New-York tribune., 1910-12-18

awav around some remote corner the hopeful heart of
youth told him lay the green fields of wonderland:
Thther he would bend his quest, gain the laurel and
earn the right to return.
None but a creature of wonderful personality, rare
magnetism and singular power over men could have
thus directed the conduct OF Langtree lie did not
pause to consider the chances he taking OF losing
the ground he had gained by calmly withdrawing from
the lists which than one other youth to his GER
tain knowledge had already entered for the prize
Of a beating grsh heart. He conscious only OF the
mysterious power of her command. and was vaguely
aware that her command carried with 1t taC1t promise
that he would in the end WIN her,
While Langtree had been in love before never had he
known what it to bow at such shrine as this. The
sweet cordality OF a strong friendship had made HIM
unfold every ambition her, every hope every in
choate yearng; and She, with bursts of understanding
that amounted to genius had been enabled somehow,
fahom his soul, to and know, and guess even
that little which he did not tell her.
In London he strove TO gain adrnttance the
turrs of the editors But-alas-his training on the
saffron journals of his native land proved to be open
sesame into Grub Street He skipped meals, haggled
with British landladies. suffered dISpOssessOn OF IOdg
ings and the girl at home glowing letters winch
contained more rme than reason As tor the girl she
sent him those vague, Spr1gy eVaSlVe Ieant-tOktep-
hirguessing epStleS which girls OF twenty love to write
to Youths they have forth to become wonderful.
But always despite heartbreak and hunger vision OF
dawn and roses, and hazel eyes kept floating before
Langrees vision and always there rang IN his the
command to go forth and become wonderful.
LIE left London sailing south as seaman
II on a wind hammer Of early vintage, enduring the
wild tasks. the blows the inelegant and unchurchly
language masters and mates for those before the mast
And so he pushed and on, making now west, now
east driving north, south, scOrn1ng the oppor
tunities at hand for those which gmmered more magic
ay, more aluringy, on far horizons.
On ostrich farms in remote latItuGes he worked.
Into the diamond fields he drifted and oversaw kars,
and later furnished copy for writers OF nickel novels
while acting company detective and chasing Illicit
diamond buyers.
Then followed the cowlike Journey, already referred
TO- back to England. Again Langtree struck London
for newspaper Job, and by this time the current OF
good fortune had borne yellow journalism across the
Atlantic and newspaper Jobs in London for Americans
were not so unattanabe as before So he became
London hack writer; but a Park Row salary. He
lived in dismal lodgings smoked wretched tobacco and
thanked God that English wearing apparel was not
taxed
Months grew into years. Somehow he had begun to
tenporize with the grand passion. Correspondence
with the girl had languished and finally its last dying
twitchngs were Lacking the courage to tell her
the truth about his failure and weary of writing her
falsehoods, he sought respite in silence
THEN something happened. Dame Fortune came
along chucked the hack writer under the chin, and
lifted him from obscurity into sudden fame. He had
ground a drama, pedded it valnly for months on
the Strand and finally, he about toss the