The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-12
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NfN iu. aH. II.n are rHm.
h.r Hf Meu H.H ha.r r0 uuaiaf q as
writers eIH N..Il g. comm at
almost fnf f.nU hlaHUr r.ta. fHr mis- zine
.T ntH. .HHuor nr.o..a HHll almost D.. of
tHu-. ItIDntours uhn iaer ran,r nme
lf ua-.u al fheir uutiu.a Mi IHI ~
he.u.. vh1 De- reI known a. oue he
most successful aud picturesque of rose
uen u boo daal .a VOL lrr, boz Nte irk
city. hls heeu maut Ume. asked to write
over l.. 0Wu N1uHfur0 upon ans aopio
which Ie obusa a1d t0 name hi. own noe.
which would rHerrniNf hr paI1 ~
hU.uU 4mtimrs Iarf found Dis f1ftu ap-
prg..Hfu as much s- IUH.ull boa slurI JaY.
90 is easy o. s.D that ll hg charged f1r 1oh
srtiDa BOZ proportion tu Dos earning fac-
ty ho vuuld raDivr ra sIm0-t fal laus
-um iHr Hu article from ZUuJ t0 5.Ol1I 1ad-
Boa length
The only occasion since tho-e earIr llys
. ui DIE poverty nuen De- made Dis liy. ~
o. new papef writer tna' Mr Keen, er-
J came biz Dissatisfaction 90 write was he
summer oi ls55 ilst after he bad D.. .d AZ
b1y au army 0f Wall street spocr tons,
having sustained thc market single -a l1ed
for an entire day. backed by gold llch
his California friends sent o. him. aud
thereby uuquesflonahy prevented srrl
panic a. this country has not seen cAloB p
ing possibly iu 1851 aud 1876.
The strain upon bic nervous syst, "
thus maintaining the market agaius jhe
combined assault Of frightened ms, fors
and speculat0rs was s0 great that few
days after Mr keene was stricken Wit an
Illness which threatened % develop uto
paralysis of tbe brain He WAS rcmov G. to
Long Branch H- -u0n M d. was po--iH s 20
llft him from hi- bed. and there. ant- J-ue
Il q D.. b. ID O.. . Il .U
sam Wand. Mr. kcene consented o. ate
an interview FOR publication. Mr ward
labored with him for more than two hour.
before the great operat0i. consented
At that time Mr Ward was entertaining
bis nephew. II Marion Crawford. and lad
been - highly pleased with a story which
Mr. Crawford told him Of an ertyerieuca in
India that he advised the Young man TO
write it out aud that be- would -ee that ii
found a publisher. aud thus 10 wa. that the
story which made Marion Crawford ia
nous Mr. Isaac. % came 90 be written and
printed aud Crawford career determined.
Mr. Keenc was greatly interested ia Nr
Wards narration ~ him Of this tale. which
bad not then been printed. and be- told Mr..
Ward some Of the eurly California axpe-
rieuce- of biz which seemed quite a. mar
yelOus A. did the story of Nj Isaac-. and
IL WAS then that M Ward said 10 him;
"Mr Keene, ~ you were not "a great speech.
l8tOr. you might become great novelist
Mr. Keeue finally received the reure-
sentative Of one Of the New York newtpa-
pers lie lay upon his bad. which was In %
quiet room Of one Of the Long Branch no
tells The room was very simply furnished.
aud IL seemed impossible 10 believe that
the man who lay there content apparently
with the almost humble surroundiug- Of
a. "a l..s.f D. l.
buy the hotel and good deal Of the "a.
| jaccnt property without materially affect
/ ing his pOcketbook
] He began slowly to dictate u seemed
A. though be weighed every word He re-
I quently changed word ia order 10 pri Ia
/ its place another which would more clearly
| express bis meaning When a sentenc. or
paragraph had been written down. Ir.
Keene would ask Co have 81 read over. ad
when this was done he repeated h sef, al
times, his patience aud care being q te
as great a. characterized Ruskin or i IS
sell Lowell when they were engaged IA
prose composition
Thus for five hours this great fnane er
lay there composing and debating {, IL
article The mental strain was exhaus'iy Va
both upon Mr.. Ward, who was present q al
| upon the newspaper reporter. Once dur Ig
I the interview a telegram was brought to
Mr. Keene from the hotel Office He ope Il
/ IL, read 1t and tossed IL upon the table " IA
no more concern than though it had L.
nounced a most trivial matter to him.
! This article appeared the following DAY
| In print II WAS the sensational publ a.
tion Of the month. IL WAS republishe ID
either in whole or In part Ia great nu n
Der Of newspapers. IL commanded atten-
/ tion not only from fnancien-, 20 VIII, N
] ord al
since upon financial matters was recei, u
with absorbing interest, but II also mad a
l deep impression upon literary men OF re-
count Of the singular purity Of it, Engli Ia
and the lucidity and felicity OF its style