In 1857. These are but = few Of the
ks, many Of them rare and costly, by
Ins OF which Gen. Wallace has made
self familiar with the history. the cus-
Z. the Ralb. the very habit Of thought
he people who take part In the episodes
incidents of his story. No wonder he
bsen eleven years at work on this book.
y the time his map is finished he il rs
Piliar with the scenes as il he had been
red among them, and so far as history
teach him and meditation give him in
1t he knows his characters 40 II he Ind
h their boon companion. Then comes
task Of writing his story. Gen. Wal
10 a very slow producer. Seated in a
rocking chair he writes upon q lap
I'd which rests across the high
are a. ms of his chair. Tho board ia.
cred with chamois skin, which kesps HIS
hers from slipping off. For his d. st draft
uses print paper cut into sixteenth
ets and writes with a lead pencil, giving
ference to a stub not more than an inch
b. Thus he sits and rocks and writes
letimes in his study upstairs; sometimes
Ter a tent fly set up beneath a favorite
}, a great beech, away back and hidden
m the street. And with the exception OF an
setback or by walking vigorously up and
Rn a path which he has wo n along the
I OF his extensive grounds-with this OK
Ption he works all day. Each morning
revises what he has written the day be-
3, and this ia done with such pains and
oision that it is generally reduced to less
n 800 words. Although the first draft 10
item with great care-for he does nothing
q slapdash way-it is frequently thrown
az next morning.
i have learned" he says. that it is
bier and better to throw away unsatis-
story work and begin il all over than to
to patch il here and the e.'
When q days conclusions ass muster on
, following morning they are incorl o :
I'd in tho final copy. For this he uses
all books of yellow paper, folded and
tched at the back by Mrs. Wallace.
ese books are of uniform size, each con-
ming thirty-six pages. A ruler with
tches along its edge, about an eighth of
d with q pencil point a little dot is made
each notch. These dots mack the sta! t.
X points Of the several lines to be written
each unruled page; and when q page is
Fitten full the lines are just SO far apart.
straight rs a string, and the page o n
ins almost exactly the number of words
at will appear on the printed page when
10 book is published. In making this
bal copy Gen. Wallace writes with q pencil
Tory punctuation point. He leaves moth
to the judgment of the printer. All he
|ks is that every page b. reproduced pre-
|sely as it is written.
''These people who pretend to scorn 80
light details as commas M dashes and
(micolons." he says, ARE usually shysters.
don't know how" to punctuAte and
I'D won't take the trouble to learn"
He has a wholesome contempt for every
hing of a slipshod character. His manu-
,ripts are as precise as his maps. and, in
ia ANAL rrarafnl ohirorrnvhu ora a
to look upon. But the printer
ever sees these manuscripts. for Mrs. Wal
co copies them all. and it 10 her hand
riting that goes to the publisher. The
final draft copy is placed in a fire.
roof safe. The original draft ia destroyed
fast as the final copy is made. ,
The artistic instinct of the man crops out
! every turn. Here. on a stand in his
Judy, is a handsome, case containing two
hich Gen. Wallace frequently entertains
and sets his mind at rest with the
w, sweet music that be draws from them.
nd upon the wall Of his study hangs q
picture done in oil. the work of
ia leisure moments.
Il like to paint" no says. II mean to do
lore of it when this book is off my hands"
Down in the front hall hangs an inter-
sting portrait of Abdul Hamid, the sultan.
AdNo AlCSo1 bc0u WIG bulbdus Dut ! ouOulO
link this might be a faithful portrait of
i'm. Surely it looks as if it might see and
ear and speak and smoke q hookah.
Eyes, it is a good likeness" says Gen.
Wallace, without any affectation. II made
a little at a time and had to be worry sly
bout it, for the Turks hold it to b an
fence against religion to make a picture
f the ruling sultan. 1t would have raised
great row If it had been known that I was
lakinR this one. No; the sultan himself
i'd not know it. Every time ! saw him !
,ade a mental note of some one Of his fsa-
ltes, and then when I reached my room I
to add it to the portrait"
Beside this portrait hangs an evidence of
sultan's high regard for Gen. Wallace.
is the order comforting the decoration of
Medlidie (frst-class) upon him-a very
are distinction and an exclusive one, since
n the death of the holder it reverts to the
lltan. never again to be conferred on NOR
II a
In this front hall hang Gen. Wallsoe's
Military and diplomatic swords; . battle
ag Of the Seventeenth Virginia cavalty.
.ptured at Monocacy, and still bearing the
lood stains Of the poor fellow who chung
, it until death; a number Of Indian relics,
,ementos of the Mexican campaign, and
statue of Bon Hur. which the author says
all seriousness ia n good likeness. for to
I'm ben HUI - az real a parsonage as II he
we'd and moved on earth to-day. 1t may
Q seen in the accompanying picture Of
Fen. Wallace's study, whittier it was re-
loved before the photograph was taken.
The parlor, too, is strewn with souvenirs
nd mementos-maRnifcent Turkish rugs
nd hangings. pipes Of every oriental pat
srn tthose for ome as we'll as those for
,en), . very interesting Turkish tea table
r%tistically inlald with pearl; an exquisitely
arved she'll; q souvenir of the Church Of
he Nativity at Bethlehem; daggers of many
inds from the orient. a Greek tear bottle
4 which, for aught anybody can prove,
nmatus mar haya corkad fha aaa ldinn