The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-30
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day or night Mr.. Field would get home or
happen to think Of Don. he would call
out of the window In his deep, far-reach-
Ing ng, voice Poor n old DSnt 70 w answsp IN t tSe
usual way Of donkeys. until the whole
neighborhOod was aroused and up In arms.
If 1t happened to be baking day n the
stray into the kitchen his eyes would
light at once on the rows of fresh bread.
cakes, pies. and 1t would instantly occur
to him how Don would lk some OF these
good things and in a moment Don would
be licking his chops, as 1t were, over the
delicacies which his friend had thrown
him. After Mr.. Field left Fullerton ~
stable n hts board bill became quite Q
I serious question. Mr.. Field would not
have him sold, as he was afraid some one
might get him who would not treat aim
well.
ut was then proposed that he be sent
down to Kentucky to end his DAYS IN
luxurious ease on the farm. When MI.
was curious to know If Don would remem-
Der him. The morning Of his ARRIVAL Don
, was driven up toward the house, as ne
never came of his own accord; Nj Eleid
but Don had evidently forgotten him and
slowly turned and sauntered back to the
woods. About half an hour later We were
loudly calling right back of the house.
something he was never known to do be-
fore or to come up to the house OF his OWE
free will. Whether he had brains enough
will never know, but the fact remains
ever after that time, day or night II Mr..
Field would step out on the gallery and
call Poor old Don,' no matter where Don
was we would soon hear the old familiar
answer"
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Some one on a Chicago paper saw GIL.
bert Parker when he was lately In that
ported Interview: Last Tuesday" said
Mr.. Parker, II was in Quebec and was
asked to read a portion of 'Valmond' to
the assembled company. read two chap.
seen the book before, drew me aside m
said: 'This. is very wonderful. Mr.. Park
err. A few years ago a man lay dying IN
an insane; asylum in Quebec: ae nad the
all moods and fantasies. When l went
to speak to him, calling him by what was
said to be his name, he drew back and
majesty Well. the hallucination Of
royalty is common enough among lunat:
les, they say. but the man babbled q story
strangely like yours: He said ne vas the
Helena and to Napoleon. That he was the
son of Napoleon, even as he looked. That
he had come here with money and had
tried to rally the people about him! Now,
Nudl uo YOU llLl VI thats IA
self, l don't understand. cannot under
stand" aid the author, solemnly. II only
know that the theme Glove closely TO me,
and | called it a historical fantasy, a
the phrase was happy. since, 1t added, IT
is frankly impossible, But suppose it
were %true-true, after all?'
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.
Robert Grants new story t~scrbner's),
eG staniey v Wesm GhTls'H HaSp saG serisl, .rhe
Red Cockade," has issued in book form.
f. Marion Crawford's new serial is
named 'Taquisara." The scene is laid In
Little Billee and Trilby. according to I:
Zangwill. are Americas "Tomeo and
Critic William Winters new volume
(Macmillan? is entitled Brown Heath and
The late Eugene Field was preparing
for the press his Love Affairs of a Biblio-
maniac" when death came.
turer of the North will reveal the last
adventures of Pretty Pierre.
Maria Louise Poole has written for Har,
per's Bazaar the serial. Mrs: Gerald"
Mary f. wilkins new serial Is jerome, q
Poor Man."
Editor Henry Watterson, of Kentucky,
is at work on an elaborate biography OF
Abraham Lincoln. from the standpoint OF
Rudyard Kipling's December Century
tale concerns "The Brushwood Boy" The
scene is laid in England, India and the
World of Dreams"
Veteran Novelist r. d. Blackmore has
finished still another novel besides his
''Slain by the Doones." 1t will appear as
"Dariel, a Romance Of Surrey"
A monument Is to be erected to the
memory Of Robert Louis Stevenson at
Saranac Lake, N. W where he once spent
eight months in search OF health.
The Christmas St. Nicholas contains the
first series of Robert Louis Stevenson's
letters to young friends in England. de:
scribing his Samoan home. life. Rudyard
Kipling gives a chart of the Sea OF
Dreams" with his dream story.