Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02
LAST OF THE GREAT C0LLABORATED NOVEL
sr JEROME X. sEaonE AUTHOR BoArs
Ccopynghl 80 By Jerome K. jeromel


For the Sunday Gazette;
How much more % 0ur-f1f. muiell
not very valuable time-we devoted e
this wonderful story II our ] cannot e2
actly say. Turning the dogs cared leaves
OF the dilapidnted diary TINT lies before
me, ] find the record % our later gatncr
ings confused aud incomplete. For weeks
there does not appeal g single word
Then comes "a alarmingly bnsiness-iike
minute Of a meeting az which there were
--'prtsert. Jepson. MacShaugnasy'
Brown and Self aud nc which ne
Proceedings commenced az sou. ~
what time the ''procccdiues' Terminated
and what business was done, The cnrQni-
Gle, however. sayeth not. though iaini.
" penclled ia the MARGIN Of ine pase.
trace these hicroglyphics w t4 ~ 70 p
- bringing ont result % Isl EFi-
dently nn unremuncrative night
on September IL. we seem 20 have
become suddenly imbucd with energy
Co quite remarkable degree ior [ read
that we RESOLVED 70 start Tor he hrst
chnpter OF oucc "ot once being un-
deriined. After q squirt we rested
until Oct g. when we discussed wheth-
or Il should be- d novel Of plot on ~ char
acter." without 80 far a. the diary ~
ford indicuton-ar at luY definite
decision ] observed hai 90 the same
day "Mac told story about q man who
accidentally bought q camel no sale.
Details OF the story are. however. want
ing. WHICH. perhaps. IS fortunate Tor ihe
reader.
On the 18th we were siill debating the
character Of our hero; and ] see that
suggested "a man Of The Charley Bus
well typc"
Poor Charley. wonder what could
have made me think Of him in cuunrc
ton with heroes. bis lovab'eucss. J sup
pose-ccr,ainly not his heroic qualities.
1 can recall bis boyish face now ut
was always a boyish facei. the tears
streaming down ls hc SAT Do The school
yard beside O bucket, in which hc was
drowning three white mice und tame
rat / snt down opposite and cried too.
while helping him 10 hold a saucepan
do over the poor little creatures. ana
thus there spmng up n friendship De
tween Us, which grew
Over toe grave of these murdered TO-
dents no took q soleun oath never 20
break school rules nriin. ly kecpinE
either white mice or tame rats. bni 90
devote The whole OF his energies t'r ihe
future % pleasing his masters and Al-
fording his parents some satisfaction TOT
tie money being spent on bis educa-
Seven weeks later the prevalence
throughout tue dormitosy of ON atmo-
spheric effect more curious hau pleasing
led % the discovery TINT De- hnd epu-
yerted his box into "a rabbit hutch, Con-
fralted with eleven Kicking witnesses,
and reminded of his former promises, De-
explained that rabbits were NOT mice,
and seemed TO consider that a new and
yc1atilus regulation bad been sprung
upnn him The rabbits were c1nhsclted.
What was their ultimate fate we never
knew with certainty, but three days
later we were given rabbit pie for uiu
ner. To comfort him ! endcuvored 10
assure him that these could not be- his
rabbits He however. convinced that
they were. cried steadily into bis plate
all the time that De- was eating them,
aud afterwards; 10 the playground, had
n stand-up fight with q fourth form boy
who had requested a second helping
That evening he performed another
solemn oath-taking, aud for the ucX-
month was the model boy VI the school
He read tracts, sent his spare pocket
money 10 assist Ia annoying the heather