The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-06-30

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GEORGE W. CABLES SUMMER HOME, NORTH
AMPTON, MASS. -s 4ti.t,f
selves you are apt to hear nothing at
all. They have taken to the woods,
gone to the seashore or struggled off to
the mountains
New England seems to be very pOpu-
lar with authors as a place for summer
retreat Probably it is the cool summer
climate rather than the literary atmOs-
phere which guides their choice 1t is
notable that in these days literary peol
pie do not flock together as they used
to In the time of Emerson, Thoreau.
Holmes and LOngfeIlow. You might
rake Cambridge with a fine tooth comb
and not capture more than one or pos
sibly two authors of national fame In
skirt the Atlantic coast from Newport
to Bar Harbor or tramp through the
hills of western Massachusetts, aud
you are liable to Flush" great author
almost any day.
Just on the outskirts of pretty North
ampton village. which is but a few
miles from here. George W. Cable, the
noted southern author, has a charming
sylvan retreat where he is passing the
summer. He has named il Tarryawhile.
and the name is most appropriate. for
that Is just what the place suggests to
the visitor vi
Mr. Cables summer home is a pic
uresque affair of rough stone and shin.
giles. ltnestles on side hilr under the
sheltering arms of many great pines.
The grounds, comprise part of the tract
known as Paradise woods. These
woods are just In the, rear of Smith col
lege and are well known to many thou
sands of young women who have ex-
plored their hooks during intervals in
the struggle for higher education.
Occupying a considerable portion of
the first floor of the house is Mr.. Ca
ble's study, for the southern author
does not come here to idle all summer.
There is a very buslnesslike desk COW
cred with reference books and sheets
of manuscripts. All this looks much
like work. But there are also wide
armed willow chairs. broad window
seats and In a corner an inviting ham
mock. These speak. Of leisure and com.
fort. '.' . 80 : '.''
It Is in a big poTc6 rocker that Mr,
Cable does most OF his writing. One
arm is fitted with q hinged leaf wide
enough for a large pad of paper and
has n shciart into witch 'tnayl be fitted a
sinah MIX wtil When thf dag IL 'finE,
Mr. Cablels3s before an Open window
ont Of which nihy he sdeh the grim
summit OF Mount tom. On STORMY
days be pulls his chair hb'before h big
open FIREPLACE and WITHSTAND rocks.
teeks ana thinks. 'dhd sometimes inst
rocks, neither thhkiHgih6r writing.
Mr. Cable has passed several sum
mprs IN Paraillse woods and takes
great pride in adding TO the atboreal
beauties of TarryawIilcl He asks ehch
visitor OF note 10 plant tree soinc-
where on the grounds. and he never
forgcts who planted each one. He has
living memorials Of the visits OF such
men as Or. Felix Adler, j. NJ. Barrie
Max O'ReIl. Sol Smith Russell and
Anthony Hope. f.
'But Hope. you know" says Mr.. Ca
BILE somewhat sadly. ibid not seem to
care much about planting his tree. He
did ii, but | rather suspect the, whole
thing bored him." IS,
Not a great many miles from here,
over among the Berkshires. Is the sum
mer home of Richard Watson Glider.
the poet editor of The Century. Maya
zine. Mr.. elders summer stay is more
or less interrupted by frequent trips to
Union square, but Ae manages to stay
several weeks at time among the
green bills.
Just across the Massachusetts, border,
on the shores of Saranac lake. Samuel
L. Clemens is spending the summer.
He has hired for the season a pretty
little cottage and is living very quietly.
What am doing here?" replied
Mark Twain to visitor. "well. III
tell you. but 10 strict confidence. I'm
trying to forgive myself for eating
some Of those dinners they gave me In
New York last winter"
Earlier In the spring there was a ru-
NOR to the effect that Fiudyard KIplIng,
after be had sold Naulahka. his former
home near BrattlebOro. Intended to
purchase an estate In a different part
Of Vermont and build new residence.
IL 10 probable that be has changed his