Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-24

rcekng him. didn't even think of
Huocena whom I wrote II. IT Amply
iErew out Of my ndulping In u Iii az
nenthl pay humorous fancy. got in
anotloh through having accidentally
iistcned 90 Il certain sermon preached
Joy certain minister seven or eight
yenrH aHp IN New York"
n pray tell me all about ~"
Il ZIG was baptist ! think" she CON
tinued. With the lnmhOnt light of ftln
dancing In her nno dark cycB I did
not 40 to hear him, | aat at tho open
window OF my own apartment one
iwnrm sunday evening" II wnn close 90
the church. all tho windows Of which
were open The text was the biblical
STORY of the eating Of the fruit OF the
tree Of knowledge OF good and evil
and tho clergyman poured forth with
Force md emphasis hlH own lnterpretA-
tion OF that dire calamity and ltg sub
eeuuent and nuver-cnding effects upon
mnnklnd,
N "a listened for time, lndlnerently at
gllrpt until the APPALLING story aud the
lnonnlroua deductions drawn from II
ebegan to awaken indignation, Then,
lut he went on, Indignation passed into
mrrrlmcnt, ana my mind began to TEEN
with humorous rctorta, | finally sclzad
pen and paper ana followed tho earn.
3ept and jealous preacher from point
10 point OF his discourse, answering
tcnch point ~ he made IL with notes
'trom my own mental standpoint, and
paused only when he reached the end
lnnd the congregation began to dis
aperac. The thought OF ever making Il
public did not occur to me Mt the time,
ino incentive from outside prompted
,me 20 write it; " was simply Instructive
|lnni iWreiN'lhlr, | afterwards rr-rrt,
ldid not rcoaHt II Into now form,
"Thc first critic OF the thing was my
a. 1tna hnYAe hp hna hAafk I..t
fthe first and best critic OF all l do.
snnd he was no pleased with It that ho
ENLISTED on showing Il TO several OF our
.frrienda ~ they called In, In this way
7lt nnnlly renchcd the nppreciative cara
Hof Col. Robert q. ingersoil, who at
ipubllc. OF course l domurred and re-
fused. II seemed impossible that I
could do auch thing. | had never
Intoud before an audience and hadn't
Ia notion OF any art By which | could
7lenlint It's ear or gain ita Indulgence.
4But Mr.. lnHerpoll arranged 10 stand
nponaor for me, and finally Chickering
sllfnll was hired and my paper waa
sIheard by u Now York audience"
What wan " calledi'
A 'Men, Women and Gods.' answered
IMfa Gardener, mir lngorsuila proph-
accy that the paper would md a public
WAS proven by the fact that n pub
Illuher among the audience came for
'Iwhrd at the close aud made u good
{otfcr for the manuscript. wonder
Know how ever dared stand before
bthat audience, l couldn't do II now,
'kliewlng all ] have since learned. II
\ Was not bravery 30 much az Ignorance
Tot tho public, But e placed me at
ilorce, have ntyer since seen u time
4 wacn have not had moro demands Cor
Nwqrk than can supply"
rpld your first novel follow soon
latter thpt3"
a mo. tho demand on my tlme was FOR
m4Eaxine articles. csseyu. II did moi
Il ucpur to tho then that 1 could write
SEtuitcA until Don Plntt, then editor OF
shsifvrd'R MannEine. ASKED me FOR one
tnnd ! save him The Time Lock OF
X fstr Anoontora. aehvrt story on hered-
~ since pabliantd With others under