Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-04

been equally original He reasons
that if one shock can break up the
faculties. another may bring them to-
gether again. Science provides no
precedent for this. The fusion of the
warning personalities has hitherto
been effected only by a long course OF
hypnotic treatment II the W>te Cat
solution is not historically scientific. 1t
is at any rate plausible. And Who
knows but that science VIII confirm,
some day, the happy guess of Mr.. Bur
ecss' imagination? Fiction has Il
queer way of anticipating truth
George Sylvester vlerecli. the poet,
Is only % years old and looks much
younger. Last summer n venerable
pet of world repute, attracted by sew
eral poems he had seen In the maya
zines, sent Mr.. Hiereck, through his
publishers. an invitation to visit MN
ut his country home. The young poet
sent in his card and awaited him or
the porch
After a TING the older man came
out. looked an over the porch and
glanced down the road. Then he
approached the young man and said;
Boy, where's Mr.. Viereck?'
Now that Louis Joseph Vance has
made such n hit with his latest ro-
teresting to look back on the degrees
10y which he did ascend. He had
terrible time placing his first short
story He sent Ii everywhere. with
out result. Suddenly new magazine
took the field, advertised as paving
cents per word for all accepted con-
tributions The Brandur Magazine.
In common with several hundred
American authors then within range
Of these alurlng advertisements, Mr.
Vance Bit. He sent the Brandur that
despised first story. A day or so
later he got letter asking him to call.
He called a portly gentleman, MAJ
Something or Other, received nm
with hears of empressement and box
OF very good cigars. lie told the pail
plating author that he had been Il
soldier himself (this was a civil war
storyl. and that his story was the
goods The Brandur ached poignant
for Just such stories. He would buy
It. Nh Vance made rapid calcula-
ticn--for the hundredth time since
receiving that letter; 5000 words at )
cents per word $3.50. And he needed
Slb0 very much. He nearly swallow
cd the cigar. There was. however
tthe major continued), one little
drawback; he had no doubt that MI.
Vance would be glad to remedy the
defeat. He pointed 1t out In the MS,
back and get his check. Mr.. Vance
departed in cheerful glow and made
the REQUIRED changes that night. Then
HI took thought upon the necessity OF
preserving his dignity as man of let
ters. 1t did not seem consistent with
his exalted vocation that he should
lncontiuently rush back to the gallant
major with the revampcd MS; The
upshot If it was that ho stood upon
his dignity for six days. Upon the
seventh he pocketed the MS. and hik-
cd for the Brandur's Office. He was
informed that the major was ont.
Very we'll" said he; Il wait" Two
hours later the office boy again
deigned TO notice him. 'Whatd yum
wantuh see tn major about he de-
handed. Mr.. Vance told him. with
considerable hauteur. that he had an
accepted manuscript TO deliver. well,
yuh'd better take il away" he retort-
ed "The I3raudur suspended publica-
ton 10 minutes ago"
Never since then, Mr.. Vance con-
fcsses, has he been dlgnined when
there was a check in sight.