The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-05-17

TIE gitls hard ifsnhlsd 10 ttsi sh'
eopii hardly told The rfisisd sheet A
ter . nonspissY sisnes, abe laid II Sost
sfsir, spd then. tara.ns her bisnebsd
lace 10 bin, sbs said trsnaiously. l-.i
year psrsoe.
WIN yoa tell me, Mise Casstsf. hs ssi
Cd sleuly. shy you ssni ihis to mel Wss
u for the ssks u gstlias into print -
n.iur.l enough vanity. III sliov; or, be
eosiisuss 10 . soit.r veice, su u The psy
msnt you vonid have received, bad the
msr use,ipt been accepted. 80 important
Icsp-idsr.tioe'
| Oh. Mir. Band che exclaimed, trying TO
regain bsr sompossrs; knes IL vss .
dtssdinily dishonor.bis thios TO do. but
bnt you don't know hos hsrd IL hes
been for me 10 London A woman has no
chance at sll, snd for . sifI like mr.,
vitbost Interest or fiisods. 1t sssss in
possibls to get work, I've lost heart utter
ly nov. and I'm 20 tired Of i,sli
H.vsypu net With apy success at sili
be ssked ~ symps,hsiicsliy.
Yss-s little, but not very much. snj
boteins regular. cot saIe fairly rssu
lar work Oh the 'Mornibs Cosst; bat th .
paper failed isst summer sud left some
money owiog TO me, toe, she added ssdIy.
That vas hard linssl Did you write
much for IN
Yes. = good deal. ] did sli those arii
Giles 90 The Provineislisn Of London.
and also the ssri.i. The Hssrt OF Won
49, si b sonp SHORT tales - well
BY Jovsl ss IL you who wrote The
Heart OF a Womsn' theni be sxclaim ID
with interest How silly OF mel ought
TO have remembered the name. II was .
cspilsl story you should get il publish
ed 10 volume iotm pm sure It would sue
coed.
tried 10. bat it was no good. The
Grsi erm ! offered it to kep, il for seven
month";, and then wrote to cay they would
bring the story out would bear the sx
pense. Ths EeIt people who considered
i we're not so bad; they ssked me 10 pay
only half the cost, knew they we're .
yood firm, sAd wonld treat me we'll, and
10 | tried 10 get the money before the
book would bs too much ont OF date.
Ttst IL why you sent this mar nscript to
ne, thsnP
Yes, saw tha. you we're Offering 800
or the best ten thousand word story.
rhe money meant such Q lot to ne. and !
vas so swiully hard upl l began story
nd got hall through with 1t; bat 1t wasn't
live, and ], somehow, couldn't get on
Nth It, Then one day. came across IN
Id 6ls Of the 'Osps,own Msrsrry' In The
sadias room 10 the museum. l saw
tory called The Liar in it, and liked
bs central idea very much. 1 worked it :
- and chsnged the construction little,
nd added smother chapter; snd then
Isli, then | sent il here, / never inagin
d any one would reoognizs II. Tie pa
or was over ten years old, and had lasted
My o doz.n numbers. J,
Ard now, think I've no bling more to :,
~, sho went on. except that am ever 90 :,
D sorry tbont it slll l hope you wont },
lirk TOO badly OF met wss sueh
,m mptstion! Will You tell me. though :
or voice i,ltsred how it was you found .
ut? l diint think any one ir London ?
,uld have read the 'Capstown Mercury, !
:, even il they had read The Liar. tns' !,
icy could remember 1t now. 1t iss curl =
40 coincidenoe, oil courss7 =,
Yes. answered the men slowly, 10 extra h,
'dinsry coincidence. The fact is, though :,
.er-I myself happen to be the original n
,thor OF The Liar 1,
!