New-York tribune., 1900-03-25
THE ORIGIN OF TREASURE IH4yD'


Dr. a II. Japp. in The London Acaiemv
r l. S. had often heard Of me through friend,
OF ms IN Edinburgh. and when I printed q letter
IN The Spectator" about ThOreau ne wrote n
me wishing to know me- personally and asking
II L would soon be in Edinbir-h as ba was %
ING there to be for some time with his father
ana mother in Heri0t Row He found the Elin-
burSh east wind too much for him and wrote
10 me atter some weeks, saying that he had %
MAKE new tracks, and that he had gone win
Ms parents to somewhere near PitlOchry not
far from his beloved TUNNEL the vale O Scot
land as he called IL. Still. my holiday and
Journey TO Scotland were delayed and again
was Informed that the family had made anOthe,
move and had gone TO the Cottage. CastIetoEa
OF Braemer- There, accordingly. I went as IL
Vlted and stayed some days-days that are d.
HShtful TO me TO think of. The pastine Ot the
afternoon was the reading of a chapter OF a 70
nance OF adventure. which had been begun
mainly with the idea of interesting sam M
Lloyd OSbOurneI. ]. his SJepS1n, as Stevenson
himself says giving him something eraggy %
break his boy mind on Stevenson himself tels
that, as this had already gone on for week Or
Two. the kindly feeling of the family retreaIel
from the idea OF intiicting the former muulalea
members of The Sea Cook on me: but | In
plored them not to deprive me of that pleasure
as was sure my pleasure would relieve them
from any notion of 'intiictiOn"; and in Steven,
sons little attic there. where he wrote am
worked. L listened 10 him reading those Garner
chapters And such reading-dramauc, valisa vs
Skilfully in tone and infection. as his sim ooes
gently swayed in his characteristic fashion,
Ms. in hand as he read. and now and tls.
SwayinS tOO-as / shall never forget his iasA-.
was as keenly interested III the story as a.
OsbOurne was; his enjoyment was shown ih y =
expression, and his judgment IN occasional 80
geStiOnS offered after the reading; ana SON. SON
times Mrs. Stevenson would put in q sasat..S
word, too. 1t was a delightful melanSe e'7'+
way.
1 had thus heard the whole Of the stoTy i. y y
first pencil draUght before / left. Cne-n4A -
the story. which had been revised careiuI! - a.
recoped. 1 brought away with me IN m! - :
manteau with the view Of insurlns tn1s =
should be printed and not lost TO tne NO.@ -,
dozens of Mr. Stevenson's former story L,s,~ en
had been: and. though l had then no cohne1S r..
whatever with Mr.. James Henderson, " sat
knew as coming from my own district !" con-
land. | took the story 10 h.ul-Nery l'S y ts,rh.
feSs. 10 be able 10 tell him that h4t sT9ry
him a work of genius Hr acceplst, -. - ~ ths
as / had been able 10 give him an OUTING ut,i,s .
whole plot, and though he dld not s'1 S1ss,iss'
much as l had hoped for my WoIN @ - ~ nsr-
Vet il was something. and an assuIma m ~ COW
hapS more to come. since K l. : Aott - rsssai
right. Almost all the copy or ne SUI. -, Wss
through my hands 70 Mr. HenCetSo.l. IN any
never introduced To Stevenson oE ~ -, corr
formal sense: but getting OF course ~" H. :
spondenCe with Mr, II about PROOFS, s'logns
naturally called TO see him early II ''S ,5,u %
summer as he passed throuSu -. ofsrst
Rournemouth: when on special te'ilS lite TIE
by Mr. Henderson. he agreed 70 INCH had
BLACK Arrow" This strangely 1s - than
much more pull on Young FolNS So, 80 had
the more artistic Treasure iSiah"