The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-27

would not go on the stage and would
continue to help him. So
1T was due to me that he won the
$500 prize on the Black Cat story, For
the Sake of Liz He read it to me, and
l said it would never do. He turned it
over to me and l rewrote the last three
pages and he won the prize But l got
none of the glory. I had been contribu-
tor to Frank Leslie s, the Youths Com
panioni and ;later9to Vanity Fair under the
name oftPollyi Winkle.,,o The series of ar
ticles in Vanity Fair he pronounced very
clever and promised to make me famous
when I1became his secretary He men
toned people he. had made famous, among
others Edith Sessions Topper
He admitted that the Bowser' articles.
Wh1ch+I suggested and sketched out were
among the best he had ever written.
That l. have toAsue for a paltry $50 is
only another proof of the ingratitude of
man."
The following are some of the letters in
evidence as exhibits in the case:
Calls Her dads Dear"
In this letter Dad confesses that he
has adopted the "handsomest kid In all
New York"
Thursday.
Dads Dear, sixteen years old: I have
no letter to answer today, but I know it
Is not your fault, and l am not blue about
It Hot. weather and thunder, however, is
avenue road is still making racket How
glad l am that you could get away. The
streets of New York are baking hot, de-
serted and lonesome, and you needn't sigh
Tor them!f Now don't get lonesome, Kid
This vacation is going to do you heaps
and heaps of good, and it will be a per
manent good. To tell you the truth. I
nave nave become, scared about you. You look
Wlld-eyed. Your thoughts had got mixed
Rest and sleep. with freedom from care
VIII give me the handsomest Kid in ali
New York You need to be handsome
Why? | wont tell you until the 29th 1
document on my desk that says that
Marie Eileen Billings is the adopted
daughter of Charles B. Lewis and has
all the legal rights and privileges of a
natural daughter, and that she is obligat-
ed on her part to obey etc. Now what do
you think? Glad or sorry? ANYHOW. YOU
are dads kid for sure. and have a dad
ana guardian combined, and so you muss
be twice as good as the average girl. Will
you do this for daddy? l know you will
and now. kid of mine fgot a legal rome
fast fast to your leg), write your dad a good
an obedient daughter. Here I pause
Sorry for you, puss, but I want to make
Lnat blrthday a success. BY Jove. but
I've got TO take off my coat and make
things hustle! I've got an increase in
family to feed and elothe, you see. and
I've got to get up muscle to WALTON
certain Kid when she gives daddy back
'.Good4by, chicken, and God bless Won
and bring you happiness with
Your Dad
~ Possesses a Singing Heart.
Dad tells the kid in the following let
ter that fertune-teler told him their
lives ran together:
My Dearest and Best of All Kids and
daughters: Set mad, will YOU when dad
dy says not, and write .cuss letter!
NOW see the result. You either misdirect-
ed it or failed to stamp it, for it hasn't
come IhlS morning l got yours of Fri
day. July 10, and my heart is singing a
song. ~. e-ae
fortune-teler told me? He said that 7
exercised an active influence over your
life and would better you in all ways
That you exercised a passive. subtle in
Huence on mine. Our lives run together
adopted you because 1 love and trust
you, and because you need a good. kind
dad, and need and have got the chickest
little kid in all this world
Secondly, the fortune-teller strongly
advised it..
Thirdly, I will protect you against the
world. Let me hear one word from any
man or woman and you'll see the fur fly.
I've got rights now and you've got a dad
l nave pulverized Alice by sending her
the paper of adoption. 1 think that will
finish her up, Ell?
so my Kid is going to be good to her
father, bless you. little one. / know Won
Will be- Your whole nature tends to in
nocence and goodness What Won have
ldcheu uear, ana what was responsible for
any mistakes made, was the want of a
daddy to come to you-a daddy to advise
and guide and love. you. You've got him
now On his part he will think for YOU.
act, work, plan Put his little girl aWay
above all. l tell you am glad, not only
glad. but proud to be the daddy of a little
one like you. have got far deeper feel
ing than | could have for wife.
The fortune-teller said we would down
the whole story, and was to be your dad
dy, and have weapon to knock 'em out.
Wait till you see your dad walk into EN-.
must not spank you nor box your ears
and you are going to sass and WALTON dad
all you want to. 1 punish my sixteen
year-old by taking her in my arms and
kissing her. Don't leave me letterless this
week. You are bracing dad up to fight
like giant. The glad song is still there
as | throw a kiss at my new-found. and
hope the joy will be hers. DAD
Red fire, bombs and skyrockets saws dad
in his letter, will but family express his
happiness.
Dearest and Best of All Daughters:
Well, Puss, you did 'cuss,' but YOU were
right. OF course, they have gossiped and
talked and lied. It's different now and
Will be to the end You've got a dad. and
I'll make it hot for the next man or wom
an who says word against you. I'm TAX