New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22
think the Stearns boys and Ned Osv,,x
4 only ones I know at ALI well e'oo ~ IL

only ones know at all we'll" AZ IL
That older Stearns boy is q fine o..
best type of Harvard man, think Harype; tie
tainly does good deal for serious felor Ger
Roscoe IS Just the kind Of boy that Hay-. sut
apt TO make academc-prggish | hona ,ssQ
off after he graduates and see bit OF ne nsi %
! what boy Of his sort needs to keen h,,. iaati
/ becoming cOnceited' MN ZION
ION, Roscoe is wonderfully modest g..
his high marks" she cried ~ spite N
Yes. but the malaria of the cloister 4.
insidious.' he laughed. There's Hartlsv u ven
the critic l believe he calls himself Lent
he occasionally writes a book-review crltc
Nation He caught the disease-he L.. ihs
grip on life from living too long at tbs ns
versity His father one OF the rich %. UNI
Lents the leather people, and fine mo. Snos'oa
| met him couple Of years before ha 40. 20
Well, he sent Hartley to Cambridge ana a'ed
| him stay there az long ne pleased H. 9
read hard, but he didn't do any work in ~
courses and got his degree by the skin =. ~
! teeth. There's curious fad for 'readins, ny
| Harvard. It's quite the thing for Hasv.ss =!
! man TO neglect mis- regular work and rs.S
gives him reputation. I'm always hear,."s
about the best-read man at Harvard Ts.as
| youths, notice. never seem 70 accomplish $3.50
after they leave college Hartley Lent Ii"I sa
ueve. was the best-read man in his TINA ~
wanted to get into the English Department a ~;
he stayed on in Cambridge. taking post-gradna,s.
courses and negecting them. Of course for -.
reading But his college record was so bad s na
they wouldn't give him anything. After h,s
father died he came into town 10 be with ~.
mother. They lived near us on Marboro'.a
and saw a good deal u him.
What does he do-anyth.ng in particulars
"Oh, he still reads He goes to the Atheras,n
every morning and he prides himself on readrs
a book day. I believe he used to come In !,
see me just TO gloat over his attachments AM
make me feel mean. He calls himself litt~
rateur and he's quite lion in Boston literary
circles"
What lot Of queer people there are in Bos
ton" Evelyn said
The Hartley Lent type is peculiar to f.
think: that is TO BOst m and Cambridge: but
they're practically the same remember a re-
mark that Hartley made about his father TO M
one night. II was just after his father died and
Ia been expressing my admiration for the Old
gentleman-he really VIZ A good hard-headed
old fellow I thought great deal Of my father
said Hartley though he was in the trades"
Evelyn. instead Of laughing at this remark as
he had thought she would. looked shocked and
mystifed: Did he really say thar she said WITH
q scOwl OF disinay on her face.
He really did" Webb replied with a smile
Hes always saying things just like that He
prides himself on them. He has cultivated him.
self into a kind Of walking epigram. The last
time | saw him he had been out In Chicago
expressed surprise that he should be willing 10
60 there On he said. I quite enjoyed It. I
admire the place In Chicago YOU meet men
who aren't gentlemen and who don't pretend 10
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aren't gentlemen and who pretend TO be gentle.
men. In Boston you meet gentlemen"
oswald Webb burst out laughing a the end
Of the speech; but the look Of dismay appeared
in Evelyn's face again. This was her first en-.
lightenment with regard 10 A type Of humanity
whose existence she never before had suspected
and ii bewildersd her.
How very strange" she said. leaning forward
with the fingers Of her left hand pressed against
her lips.
yes. Lent is a type that offers itself to WHOLE
some ridicule."
"FIe ought to be put into a novel. Why don't
you put him into your novel;
You mean some one like him-the type" hs
said. with a blush.
"Of course Of course" she replied in con.
fusion II didn't mean that YOU should put hin
in-himsef That would bet would be-
1T wouldn't be art he said. falling into the
professional jargon. TO help her OUT. kellogg
has done that. and he must be sorry for IT, r
ne isn't he'll be sorry some day believe II Is
perfectly legitimate. you know for a novelist 70
draw on actual life; but he has no RICH, to pu.
any one bodily into his books he may use the
qualities. but he must always change the ear.
marks"
And have you-are you going on with your
novel;" she asked hesitatingly. II she felt she
were taking liberty
II haven't done a thing with il since wro,.
YOU" h replied with an apologize look Il was
and energy. 1t seemed dull to me-VechanicaI"
But do YOU think an author can judge his own
work-farly?" She felt that she had no right
to discuss such matter as this II was out Of
her realm-beyond her; but she felt IN interest.
and she wanted TO show 1t. without seeming 70
make II obtrusive
II don't know" he replied through fully; Il
ised 70 think I could judge mine-but row I
eem - nave lost my old point OF view and my
lew one doesn't satisfy me. l lose confidence
n myself"
Can't you-coudnt you submit IT to some
'ne-some good judge
d
ip quickly into her eyes and smiling.
ITO me?' she cried with a blush. But I'm not
l Judge. I-T-meant some literary person"
You're a literary person aren't you" h
aughed. ANY one is literary who appreclata
iterature. And I'm sure you do that"
ION. | meant in the Boston sense"
Al" he Grief; bowling his head with hall:
hooking expression on his face. Now: thats
ust the kind % opinion don't want. The BoS
on literary people don't appreciate literature
hey Just talk about it
But wouldn't it-wouldn't tt
NO. II wouldn't" he laughed. antic.patingms
uestion. The Boston literary person-Lent, Tor
nstance-would 60 off INTO a lot OF plattudes
bout local color. and character-drawinga and syls
nd the use Of that and which. and In the end
d be reduced 10 such despair that I'd never
ant t. write again. In Boston they talk 50
luch about writing that the effect is positively
They make II thing OF mysteries
Z fasting and prayer. Of incantations and years
{ preparation. I don't see how Harvard men
Yer write"
Ihey fell 70 talking about the performance "
ne night before. and Webb spoke enthusiasts
ally Of Helen Gordon. She was glad he did tns'
showed that he realized she was above feeling
city jealousy. He thought Ewing had been
cry fortunate 10 secure such actress for ne
art Didn't she like Ewing immensely? Weep
fought he was one Of the finest fellows ne naa
Yer met; he had not particle OF literary aNee'
alton For the moment she was tempted 10 gNs
i'm a humorous account Of Ewings cOnlucI
the rehearsal but she fOrbore; her tax WIN
le dramaust the evening before had removed
hatever disagreeabe impression he had pre-
ously made upon her and she was quite reauy
} enter into Oswald Webb's enthusiasm Tor Mn"
You'll find out what | thought ~ your ac'.
g." he said with a smile as he rose 70 60 ~.
Fought the paper. I've left II out In the nan
i've been thinking OF II all the time she COM
ssed. But | didn't dare 10 ask for H.
II couldn't let you read II in my presence, WV
1ow." he said with an apologize smile
(TO b. continued
SHE THOTGHT IT WAS 4 TROLLEY CAN
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