Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-25

HH&E ~ 81 49,
then Ne viii have :, typewritseu again.
What IS your address When I feel in
the mood for debating I will send q
messenger for yo1
1t ! m tr0ahle to me. said C-nsh-,
to call upon you- II you do not fee
like writing. il doeS not matter. IL rou
do. viii b. herr
oh. very we'll said the novelist.
and when his visitor had departed b
1id % himself Now whv did that
fellow not want To leave hEs add-esg
Wheu Crosby reached his room. he
picked up from his typewriter table an
exact duplicate % the NJ he had given
20 the nov-lis. He rad I. ever care.
fully corrected some evident mistakes.
folded & up ard pa; Il in his inside
p1-ket
Ten minutes later he was in the Wait
ing room Of the illustrated Bu-le. one
81 the uso~t prosperous % the bi< week
" pap~~ The hoy came ha~k 10 him
With hE card stiil in hfs hand
The editor 1 han tss boy,
that II i i ahous NS ron visE - 80
him yoa are - leave i and h will sensi
The answer lie = VERY busy ju<s low.
ans says ke cannot 80 ytu1 unlesS i i a
matter % importance
1t i a matter % Importance. SAsi
Cru.by- Tell him thaf
Then please write itdava saiS The
noT, h~esitatirx and pushinS a slip %
paper t0ra-1s Cr1<hv
CruSbv too< the paper ard -rpse on
Z 80 Il - -
not keep vug ~ inmate Endlv xans
me that len<th - tira@
he hov soo< The psp~r and Dir 40
Pez-sA Returning after s~w n-srn~rt~
he saad BREEZY Corne this wav. sir
Crosby followed the hoy untiI tho Iae-
ter raped x~ntiy a. n door. and push
In< = oP~n. nd -wr Crozbv
TIE etitor -aS Standing h-~ae his
eeSk vita a slight fruxn - frpasi~nc~
on IN face. aad al zssi.asie TIA. irsi
eatsa that h~ had jESs sixty s~osnd. 70
devote - hs visitor.
I want~@ n s~~ you sa5d C-<hv.
personally r~<ar3inx a NJ have IA
ny p-e0et
Wei al can tell yoA replied the
editor. Tat you MAJ leave the
NJ IvVu arr - d. - and L vii ~
e~fv- due e~-nSsSerzr5nn
<1o~ that - The spr-aua sass
Crosby handy. -hu. shix : M. An
cu4Hary NJ RIl~a-~ !. IL : "a thu
anHs1tanztinx tAas ] nay call a. this
time t~znr-o- and zrs vuu- own
opinsua ahou- :. ! claim that this
story y asgu--i A. anything Flipp IA.
ever written II ysu really wish ~
ceii~n1s AMI mt a ues-kno~u uan~.
you hare an opportunity that may no.
Occur again
get opportunities enough szai
the editor. dryiy, ut that kind Every
M> W. reorive - an e-xrranrrlsasrw
story frosn the authors standpoint /,
you fs1ve Il ] promise t0 rad IL mv.eIE
Though ordinarily a NJ tzke. it, turn
with oar regular reafer
And to-ur.vuss~. at this hour. NAV Z
call AMI ct your opinion ahssrs IT,
The EDITOR h-Sisafest a racrssnt and n.
glanced az the ca-s in his hand
= think ! have had M>S q vOu be-
fore. Mr. Cr0sby.
Yes vzS the answer and vou ~
Turned them don't think you vii r.
turn this
VERY well Call again to-raorrow-
Al the AM hour nsxt Gav Crosby
had his Enfervi~z with the editor Taa.
gentleman had the NJ in hS hand
] have reaa his carefully he said
and uEst tell yea frankly that :, 3.
nns up 70 uur stAz1A-E Ther~ = S,re
En1sztaon u rsrrIt ahou. l. but II I
were yea ! would u.ss sav 70 her ex.
lan 70 whom yoz Submit il tina. i .H
god a. anything FtiPp has -rer writ-
ter IL hax not the slightest ,rze~ a.
she z~aIu> q Mr. Reginald FIipp
Thank yoa said Crosby. taking the
Ms 4 shall nos trouble you with any
more contributions
That must BE- as plea.e< VOC re-
Piled the editor. tscod morning
Crushys experience IN other rel@
hrat~f editorial rooms was similar IN
ms hNs attempt at selling another
man M ~ hS own
A month later he saw on ali IN. w.Ux
Of the city where advertisements were
allowed a flaming announcement set
ting forth that the Illustrated Bu~le
had been fortunate enough - obtain \
msSt remarkable story by Reginald
ftsPP-thas name in tremendous let,e-
entitled The Parting % the Wars
Ih~ announcement ended with the iuf-
nation that the story would appear in
the next nulh~r. AMI readers wer4 al
vpsed 10 order their papers ahead 81
that there might he No SisappOin.-
meat
When CrrsbT saw this announcement
he sEapte hs eienehed Est axzius. the
wal aza saH
Wow know there 5 No hon-~.E IN
thiS world - ~.