New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-23

william. who lived across tho street When the
vIr broke out, the tno men went to % and Jessie
died ~ grief William came hack when the
I'ar" WAS DECLARED and said Mary marry mo
because Your childhood lover Jack WAS shot bon
the last hritlo Mary cried and said very VOL
] VIII marry You. nut n Jack does return !
viii also marry him. Mary married tho deceit
Nh william fur Dos This time Jack had not been
Killed and haI become q general And when
d.. cam. bach. nc shot William ana tool, MARY
into IBIS strong. manly arms ani they lsoi very.
very. worry happy until Mar's pet dog died.
when sh. died too l'I1Is- OF hrr sorrow. Jack
never married again. because Do loved MHry with
u'l h.s heart auI because ho also loved her pet
dog "hi,h- nam" Na- Abraham Lincoln.
Short story No. .. not less interesting
than the nr.t was handed To- the present
writer Dos the editor of one of tine metro
rolitan general periodicals. II was from
the quill Of "a hloodthirsty lad Of fourteen
and the envelope that carried IL bore the
postmark of Philadelphia. The story was
entitled Tho Slcuth's Desperate Revenge
and revealed a wide acquaintanceship on
the part OF the author with such eminent
works OF literary art 49, Two-Toothed
Tobias. the Tcrriii" Terror of the Tucson
Tcndcrloiu and Dynamite Dclmore, the
Daring Destroyer Of the Dcathless Demon
of Detroit. The story, wifi editorial cor
rcctions.
II was STORMY ilgIl ~ Iif iNfN NNeu
James Jcpson sot about his dastardly act He
planned to strange our hero Jack Primrose IN
his bed ANA secured rop" to help him! In
his deed DO WAS aided boy Half Breed, a COW
, ardly Indian. who would hold our hero while
the viIlanous J"pson wrgug the mes blood
from hl, brave body, Jack learned ~ the plot
however. and began To think up way TO foil
the brace Of villains! At last. after much
thinking, he decided upon his little scheme.
Suddenly Jack heard a movement NJ the door!
Hts breath came quick" lie lstened'l click,
click. click Some one was tampcring with the
knob! Jack lay very still!N Click click
again The door opened aud In the moonlight
Jack. our brave hero. could see the deep dyed
villains cntcr'i They crcpt UP to his bed and
were Just about to leap M on the unsuspectng
hero when lac jumped out Of bed ana took tho
villains by surprise and hurled them ont OF
the window into tho bottonleSS raNine, where
they persisted from cold and starvation" Then
Jack Primrose. freed from his enemies forever.
married his sweetheart who had been imprisoned
In cav" nearby by the rascal, Jepson and
went East!
although II may not he entirely rele-
want here. a quotation Of the EDITORS re-
ply to the author of the above may be OF
interest every once in "a whlo good
naturcd. fun loving editor. having a bit
of spare time on his hands, Will amuse
himself I'm the dictation of a letter to
some contributor below the magazine age
limiD. The letter:
poraie Revenge. has been read with deep in
terest. We regret. however. that II IL too brief
for our purposes. n YOU viii permit the crit
clsm may We seek 10 advise YOU. in rewriting
the story. 10 explain who, what and why the
'Sleuth" Of the title Is and In Just what man
ner the villains succeeded In landing on their
feet AT the foot Of the hottomless abyss? other
wise. the story Is perfectly clear to the reader
zone of the magazines Of outdoor life
some time ago received the following con-
tributoh (speling correctedD from a boy
of twelve. 1t was entitled The Secrets Of
Hunting
''To be n great hunter man must dis
guisc so that the people I'm the stagecoach that
he holds up wont recognize him. lie must also
carry "A pistol. other kinds of hunting consist
of bear hunting deer hunting lion hunting and
my hlg brother gays also collar button hunting.
Hunting IL q fine sport ami is better than play
ing Indian but | don't think II II better than
baseball Great men all great hunters, my
father saws | asked my father what they
hunted and he laughed lie told me what they
hunted but he didn't say anything about ami
mails lie said they hunted Jobs and offices but
I think my father was Joking I haven't hunted
hears and lions yet, hut when I grow up and
get as big as my brother Aldrich am going TO
buy a gun and shoot game. Goodbye
IA periodical devoted TO women and
womens pursuits. according to one Of Its