The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-01
Raked @e Realm OF
Literature 10 &ef
S'RaWBoned Ze6. !"

4AH. tiHtt-HVuHu volumes Al4 not APPEAR
to gain bis attention. He devoted him
self exclusively to the stacks OF fiction.
paper-bound, in the old-faahioned way
about fourteen inches long by ten inches
wide-and he even thumbed over the
nickel ana dime libraries" with great
apparent interest. The thickset pro-
prietor Of the secondhand bookstail no.
tced the elderly. distinguished looking
man the other afternoon and strolled out
to the pavement
Can't find what you are looking for.
eh. judge?' inquired the proprietor Of the
stand pleasantly.
The elderly distinguished looking man
appeared to be somewhat embarrassed
''N-no,' he replied, dinidently. II sup
pose I'm on a fruitless quest"
He didn't name the nature of the quest,
however
you won't find any thing in Arabic in
those paper-b bound piles you know" said
the proprietor Of the stall, experiment.
ally.
''No?o said the elderly. distinguished
looking man
There used to be a Gibbons Roman
Empire In paper covers, but it's out o
print years ago. remarked the proprietor
of the stall. after pause.
THAT so?" said the stranger. Don't
believe / ever saw that edition."
We've got whole lot OF Omar Khay-
yams' in cheap cloth covers. though"
pursued the bookstall man, scratching
his head in a puzzled sort OF way and
sizing up the distinguished looking man
out Of the tail of his eye.
sfNyaII Tn, t,ot q daynfaa a. fha Omar
shrine" replied the elderly man. turning
over another heap Of the elongated paper
volumes
The proprietor OF the stan walked away
little distance and appeared to be
thinking It over.
You'll find Hugo's History OF Crime
and Les Mlserables IN that bunch" he
said, returning to the elderly man at the
stall, Sbut there's hardly any use In buy
ing EN- in that form when I've got EN-
cloth-bound fer as low as quarter each.
and sets OF Hugos complete works for
81"
Il find Hugo hard reading" replied the
elderly man OF distinguished appearance,
wipng his spectacles rehectively Il
knocked Off doing literary penance long
time ago."
The proprietor scratched his head some
more lie looked like a man up against
il. Having a reputation TO sustain, how
ever. for shrewdness In guessing his cus-
toners literary tastes, he returned to the
charge after a silence.
There's some o. Goethes and Schiller's
stuff in those paper plies" he said. as
quoted by the Washington Star, but
got all the Schiller and Goethe you want
inside, in cloth. for little or nothing"
''Uh-huh," replied the distinguished
looking man. again removing his iron
rimned spectacles and wiping them with a
spotless handkerchief "Giad to hear
that However I haven't much time 10
solace myself with Goethe and Schiller.
Life's 100 short"
The bookstali proprietor walked out to
the curb and spat musingly.
Fellow that looked pretty hard up
came in here the other day" he said.
to the elderly gentleman
at the stall. "and sold me ten volumes OF
the plays Of Congreve. Wycherly and VAN
brugh at a pretty small hgure. Like to
look at emp
"N-no." replied the elderly man. I'VE
can see all that hot stuff that's good for
Us at the theaters nowadays without re-
verting to that bunch OF degenerates."
''wel he's on 10 what he's talking
about all right" unused the bookstail pro-
prietor. grlnmng. Then he said aloud
"P'rlps you prefer the old English era
Otway, Reaumont and
Fletcher and that sort2"
''Wen. II / was marooned on desert
sland maybe ia read some OF the older
English dramatists-on rainy afternoons
when I couldn't hunt nnollusks for sup
per-" replied the hlgh-grade-looking man
At the stall.
"well. this one gets me going right"
the bookstal proprietor 10 him
self ''rll give him another whlz."
Then the bookstall proprietor pulled ont
from beneath stack OF paper-bound lit
srature a yellowed copy of Carlyle's "sar-
or Resartus."
Maybe This is what you are looking
or. sir" he said. holding the book up
70 that the elderly man could see the
itle.
mo replied the elderly man. 'that Is
lot what I'm looking for On the CON
rary, Carlyle gives me pale pink pain"
This phrase gave the proprietor # the
,ookstall his opening He grlnned and In
Iuired:
well. Is there anything particular YOU
re hunting for. sir7 ] don't want 10 ap-
,ear to be curious. but
The elderly. MISUNDERSTANDING man,
emoved his spectaeles, put them IN hls
ocket and smiled benlgnly upon the pro-
rietor Of the stall.
Well" he said. 'I'il tell you what I'm
boxing for. seeing that you take such an
interest I'm looking for a work entitled
Raw -Boned zeb. the Terror OF the Rock
ss' ] was reading that work one after
oon about thirty-four years ago and had
asst reached the most absorbing part
here Zeb bites the arms Of forty-seven
iackfeet Indians in bunch. If you re-
ms mother came along
nd snatched the book out on my hand
was a darned interesting and enter
inning work. and I'd be willing 10 pay big
loney to set hold Of a copy and nnd out
ow Il ended"
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Wf4eousfu fIeeanuan lss.r.