Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-09
A NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW.
"a lady to see you, sir. >

SSIrmf UfigsoH as6a very unpar-
liamentary language, but taking
into consideration the fsct that his
visitor might be close at hand, in
compliment to her sex his anathe-
mas were uttered in German.
How charming : she exclaimed,
coming into the room with a little
rush. Il have nv 6rst point al
ready. You are familiar with the
modern languages, and she made q
note.
Madam said Jeremy Grigson,
with severe bow. Il have an ex-
cellent memory. but cannot recol-
lecs having made your acquain
tance on any previous OCCASION
'Yoe have an excellent memory !?
Thanks She made another note.
MAY I sit down ! am rather
tired
Certainly, madame Jeremy
placed chair for her. And you
will then perhaps kindly let me
know to what I am indebted for
pleasure of your company
Just let me take down'-she
scrihbled rapidly, murmuring to
herself: 'Frigid manner, stately,
Old World form of address, furni.
ture chosen with an eye to comfort
rather than beauty.
Her pencil paused and she glanced
at him with a smile apparently in
tended to set him at ease.
Il am from the Weekly Chatterer,'
she said. Can you let me have
photograph to 60 in with the inter-
view?'
Never had one taken in my life,
said Jeremy. He was not hand
some man, yet there was something
in his face better than good looks.
Not even when you were a baby |?
Almost anything would do
Not even then.'
'Ah, of course not. And you were
reared on-'Green tea, I believe.
Don't / look ike it?'
She wrote down, Highly ner-
vous, rather dyspeptic,' and went
on, talking of things that come
after your time--how old are you
exactly? OF course it is only wom-
en- who are guilty of the weakness
of objecting to their ages.
Il shall be hundred il / live to
the end Of this. Allow me one
question What have I done that
should interviewed p
She wrote again. murmuring,
Modest, and apparently unaware Of
his own fame and then answered /:
Don't you know that the whole
town is talking of yoar book:'
Il don't know anything about it,
he said savagely, except that sold
the copyright fer 20 pounds, and
that 20 pounds is spent
She had got hold of an immense
fact. but she. dropped her pencil,
and her flippant aggressive, air
with it.
What a shame 2 she said what
a wicked shame? Your publishers
will makes hundreds aud thousands
out of that book. It is creating o
furor. Such a case should not be
possible and especially when q
man really needs the money.
lie looked attentively at her for
the first time. He had seen alread y
that she was young and pretty bat
he noticed now that there was a
worn, pinched look about her small,
very pretty face. He had seen the
same look growing on other faces
in Bohemia it had grown upon
his own, and he knew the meaning
oft.
You understand about needing
money! he asked her.
Il should think | do she an.
swered sharply. DO you suppose
should be here now il / didn't 2
Some people work at q trade be.
cause they like it.
If it were a trade l liked, every.
thing would be different. l aspired
to literature once, but / could moi
even make dry bread by it. Ever
since / have been hanging on to tn,
skirts Of journalism, and sometimes
there 10 q great deal Of mud or
them. II you only knew how peo
pie treat me now and again wher
| 60 to interview them You maj
thank your stars and your geniuI
for having placed you above al
that, at any rate
Are they often az brutal as