Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-27

come dare say she will wonder wheth-
err he deserves her.
1t Is only "A very unscnsh man who
cares TO be loved; the majority prefer
to love-it lays them under fewer obli-
cations
have always found that nearly eye-
ny step we take In HE is TO Doe regret
ted--if we ever begin 10 wonder how
many other steps might have been pos
sble,
You may tell me that love is strong
err than death, than destruction. than
the world. You viii soon see that e Is
not stronger than scandal.
He abhorred anything I'm the nature
Of satlre-it seemed to him convent
ent name for offensive and unmistuk-
able illusions to his own character and
career
Girls appear to have no intermediate
stage between the guiloess chicken aul
the coquettish hen.
A wife should be the one woman I'M
the world with whom You can spend
days and weeks Of unreproyed cool
ness
A reputation for virtue and wisdom
thOWever gratifying to ones vanity
brings with It pains and penalties so
various, 80 exquisite and $50 lncess1ut
that job himself would seem false
type nt prosecuted excellence. since be-
lived longer than his plaques,
HIS views on women were perhaps
more remarkable for their chlvalry than
their reverence That she lost her
youth was blot ON creation; that she
could lose her virtue made life worth
living
yes gir," he said TO the manuscript
editor - fancy ! have an historical
novel that win fairly chase the masses
to the bookstores"
ITO what period does It belong?'
"Ill leave that all In your hands.
Any old period will DO / thought az
first I'd write It around the Black
Prince and then jumped to Henry
VIM Queen Elizabeth impressed me
fayorably too. was gOing TO have
ShaE Icare masQueraiing az the hero
and Zen johnson carrying off the girl
IN the third chapter But III leave
an that TO you II could he timed for
the last years Of the Revolution or the
breaking out of. the Mexican war, but
youll know lest about that
What are the dramaus personaeY'
"Eh? Oh yes. The hero IL a buc-
cancer who is cut down from the glib
bet. on which he has been strung by his
striking crew. The heroine does the
cutting She is a little flower girl who
sells carnations and sassafras root In
lawyers Offices, and thus meets the VII
lain and gives the hero an unusually
good chance 20 come on, There are
some pirates too and few Puritans
ara Indians and soldiers, and an ola
garbage wagon driver who knows the
true secret Of the hcroine's birth Yes
and I've got the dialogue fixed 50 that
the Indians could be turned into
Roundheads. the pirates into Tories ana
the puntans into highWaymen The
scenery Is fixed the same way, although
some of It could stand just as II is,
Here on page 26 YOU see the hawthorn
bushes were i'm bloom Now 1t would
he dead easy 10 substitute golden rod
or dandelions. Yes, sir, the whole thing
is designed 10 fit any period from 1870
up"
"How many pages?'
oTwo hundred and sixty pages of 200
words each o,o
let me see Yes. wen print 200
COPIES Of your book for $500 spot cash,
and let YOU choose your own historical
period What do you say?'
you be bowed Cleveland Plain
Dealer,
Mrs. Glyn. who at present Is sojourn-
ing i'm Egypt. Is one among all the au-
thors and authoresses who are most
spoken about just now,
l.
beth" has sprung into great notice ana
Is selling in the most extraordinary
fashion. II Is hardly possible TO Keep
pace with the amazing demand me
publishers are getting edition after eal-
ton printed In society circles IN per-
ticular ii Is the book Of the day N"t
to have read il or not TO be reading
"The Visits Of Elizabeth Is to De
quite behind the times
In the absence Of publications OF any
special note, the month has seen some
remarkable sales Of old books,
The most curious was the auction az
Puttick & Simpsons rooms IN New
York, Of a number OF rare and quaint
specimens Of Americana, which brought
rather big prices,
one Of the most important was Raphe
Hamars "True Discourse OF the Pres
ent State If Virginia" dated 1915, which
was knocked down for $50 CS25O) Az
even brsker competition took place for
the work containing the discoveries OF
John Lederer in three several marches
from Virginia 20 West Carolina. 1872.
The hammer fell for e55 (S275.) An
other important price, els $50, was
given for Richard Hakluyts principal
Navigations. VOYAGES and Discoveries
Of the English Nation Made at Sea-"
printed i'm 1898. Richard Witbourne's
discourse on the Discovery Of New
foundland" 1922, went for six guneas.
Mather's Brief History Of the War
with the Indians In New England" 1876,
fetched el9 $3.50 For a MS. contain
ing details respecting the early Ameri-
can colonies. dated 1921, the bidding
stopped at col (sl05) The lot was
bought IN, a much heavier price being
the reserve.
on the whole II was considered a
rather remarkable sale,
In all circles great regret Is felt AT the
death Of Mrs. Godfrey Burr, She was
quite In the bloom Of youth. and was a
bride only nine months ago Mrs.
Burr's maiden name was Katharine
Douglas King, the name under Whirh
she published several novels. One Of
these by the way, "'rhe Scripture
Reader Of ST Marks" was returned In
the MS. by an eminent publisher on the |
plea that he ala not publish theology. |
The next publisher read II and so. n !
little later. did the public at large. Mrs. |
Burr herself was the daughter Of a pub |
Usher. the late Mr. ". 5 King. who I
added Ia Indian banking the glorles Of |
issuing Tonnyson's poems, and also /
those OF Lady Harriet Baltic Hamilton |
an admlrals daughter whom Mr. King !
married
tn, Kate Barl1ss CI. Katharine am !
4 Douglas born'O Of whom Rossett /
sings In his ballad. was an ancestress Of ]
Mrs Burr who bore her names She 4
had something also Of the nature i'm t
puted to mat heroine and the shirt ~ /
ready self-sacri1ce on the day of her |
Wedding 10 a hardworklng Staffordshire I
vicar. her dedication gave poisnqncy In |
he eyes ~ some observers ia the festi- I
titles on the borders u Epping Forest. .
In fact her stories were written under .
he pressure Of money being needed for .
he Fest End Hospltol for Sick Chit /