New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
A NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW

roc with little rush IL have 20, e my modern DER Ian
And Isl. she E %nas 9S 4s,on with
b, M"aam have SAM nn Excellent memory but cannot
recoect having made your acquaintance y" my
pt" yn have an excellent memory? Thanks She
made another note. May / sit down! am '"'"'
Certainly. madam" Jeremy placed cha an nor nor
her And you will then; perhaps; Xxx h'n Measure of
know to what ! am Indebted ior '"e
Just let take aownrshss sT na66er r sney
Old World form Of address. furniture CHOSEN WIZ"
an eye comfort rather than neauy a., him with
smile apparently intended to set him a! ms She said
II am from The Weekly chataerer 10 60 in With
Can r., you let m me nave p"o'0e'"'''
inc NEVER had one taken In my fe said Jeremy.
thing in his face better than good iook almost any
thr 1yS' would do"
Greer. Gre N tea I believe DON'T look like IT,
She wrote down Highly nervous rather rather tSst
f, apd vo %ent 1ehow old are you exactly
or course it is only women who are gs'!'S u '''
ssa Sf d If !ei " the Of this
Allow me one question What have done that
sbn wrote again. murmuring. Modest and ap-
parentiy unaware Of his own fame" and then an
Don't you know that the whole town Is taking
don't Know anything about IT, he said I'D SAY az
agely. except that sold the copyright Tot f-''
ana bd had 'n got hold Of an fact but she
dropped her pencil. and her nippant aggressive air
WHAT a shame. she said: what a wicked geo
shame Your publishers will make hundreds ana m.
rnr such case should not be possible; and es-
pecially when a really needs the MONEY ar. ,,,o
I,e had aoPN seen already that she young and
pretty but he noticed now that there was woT IT,
ninched look about her small very pretty race, re
had seen the same look growing on other faces
in Bohemia; it had grown upon his own ana lie
N' You iNT understand about needing money! he
as n should think I do" she answered sharply
.Do YOU suppose should be here now II didn -,
Sometimes people work at trade because ''eS
~If it were trade liked everything would du pc
asp ary b TO bS III Ever since
been hanging to the skirts OF Journalism; n ana
If you only knew how people treat me now "a, ana
again when so to interview them ,o You haIi ag
thank your stars and your genius TOT having
placed you above all that at any rate" o,
Are they often as brutal as was. ne ,o asn
gently gently Il am awf0l'y sorry "o" you ~
M Don't mind about it." she said huskiIy 81 know
an impudent brazen little wretch am horribly
nervous by nature, and put all that sac on JUST
idea all that intend to get any information want
no matter how reticent they try to be. 9ften tney
tell me more than they intend-as you DID Just now
merely to rid of me because they think am am
writing down whole lot that they Don want SaiI
onlv knew that / am quite as anxious to get away
from them they are to get away Iro.n III, NE: oid
in an awkward shame. faced way. Il will tell you
all want to know a ann NOT Iulfe a sac proud as
well as poor and suppose there Is no need to MAKE
details of my p9ysry RueSf the ROOM and
then at his threadbare clothes. -, ,o,r "Do
you think so badly OF me as that still? will go
now I wish had not come .s ,o,u,,,
She her turned 5s1 very e ye W9'e herself e ''
For heavens sake. don't faint" cried Jeremy
Without word Of apology he caught her by the
arm and pushed her back into the sha GREAT shoM
Of dfd ypS a9 IT what is the matter your
couldn't help IT, she said Id g, b had ,b gone sSo Tn
w yost i6ished me. am very tired, and she
gave a little gasp. and her eyeds futterSd, 90
forth with brandy bottle. There was very ntt ds
in but enough for f hg pTn she
TO drink a teaspoonful. He tried to Insist on
Se 'f canno. really" she said 'I dare not. II
would 90 TO my head at once. because-because"-,
Jeremy Grigson knelt down beside her ana TOOK
rs it because you have had no luncheon?' he
Yes" she said: and her color began to return
do you know how it feels?
lie nodded with sympathetic gravity. s :,
Been there dozens of times ne SAID, and ne
did not let go her hand neither dd she aw
from P Tss yG@ 9sve office N to this
Il had no choice This represents id f my ynier
fortune until such time as am pa'd ior 'ne 'ii'e'
She pulled three haf-pence out OF her pocket
and showed it to him lying on the worn palm OF
her little gray glove. 49,, hand
quite inYoluntary he lifted to his lips the h r,a
he was holding. Then she drew II away ana trieo
to return to her former manner o,s
Just tell me where you We're ro book sse est sa oe
Cured to you. and will go" ,o..,,,,
You will do nothing Of the kind said Jeremy
tea because / am homely sort Of fellow. VIII
not tell you another word unless you stay ana
But 1 have to write up the interview now at
1t must be put into type to-nightt;;, - go.
lets are being cooked. You will find plenty OF
paper pens and ink my Wv wr Yo He eS half
sheet of paper quickly in small clear n 1drSr
work = you will soemnly promise me not to run
off while L am away.
don't want to run on IN fr6 tine S Snry to Sde she
tears in her eyes But he saw them all the same.
When he came back he was accompanied by
from the nearest restaurant and he had letters In
his hand. because he had encountered the evening
She wanted to help him to spread the tablecoth
&c the the food " ep 6 sha bscase he
was so used to doing 1t. SO she read her manu-
script aloud to him instead and ne criticised d fdr as
They took their meal together In merry; picnic
fashion. like children who had known each. each Other
exchanged some further condolences; They were
both alone in the world both on i ,be
were both young Notwithstanding the fact that
Jeremys hair had a sprnkllng OF gray IN IL ner
name was Margaret. and he told her that had
been his mothers name. She was very glad, al
though she scarcely knew why
said presently. land those letters look like bust
ness May | open them? Thanks. Then. II the
news is good you will be the first to congratulate
me. and IL II IS bad 1t will be some consolation to
hear YOU say: Poor dev'-I beg your pardon, |
mean poor fellow I have not spoken to lady
for three years s..
He opened the first letter.
Good" ne said. The Tip-Top Magazine ac-
cepts Mr. Grigson's serial. the first instament of
which will appear next month That manuscript
has been lying at the office OF 'Tip-Top for six
months and have written about II three times
without being able to elicit a reply"
Nothing succeeds like success. said Margaret
"Onen the next