Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-10-11

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Because Of the interest and inquiry
aroused by the publication, III The Sat
urday Evening Post. Of the earlier
chapters Of Tales of the Road"
Charles n. Crewdson, tile author, re-
c"iN"d from a certain literary editor a
note the substance of which was the
question: VINO are you. anyhow -?
Here is The answer Which he received.
~ q small boy ran wild among the
paw paw patches and the lockwood
blossoms OF Kentucky, my native state.
Like every small boy. went fishing and
fen i'll the creek. Was captain Of IN"
third nine. 4 travelling man friend
took me- 1T the age Of II, from picking
worms off Of tobacco plants. and car
ricd me TO the city-St. Louisiana got
mo a job as . stock boy
Worked Tor 4 wholesale house for
$4,000 a month--not $500 Il week, Paid
$3.50 a week for board ana 40 cents for
washing. The rest spent. From
that day To this I've hncd my own row
without helm.
For three years I shaved and half
starved on 4 stock boys salary. one
day the OLD Man gave III" Il job on III"
road in q territory i'll which five men,
in tn fiN" years, had fallen down. Per
hapS thc job WAS given 10 me to kill me
of. ltut | won out AT the end Of
the first year they wanted to fire me,
hut J sold my services again for a sec
ond year. For six wears | travelled in
the mltdl" West for this firm and my
salary grew bigger each year. AT IN"
end OF thar time, which WAS III" year
oI the Worlds Fair III Chicago. ! came
TO The city by the lake and saw III" red
roofs Of Or. Harpcr's university. a
friend Of mine, whom / shall ever hold
clos" IL my heart, advised III" To go
there. ] went. but 20 do this | had to
throw away large business which
then. at the age Of % or r.. paid m" 4
handsome salary In order that / might
go IA til" university. I cut down my
salary 10 *l.00I z year enough to get me
through school. TIL" Old Man would
not give nj" a contract tor longer than
ono year, neCaus" he said Books and
business do not go together. ami add
"i that ! would fall down. l did not.
I gave up every inch IF my old terri
tnTy-"ne OF the reasons being that I
sold goods tor the marked price 70 GUS
toners who placed confidence in rne.
sid sold them at lower figures to others
vino dill not follow that plan. felt
ike I. thict.
In my nov territory succeeded in
ever greater measure than I ever did
before, at tho same time carrying on
full work in the university. TAO ot
my good friends nsr"d nc. in 1895 10
~" a trin with item to Europe, Fond
If adventure join"I my t-ro friends,
:i-d in Europe found my SOILS a0aN-
ching. The 500 spent On that four
months trip vas thu best 500 .-vor
invested. on bicycles VIC mixed il
across Germany. tln7 Il The Rhine coun-
Try. through Switzerland and into
ITALY. Several times sine. haVr
visited the old wnrld-in 1893 going as
f1r u3 Egypt and taklnG with ne 2
y"un" wife. AS tn" years have passed
p small boy and baby sister have corn"
Ia rs
Abt one saw 50 many things Of in
trrcSt that began to writ" about them
and before | realized IT I WAS con-
tributiIS 70 a ;:rodly number Of metro
r0litin newspapers throughout tine
Cnit.-d States. For i while l held the
notion that a business man was a little
locke down upon. Therefore I So.
cured 4 lir,lIS" 10 liaCtic. law: hut
when took 4 sharp look 1t young law
ycrS | met | saw thni many of them
Wort trousers With bottoms fray"d
while travelling men always wore good
clothes. 50 hav" stuck Ia tn" road.
50, idjn.: my leisure months either in
trav'! ~ writing.
The 'Tal"s nf The Road have been
more on less an .Irvlc:it. To be sure.
for seventeen years jottcd down every
goul business story ! heard ANA every
striking business experience. Tn"
springinG Of thrS, WAS accidental. on"
day. iii conversation with an editor
f'i"nd, ! Chnn"rd 10 r"lat" some Of my
business experiences. "That'S Just the
stuff III" Saturday Evening Post is
locking tur." said re-. inside OF AZ
hours | Was writing the first chapter
Of "TllrS II the Road"
There, If You wish tu know. | have
told you al about myself.
The illustrations in this book. sixteen
in number. are too pointed and clever
to be- passed without comment. They
are drawn by J. J. Could and are clever
pieces of character work. The book
contains - pages.
Under the I.ilncs" ana "Itrll ana
Jill" these m" the two remaining VOL
IH"S in Luuisa N. AlcottS famous
Little Women Series" which have
Just been issued ny Little. brown &
CO. f"ston. completing the series
These books are uniform with the pre-
C"ding volumes Of the series which
have been reviewed in the columns of
tn" journal, and all nt them are b"auti-
ful specimens Cf the ok-makcr's art.
All lovers of Mis- Alrott'S famrua
books for children will be pleased to
SOC thom put before the reading public
in $" Cr"ditahle and attractive form In
recent year; 4 large number of exccp-
t0nallY clever writer's for young peo-
ri" ray" come to tho front, hut amid
them all Miss Al"ottS supremacy is
unqueStion,.d. Til" popularity of her
books is perennial. They retain their
hold upon the hearts Of tho people
from generation to generation. They
are everywhere recognized rs Juvenile
claSsics. Tie old Alcott home at Con-
cord. Mass. is still Il mecca for the