Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-16

n A few DAYS after the surrender at
4 AppnmattoX, writes Capt. hopsrt y
= Lee In his recoleetions OF MS lutheI'
i Gen. Lee was visited BY two ConIeu,
crate soldiers In very dllaploateu
q clothing, worn and emaciated IN body.
a. They said they had been selected from
81 about 90 other fellows, too ragged 10
come themselves, to offer him q nome
q In the mountains Of virginia. Tne
IS home was good house and farm, and
81 near by was u defile. In some rugged
# hills, from which they could defy the
entire Federal army. They made this
ofter Of home and their protection
because there was report that he
lives 70 be indicted for treason.
ON Meredith Nicholson had never heard
~ OF this historical incident when he
AZ wrote ''The Report OF Missing Men"
y he thought that ho had Invented the
81 episode which gives its alluring title
4 TO the popular serial now running in
the Reader Magazine. and which so
closely parallels the romantic plan de-
4 scrlbed BY Capt, Lee, II is curious
Instance OF the Imagination finding
confirmation in fact
II is no. only fiction that wins sue
cess and new editions; often. indeed,
enduring popularity is won by books
which come under the Scotchman's
Characterization Of the dictionary
as containing good tales. but over
short" and the cause Of these re-
marks is the announcement, by thu
Harpers, Of another edition OF that
book OF perennial popularity. Crabb's
English Synonyms,
The Infailing popularity OF MFR.
pooley' comes not only from his de-
laous humor but from the truth
which pnderies II and which he never
ialls 70 set forth: as In his brief expo
anon o. heroes. IN his recently pub
shed Dissertations"
There ar-re heroes an heroes.
were al heroes, more or less. Ye'er
: nero ye'ersllf, town. those tired
ssl atther ye ivry mornin' whin tn
Nhlsle blows, An be hivens. If ye'er
WE mad a medal f'r ivry act iv heer-
.nn shes performed she'd have as
many now as Sousa. Heroes In tn
Uncle walks iv life, says he? Well,
sass enough ~ them TO break him
LIZ ewes each wan Nv thin TIL on'y
~, W. " medals they need. tn kind
sovernmint foundry makes with
eagle on tn back"
lhe charm OF Lew Wallacs's Autobi-
,uspny consists not only in the fact
"a lhc author was a famous general
\, famous novelist, but that so many
h, VS. rseol1ecllons are reminiscent Of
vne o. the most fascinating desor,n-
ssr maj OF his first sight OF Abra-
s,n a, t,neoln II was In 1850, at a tav-
4, ~ ~ panvllle' Illinois. The big room
.apsb,m Vefn was crowded with men,
,ts,y s and cheering as story after
,tary. NE iold by three OF the best
hoI. ,a. .ners or Indiana and two I'LL
n VA ,n Whom Wallace did not know.
men q, s.ory competition between tho
srhn VI me rival states.
nst,s Lhs-crossing went on iii MID.
5, sslS sTu lor a long time II might not
ahead. '' i'ilnois or Indiana was
hor rners was one of thu contestants.
Arly nsr, wne arrested my attention
.hs s,n paruy by his stories, partly nv
.fe,rShs a lance Out OF the mist Of
app.ared than 10 me now exactly as he
HIS 4,
faat /, aI w was thick, coarse and de-
VI, testnr.oo u out In every direction.
sythrows rs w were massive. nose long.
hollow. tyt ns'o o.- mouth large, checks
y The humos y ana always responsive
His h,r rT once did he laugh ont,tsh 9,'
ana dIsprnp",e,.r.ee large' his arms slender
vsre a'p,oporsionately long, His Lees
y,s m ,s Wonder particularly wber hs
ssadeIatlon' no kept crossinS ma
italy serns. mem; sometimes n nj
ho \ 'hined he was trying 10 ~ - aA
t.n rlsIn~' klot' His dress was na.n
|elrt cam no part ~ IL fltteS hir ,ha,s
slrdrv ita mr. mad come from Inc ho VIC
a,yai hn.esnt Of starch. The MI, s
ssoyernahJit hih neck persisted ,n
1ltorea,bDtle a'fnlty with his is,, o.
>---'Her thought him the ga, 49,