New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
THE TITLE TOURNAMENT.
THE CLEVER STORY IN VERSE THAT
WON THE AWARD OF MERIT
FROM "TwINKLES"
x>,-rvrsrrxc SELECTIONS FROM OVER THOU
SAND COMPETITIVE MANUsCR1PTs-iN'hN-
Ious AND WITTY SKETCHES AND
STORIES WOVEN FROM THE TITLES

OF wEII~KNOwN BOOKS.
o,.r ,os g, .~rwinklcs.' offered award OF
.n.-s, 70 twenty-dolar gold piece) TO thal ohe
Of tts readers who should send IL 'he MUS.
cleverly constructed short story. she'o"
narrative not exceeding 800 woros h ".o
the largest number Of titles OF
hoo.. ara most wittily arranged Ihe oa'o
go o.. ~. cose Of the contest was January =.
,eo- .,d nv that time over 100 competing manu-
,r,n.s had been received. The editors OF lwihkies
sfter a careful reading and comparison OF 'he "iei
tts of this large number OF papers nave a"a''e"
tho twenty-dollar gold piece to Kate a. DAVIS o'
rll,sburg Jefferson County. \. Y, VINO sent III
.h. cr., story lin verse; printed below. There are
.sw.n,vthree titles OF books included In TINS skill
fully rhymed story. There were man! o'nei ''
eenious stories and sketches sent in ana no. &c"
OF them contained large number OF u'ies' ou'' ="
the opinion Of the editorial examiners TINS s'or! III
vsrse taking It's cleverness Of construction ana 's
number Of titles both into consicera''on' " "
titled to the first place.
THE WINNER OF THE AWARD.
.rriends" listen to the Annals Of
A Quiet Neghborhood'; x,
NIsesde the Bonnie Brier Bush
s'The House at Greylock' stooo.
srwas "Our OH Home"-"My Wife and L
And "A Flock Of Girls dweit mere;
p~The House of Seven Gables
And "Beak House" too were near
sour Ne,ghbors" at the Forest House
GyPys GE%s'" ama The Heavenly Twins
And Little Lord Fauntleroy."
I'VE and Our Ne,ghbors" side by sids'
pT)arkness and Daylight" witnessed
The HAPPY Children's" plays
,1ife in Arcadia twas like.
In "A Fair Country scene.
Disturbed the days Serene"
rJohn Halifax" THAT Dreadful Boy
Said TO his Cousin Maude: ,
let's take * Tramp Abroad
'-we Two will see "The Wide. Wide World"
''The Hidden Path We'll fnd: -,
No Looking backward, "a d., now SsS,na until
"a Terrible Temptation" twas.
And SO What Can She Dor"
"she' who was always Bound to Rise"
Though "Hedged In Hitherto.
~Gettng Ahead" THE Boy Tramps' on.
OF Meadow Brook Through Swamp and Glade"
Like Folly AS 1t Flies"
.rhrourh Thick and Thin" she follows him.
Fearing TO be Called Back; .,.
rAlone' beside 1.-The Laurel Bush
There stood THE Man In Black
Twas Adam Bede." THE Man Who Laughs"
''PIain Speaking" was his style
You wander Here and There, he SAID.
sonny" you make me smile
perhaps you're wise and Otherwise"
Some Say the latter.see?
Should interrupted" be-
rrrom Jest to Earnest he has grown:
You'd better be Looking Around, 80
sTis time your scheme should be Denounced.
For you're on Dangerous Ground
This is What Came Afterward";
These 1.-TWO Offenders" gay
Were Driven Back to Eden:
Ellisburg jefferson County. n. Y.
The stories and sketches which follow are selected
from among the best Of the other competing man.
uscripts All the good cannot be printed, for
there were very few among them all that were not
good. These printed representative of scores
OF others. which. If space permitted are equally
we'll worthy of publication.
A CLEVER POLITICAL ALLEGORY
Under the title Of The Man Who Would Be
King" the following story. e2ide'tly based on the
facts of the late Presidential campaign. was
sent in:
When 'wee Willie winkie" made his speech on
sul aTSnDmS f% but not Hopeless
ITO Please His Wife" and "Al! Sorts and Condi-
Lsss ssS'1z lie spoke TO Prince and Faapsr Of "IaTd
Errand' to be Digging for cold" "As We Were
naf ihro"sh the wde WIDE wOfd
and the Unfortunate Man thought that "An
in When he told Merry Tales" about Tariff !
"Innocents Abroad" were True to the Old Flag.
and THE Earth Trembled" as they 'lnterrupted'
'His Majesty. Myself with AS We Went March !
ing On" "The Fallen Ido' finding The odds |
Against Him" and since he had told IAN He
Knew said he hoped that Tomorrow there |
would not be such Mortal Antipathy." and with |
his Lost Illusions" he found lodgings for the |
Nights" in Castle Dangerous with The Man OF !
the House" He yet declares that Life Is Worth |
Living" that he will sink or Swi m Alone, for |
sTen Years Later he is Bound to Rise. But |
"On the Eve of the Fourth Of November he was /
'Found Wanting" and that one who is Every |
Inch a Soldier" found "Frends' True as Steel
and no will bring the people who are An Adrift' @
out Of a Great Shadow" when he treads In The, /
Footprints OF Famous Men and takes the well !
Won seat OF "The Complete Angler.
CONSTANCE ENTWlSTLE HOAX"