The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05
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n.a'' na u, te an, s rIo tnn,.s Will.
comb Rs,ev to fans has written for the
P"nbas,nr post'Ewnrass an interesting
Rjlev roncernjnp his former entertainment
partner, the late Bin Nve. MIR. Riley fire.
nuoutiy .io.fs" at The Journal oflice-for
II will he remembered that he lives ut
inJianann,isNand an these ocras sicns gen
eraiiv looks over the books that have come
to that paper for review. ON the partcu-
lar morning when Mr. Seeds succeeded in
Turing him into a talk for publication he
had dug up from the pile OF recent hooks
XIII Nve's posthumous work. "A Guest at
the Ludlow and other stories" 1t was
moi the first time he had seen it. Indeed,
he has given more care and attention 10
the bringing out of this last work of his
mechanical and business details of his
own hooks. and he had read and reread
everything i'm il before il was given to the
public Yet he spent nearly an hour in
loving examination of the Volume read
ing again with thorough enjoyment a
that existed between the poet ana the
gentle humorist was one Of ihos4 remark
fortunate enough TO find in life. and those
who do seldom find IL more than once. The
same keen sense of the ridiculous the
same shyness of hnmor in conversation,
others cares welded this bond of sympa-
thy that lasted to teh death of the one and
will remain through the life happy mem
H H II
..Tbeso storias mr.. moro ,ilxe him than
any he ever published while alive" said
Mr. Riley sa,intcring over to the desl;
Volume "rhey breathe The snirit of Nva
in almost everv line Just listen to his -
and in his inimitable way he read an ex-
tract from the volume. "Thc uuaintness
said Mr. Riley, as he closed thc little vol
mn. gently and held If in his Ian. "was
the notable thing about him. IT was un.
acco,,ntahle unon any particuiar theory.
work ar that gait. lie recognized the
mattcr-of-fact View others took of the
general propositions of life. and sympn-
thzed with il. but he did so with a native
dinary state of mind and vision. He couil
saw a ridiculous thing or perpetlate a ridj-
cuious ACT with face like a sphinx,
knowing full we'll that those who saw
confirmation of their suspicion that il
was time to lauph They had IN make
mn their minds about il nnaiIed bv him
however. for they never found any ira cs
would say, he did his Laughing "else.
| where
II #
"One day in winter the train stoppcd
at the way station in the west, and he
had i've minutes tn wait Mr. Nve,s I row. ".
nc ava haI Iiscovsrad ,hat 10 nI,,Sh
aStb.r niiiows ~ ths sofa In the SSmoii
Ing comnartment of the car we were
riding in were unattached. Without a
word he picked ND the leather cylinders
AMI nIacai one uniar .,rh a r,n yi,h thc
Iassais re- the frnnt H. vas an vim, inraii',
in looks as well as in strength and wben
ha onneareJ unon tho niatforn, thus
rouipned rhe asto,inded natives watchcd
him With silent svmnathetir ci,riositv ne
he strnde m anI dawn annorartIv
seiziny the onnnrtupitv for Uiti,,
muchEneeded Exercise The rest of ms
had IN hide IN keen from nynIoiinp but
he was utterjv ohlivious "a tba staras
and cnmments untu ba rotvrnaS ~ tha
car No eXnIonaton was vn,cbsa fnh
and the primitive inhabitants Of thai town
are nroba hiv stil, w"ndarins VI wbnt ,' horri'
HE maIadv comnell"d th,, inva,ih N wanr
,h,,n n,,t,a ndish cushi"ns fv"rit,,
amiisement with him vas tb. re,Jin" NJ
imaginarv signs at the stations whrm We ~.
Were travalnp. When the troim woni'l
sion oni NJ husb wnu,d coua wan nvar w',,a tha
80 ;th "Wt hnI, ,h i WI" voir U.c' the
half viewing the little grocery % on IT the one
side or the station. restaurant or hill
hoard on the other, Nr Nve wn,,I hrani;
for,h and hoTin to road Tho XII bnorn
.,Ioud. Soda water.-rrarlsersb bigha ~
prices paid for hides and talIow--also lee
cream golden svrun and fnatHers rhe NE
passenrers across The aisle wnnii ncr,s
their rars tben rise and coms u,u crappin, hin
their necks. TO find The words hn a.; vas
reading from the bin board. or fina,lv
some Old fellow would come IN tn y tbs
seat and declare that he could nor tnI
where If said tbat In ~ nu'at ya', U, ,,i,, ihi.
wo,id ticke Nve bevond meas,,reN,vav . ,.at
down in the deems Of his sad.nothetic
spirit. His conferences with the Train
hpvs have often nearly given me- convni.
siGns Wben tho how h. nSsd him a honi,
Nye would ask with great interest," whot
II vas ahout and iistan natisntIS q" iii
the how knew of its contents ..iet:s see ",.
If (" and he would cnen Tho hook and rsa
nio,,d in !, monot ano,,s sino.song anu , 'eau int
purest nonsense. drawn from bis ina Gina
lion II was done So serio,siw thai the
hov's eyes would bepin TO bang ." "',, ns
tbc reaainp Went on Fina,,w "S Wa owt wo,,I5 ~
sbr,t the hooi, nm With a snan iosira w',a ~.
Mace and hand !, hack tn ,bs hov uith NV, "
pmzzl.d air as If ba did nnt ,uSors, M,tm =, :,
whv the vo;,nS man had laJ so .,bost II =
contents Wn cnmI tind ,hu, ~ So "'Suu S, t'n nn
bonn af;arwarS n,rnn n,, ,"ai ii,,y 10y io' an
pages Of that hook TO And whert tha; stufS t,,
was printed , II y
"x,.,, ,a,,o, >,
S!es hip,nou OF strlnging people,
a,u Hivs M, h,t n,vs, n,,s r WaS emtertainins en- al
ways, Dut never cruel ana never earned
MN the rtsentment or the people who
Were the Vic.inls OF II. one or the most
ar.isuic ar cdses .! .nis sort l. recall was
tailor me tailor did not know him when
ne Went 10 Sruer ms SUIT, but he did
know from MS style that he was from
tne country. ne toid Mr. Nye Just what
kinu OF SUI. ne wanted. selected the
cioth ana measured MIN with the assur-
ance that this was beautiful fast color
and would wear like iron. It should be
pu. pea Up nuncsom,eH; ,,i. nh ~ nen @ Sye PAID MIN
~, oi 'ne SUI, y, o "eu r., .mat !. pe snippeu