The San Francisco call., 1905-04-12
DIE As LOVERS
IN THEIR NOVEL
Special Dispatch to The Call.

LONDON, April 11.-Hlstory re-
cords many instances of authors driven
to despair and suicide by the rejection
of their manuscripts, but at Eyer, in
Hungary, Johann Kelemen and lrma
Toronyi, two young school teachers,
promptly sought death on the publi-
cation of a story in which they had
collaborated. 1t seems they were in
love with each other. but their par
ents would not consent to their mar
riase. In the form of dramatic love
romance they wrote the story of their
blighted lives. in which they figured
under assumed names. In the story
the hero and heroine finish up by
committing suicide. The love-lorn
agreed that when it was published
thew would put an end to their lives.
unfortunately they did not have TO
wait long enough to give them a
chance to repent their foolish resolu-
ton. On the day that the story ap-
peared they were found shot through
the heart lying on a bed covered with
flowers. The girl, 1t would seem. had
first killed her lover and then termi-
mated her own existence just as de-
scribed In the story. In Kelemen's
pockets was found a letter addressed
to his parents and those of his sweet
heart begging as a last favor that they
might be buried in common grave
IF their manuscript had been rejected
they might have been alive to-day.
The latest Chicago author repre-
sented by a book in London Is Miss
EVELYN Gladys, whose work, entitled
saThoughts of a Fool" has been pub
lished here simultaneously with its
annearance in the United States and
has received critical attention from
Marriott Watson in the Mail and from
a good many other writers.
MORE HUGO WRITINGS.
Most readers will be surprised to hear
that parts of Les Misera bles' and
"Tha Toiiers of the Sea-" originally
suppressed by Victor Hugo, are now in
existence. Moreover, these omitted
pages are about to be published in a
new edition de luxe Of Hugo's writings,
which is now being prepared in Paris.
edition in the form of appendices. Thus
Les Miserables' will have new pre-
face and a new chapter, and THE Toll
ars of the Sea" a new descriptive study
called THE Sea and the Wind e.Ruy
BIAS" will have a hundred new lines
and Les Burgraves" six hundred, in
Guiding a prologue Marie Tudor
will have an eQtlIely new act. Ii is also
intended to print notes from Victor
Hugo's manuscript. in which he re-
corded the genesis of his works. as
well as a number of quantity original
pen and ink sketches with which he
Illustrated them.
William LIE Queux's recent appear
ance in Florence in the capacity of
thief-taker was eminently character
istic of that facile writer Of detective
stories. LIE Queux, who invariably win
ters In Florence, was riding in a horse
car the other da- when he felt a
stealthy hand slip into his pocket. He
pounced upon the thief promptly, held
him securely until policeman could be
summoned and then accompanied his
captI--e. whose name proved to be Pas
serini, to the station house. Next day
lie Queux, who speaks Italian fiuently
appeared In court against the pick
pocket and aroused much mirth by
asking the Judge to pronounce severe
sentence on Passerini on the ground
that If the latter had read his books
he would not have allowed himself to