Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-26

author Of that astonishing auto
biography The Frontersman.
has Just returned from a trip TO
Greenland IN time to see the publication
OF his brimstony novel Of adventure
among the cowboys Of Arizona, entitled,
Curly" illustrated by STANLEY Wood
who il as familiar as pocock himself
with frontier life. While travelling
along tho Rocky mountains on horse
back from Canada to the city Of Next
CO., two years ago, the author fell m
with noted robber gang They traced
him rather well and he learned a good
Bit Of their mode Of life. a fund OF me
formation on which he has drawn Tor
the new story This book Is preiacod
by Il reproduction Of lelter from
"Chalkeye," one OF the characters, maxi
Ing an amusing reference to owen
Wister for whom Roger Poc0ck has
a great admiration This letter l9 1913
follows, spelling and all
Flagstaff Arizona.
Friend Pocock,
About this curly book It amt yores
Its mine which I'm reddy TO mnnIano
the same with money argument or
guns. ! told the lies and all you got
to DO Ia to write them down Insted "
filing my mouth with yore lltlery frllls
and you don't want 10 stick yore nalm
10 the curey hook, cos II YOU clnps
yore brand on my COW yure due to get
shot up TO glory prompt when mex we
meat
These ere picturs is dead wrong Jlms
white man-so he don't wear spade
bit 10 his pet roam, but curly looks
nifty natural, and this ere sketch
know horses hole lot ! been reading
the VirgInian wich YOU sent me- ana
this owen Wlster is great say caynt
he write / wish the curey book was
half as good But he let's out that us
cowboys is an extinct specie, SO | been
projecting around amongst the dear
departed and they was heaps surprised
az finding themselves extinct, II hadn't
struck them before and they're not
pleased. SO they want you TO break u
gently 10 the Wister person that he's
come to mourn at the wrong funeral
any way has made bad medicine agin
us in calling us extinct 30 shoot him fer
me moderate iu the legs cause our
hearts are sore and we want TO udver-
tlse.
/ got young grizzly bear for curly
but / caynt send him cause The COM
pauy refuses to feed an express parcel
Yoreg truely
CHALKEYE,
Like W. II. Maiiork, Henry savage
Lander Is ln the habit Of coming 20
London for the season land OF hurry
np away again as soon ls that period
Is over This year, however, IN view
Of the interest in Tibet Mr. LQndo:S
publishers persuaded him 10 stay on in
the fiat in Whitehall which he makes
his London headquarters, and prepare
popular edition Of his famous Work
IN the Forbidden Land" 30 Tor many
weeks the author-tr traveller has been de-
voting all his time 10 this work which
has meant practically rewriting bis
book he has also produced a number
OF new illustrations Do c0lois ana has
even made the cover design himself
For the first time, Il one remembers
correctly, Joseph Conrad INDUCED this
week in the Englshmans cherished
privilege o. writing 20 The TINES Ills
letter was drawn from the former sailor
by the remarkable explanations ou
the part OF the commander of the Bai-
lie fleet regarding the recent '1c.delt
IN the North sea I'm The c0urse % his
remarks the author of "TypnoOn' ~.
fers TO his own experience as q morincr
which embraced he says, nearly @
,.uovtan ~ "a .rnfttfas fn an r,Nfs rF
craft upon Ccas bCth narrow ANA Wide.
and ln the North sea Itself, and IN COM
maud OF both sailing ald steamship
Needless TO say, Conrad rldIculel the
statements OF the Russian Commander
His letter Is written With the blunntss
OF true sailor ana In one pace he
speaks Of "lubhers bundeung about the
seas And The authors feeling as q
patriotic Pole towards the ears repre-
sentatlyos comes ont when he speaks
OF their characteristic iinpudence" IN
charging the English fishermen with
falsehood, aud remarks IAN imputa.
ton OF lying occurs naturally 10 the
Russian mind,
When Il gas announced that the on
clal painting Of the Coronation cere-
mony would be- made by Edwin a. ABB
hey, Il VS. generally supposed that the
work haA been commissioned by the
British government ana this impress
sion was borne cut by the fact that u
was made by the kings express per-
mission, the selection OF the American
artist had his approval that special IN.
clllties were given TO Mr. Abbey Tor wit.
Messing the ceremony and that the lSins
and queen with all the other prominent
personages OF the picture gave him spe-
cia slttings SO there has been general
surprise at the discovery that the paint
Ing which was placed on exhibition for
the first time the other day, was or
dered. paid for, and is the property CT
Thomas Agnew & Sons II was, Ameri-
cans may remember, from this well
known Bond street art firm that the !
famous Galusboroueh portrait Of the !
Duchess Of Deyonshre was stolen Il |
Is the belief IN art circles that Measrs. |
Agnew must have paid Abbey sum
not Ear short Of $50 900 for the picture. |
and evidently they intend 70 lose moth !
ing by the speculation. As has been an |
nounced already the painting Will be |
exhibited not only throughout this
country, but IN the United States and |
in the British colonies, on enquring |
AT Moggrs AgnaN's the other daN with '