The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-12-29

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Park Miscellany. The editor would
further poiat ont that It is a serious at.
tempt at fraud to submit a MS. concur
rently to Two publica TONS"
Percy King, with his untasted break
fast before him. sat staring In amaze
ment at this totally unexpected and al
together unpleasant communication.
What could II mean? He had not sub
mitted his story of "Guthbert's Crime
to any other magazine than the Coyent
Garden. nor was thee any apparent
possibility of such a thing being done
by anyone else. And yet the editor
could not be mistaken. In any case.
there was that months Hyde Park
close to him, on the writing table, and
he could easily prove the editors state
ment. He picked 1t up. hastily turned
over the leaves and soon found what he
sought.
Yes. there It was. "Cuthbert's Crime;
n Tale of the City" by Percy King.
The young author sat down again. tug
ging %viciously at his m~ustache-a sure
index to his present State OF mind.
When pleased. Percy would slowly fon-
die and smooth this straw-colored APP
pendage: when thoughtful or concern
ed. he would twist its long. silky ends;
when enraged or excited. he would
strive to tear it out by the roots. Per
ey's barometer" men had called it at
At last he seemed TO have made up
his mind how to act, for he rose sud
denly. upsetting his poor little terrier,
who had taken her usual place at his
feet. Polite yelped painfully. and her
master swore audibly. Mrs. Gadd. :"
he called. as he reached the little dingy
hall. I'm going out, and sha'n't be
back to lunch
"Yessir." said the yoluble little wom-
an-Percy's friend, Lord, had summed
her up once as "voluble. valuable and
yolume-able'"-"but surely you amt
goln> hout without hany breakfast. an
slch a bitter cold mornln'. too?'
"Confound The breakfast growled
Percy. and Mrs. Gadd Withdrew, in of
Tended dignity-she was a plymouth
sister to her own stuffy little sane
tum. Without further parley, Percy
swung into the Inverness cape, and.
regardless of east wind and sleet, made
his way toward the temple. In one of
. the little streets close by there was a
long-unpainted house. the door of
which stood wide open, giving free ac-
cess TO an unwashed hall. Tudor
Chambers" was inscribed on the brass
door-plate; and "Wm. Lord, Solicitor, "
WAS depicted in quite fresh paint over
a set of offices on the second floor, one
of which Percy now entered,
"Well, old man, and why so early -
was its occupants CHEEKY greeting.
"Halloa. barometer set stormyF,-as
Percy jerked at that tell tale mustaehe.
sit down, o King Percy fiji your
pipe, and unbosom your crime-laden
soul"
I've real worry enough. Lord Bill.
without any of your Surrey drama
tags responded Percy. sinking into
the clients chair and accepting from
his friends hands the jar. well filled
with Latakla. He filled and lighted his
pipe. and then handed the editors note
to the youthful-looklns solicitor. What
do you think of that, Rilf A pleasant
pick-me-up:' he queried.
His host read 1t slowly through twice,
and then turned to Percy. "Imprimls. II
OF course e without saying tina
your Majesty is incapable Of sueh a
dirty trick; and | know your methods
In business matters too we'll to Imagine
that it has happened from lnadyert-
ence. Somebody has obtained a copy
Pof your story, and has sen 1t In to rht
Hyde Park. When did yon write 'Cuth
bert's Crime and when did you send
II In? Give me precise dates, If yot
can. old fellow"
Percy drew his pocket diary ont, anf
turned over the pages slowly. Il wrote
1t mt Rhyl In September. it was typed
at Nine. G~itoyenne's on my return Il
town in October, and was sent to tn,
Covent Garden just before Christmas
| was In Spain, as You are aware, dur
ing six weeks, and all my manuscript
were securely locked mp during my alb
sence, and apparently untouched on M
return. The Garden accepted 1t Jan. 9
and the thing has appeared In III,
:. March number of the Hyde. Now yol
have 1t ALL"
Lord reflected for n few moments. Il
Is perfectly plain he nj length said
that access to the story could be oh
tanned only at two times-when II wa
typewritten and when you were away
Mrs. Gadd Is far too fierce a Cerberu
to allow any stranger to touch you
room. and her honesty is above re
preach. We may say the latter of MINI
.tCitoyehne also. hut It may-I say. ma,
-be possible that not all her typlst
can resist temptation. May ! look a
the transcript
He eyed II carefully. aud then mad
a minute examination of It, letter b,
letter. Look here, Percy" he exclaim
ed at last, Il have a clew-sligh
enough. hut enough to show II tn
Hyde copy was typed by the sam
machine. The capital q occurs In al
nine times: IN each ease an o has bee
used instead. and the little tail ha
been added with a pen. We viii nov
go and call OH Hartland, the editor o
the Hyde Park.
Making their way through the TEN