Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-20
! WITH STANLEY WEYMAN
,ruoR CAUGHT wINGING
runoucH LONDON.


4 member OF one OF tHe uiiiNei
ii have promised not to say
ins-who mentioned having din
Mr stanley Weyman the even
ire. Hes just In town from
m Warwickshire," said my
..and is going away again In
n Two. He $ not in London a
[,al of late. though he $ prom
am mn from Shropshire before
dinner the Vagabond Club
F., give him. The Nagabonds
"a existence through the blind
5i,ilin Marston, you know, ana
1 rule is TO invite some promi-
Israry man to be the guest OF
ming once n month. Stanley
comes next on our list"
words sci me thinking. Why
4, / Interview Mr.. Weyman
Ihis living visit to town. And
! analiy arranged through my
lbut / only pounced upon my
! hour or so before he was to
train to Ludlow, in Shrop-
Now 1 had expected TO see a
man. but, instead, he was
In SO many geniuses. He had
len has Il hopeD-a fine head,
&lendld bumps on the brow,
1 am sure would delight phren-
4 He is not Il man one would
n notice in u crowd, but having
ibseryed him, one would know
was something beyond the
IN. His eager, alert gray eyes
3nally becoming, of u sudden.
4 and introspective-seemed to
zlct the particularly quiet, I'M
&tratlye manner, the manner by
&one knows the oxford man. 1t
tIthout words, 81 do not wish
4 think / have any enthuslasms
& think. | observe much; | feel
IN have arrived at that point
Ia can regard life and my fell
tamres with quiet, good-natured
jm.' All oxford men develop
Hammer But with many, and, |
4 Judge. with MIR. Weyman, 1t is
8ror-almost an unconscious ar
6nly.
Sught Mr.. Weyman's voice de-
4 SO thoroughly did it please
Il that at first l scarcely heard
3aning OF its utterances, Present
NEVER, found that we We're
! of French history. contrasting
4 that OF England. 81 was telling
4 the other day." Mr.. Weyman
lthat. though | have tried, | can
I no romance from English MS
BIZ is there, | know. but 1t eludes
In. like to look across the
to France, and then back
IN a vista of years. Perhaps 1t
Instance that lends enchantment
hears. Pm not sure. But l can't
that people care for,
Imodern life, nor do l myself
Dir the books I've consclentiously
ID write on such subjects. No.
|art IL In France. I'm much in
ID lust now In the time of the
lion and ,he men of that day.
Know, perhaps, that I'm busy
4 novel Of the revolution, called
led Cockude, but 1t will not APP
i book form until 1t Is published
n Jerome's Today
II you tell me something OF your
md the influences which led you
3bme an author?"
Hhences? That sounds spiritual
We'll. after leaving oxford, |
h London for few years, and
flt what l made at the bar with
u work, but my income was
| had not much self-contidence.
7ked a little--a very llttle-as a
Dist, but was discouraged by the
~ appreciation some of my eff
@receiyed at the hands of one
lin particular. | longed to write,
pared little for the bar. / thought
~ first historical romance one
3g at my club, in the smoking
as a matter of course. | had
Ntally picked up a History of
Rguenots.' and 50. as | speculated
sort Of thing the people liked
the story of The House of the
tcame into my head. felt that
called for conscientious work
Pin realism in 1t. With this idea
head, / wove n tale called King
and Give which / sent to the
fh James Payne read 1t and adj
me TO try a long novel, but
~ at the time l should never be
70 complete the regular three
Is sort. feared my invention
give out. However, inspired By
4 tried my hand on The New
II, 1t wasn't n success, but
r. with The House of the Wolf.
~ OF which was already In my
II that had failed, l think
1 never have written another
But it didn't fail. and-yol
me consequences. write very
"a thousand words a day, per
q ! Ike to see the picture in eacl
ptve sentence undertaking be
M own eyes, / revise n grca
Inc Red Robe took me thirteeI
10 write, but you know It is no
4 so long as A Gentleman o
or My Lady Rotha.' / thinl
7 most men, / prefer working il
'ernoon and early evening, will
VI tea, as an inspiration, L
{,Wlth. Yes, l believe / had rattle
fhness for my hero In "A Gentle
~ France He worked on IN,
.hles after I'd evolved the incl
N the mischievous plot agains
1 court. But'--a clock strlkinl
hefe-"I fear must begin think
pout my train"
Pnuered II q few words about tn
lrosVenor wedding would be yer,
"sF felt SO very conceited a
v an opportunity given me lin tn
~ a httle square bit OF cardboard
nu the church, all because | hap
70 know very kind-hearte,
Vi the bride, that / went all tn
Nhester to see the ceremony
.se' there Is so much to be see
n delightful old cathedral tow
vicinity, that n visit is neve
9i Tune; but that, as Mr.. Xii
H., Su,u say Is another story" Nc
III 20 to the wedding, but sa,
~ positively n curiosityD be
was cut. The marriage too
IN 'ne private chapel of EatO
ogt II was the largest privat
ever saw; indeed, everythin
,arse scale at Eaton Hall.
4 O,nce, Mr.. Gould never see
.,,a uut they send a slip cut from
concerning some radici
Il OF some stupendous del
70 De negotiated by the youn
Ill., ana Mr. Gould writes und,
~ ies' or mo" but general
av ~ many OF the schemes hay
4 MT I,sn been dreamed OF.
sas -past four Gould leavesf Il
ia anu rides up In the Sixth avenl