Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-28
WALL PAPER
Author of "The Money Moon"
Followed No Royal Road

"Jeffery Farnol-pen name of course.
said all the wise pates when. a few
months ago. Jeffery Farnol's first pub
lished novel. THE Broad Highway" made
the entire reading world ST up late 10
finish the story Farnol? There never
was a Farnol in the literary chronicles
of either England or America: Of course
IL was a pen name. But who was the
masquerader?
In England where much praise was he
slowed upon the book, an interviewer
set out to solve the mystery. and in
pretty cottage off the beaten highway
In Kent he found the real Jeffrey Farnol.
hard at work upon his next story. An
exceeding modest. smooth-shaven young
man Of thirty. with dark hair and eyes.
short in stature, but athletic In build, with
an American wife and JILL a charming
daughter of some six or seven years
viewer disclosed.
II was born in WarW ickshire, but | left
Shakespeare country in early boyhood
to settle in Kent" Mr.. r arnol said In
reply to questions. L have been to the
United States, indeed. Tie Broad High
way was written there. That was seven
y
what OF artist, when l found that
my literary wares We're in no great de-
mand why. | turned to scene painting
al the Aston Theater.
NO. The Broad Highway is not ac-
tually my first book, Tor when | was in
the United States | sold a story To one
of the magazines, bearing The title or
Chronicles of the Imp, published IN
The Boohnan. afterward ISSUED in book
form as MY Lady Caprice. by Dodd,
A. / ~
way when free from my labors as stage
painter and | offered 1t to New YORK
publisher, hut ! vas told that IL would
never 60 in America. This 80 dlscour-
aged me that | did not make much Oh al
endeavor with il elsewhere.
AT the Aston iheater | made the ac-
ouaiutance of one of the leading actors.
and when ! could not dispose OF Inc
Broad Highway III New YORK he o1ered
to take il oyer 10 Boston To some OF MS
publis hing friends there. "a he was about
to play ar engagement In that city.
thanked him most heartily. gave MN tl'e
manuscript and waited. Weeks iehSth-
ened into months until finally | learned
that he had returned to New York. l
sought him without decay, only to nnd
to my chagrin that he had been to Bos-
ton. visited his publishing friends. OUT
had forgotten to speak 10 them anout
my manuscript. Ii had been safe IN
the bottom of one OF his trunks AL TIE
time. lie was duly apologetic, Of course.
shortly after, Blanche this Hifel. 'Jlil
and | returned To England. STANLEY To-
Jeyons. the editor OF The Sports IAN.
called AT the house one day. and | gave
him the manuscript I" read. He became
most ent husi8Stic. and spoke to some
London publishers about II. They ac-
cepted it and the English edition APP
peared last November. The reviews here
have been most kind. Then, sngGlarly
enough, the American rights were SCI
cured hv the very publishers to whom
my actor friend had intended submitting
the manuscript and there the book has
made the hit Of the year. am told
The Money Moon will be Mr.. tarnols
next offering TO the reading public, ana
our Sunday Magazine readers are 10 have
the first reading of il. Weeks before the
story can appear in hook form The Mon
ev Moon will start serially in our Sunday
all the charm OF The Broad Highway"
and much more besides, for II includes
a lovable lad, Small Porges by name
who is going to live in fiction forever.
lust as Ivanhoe and John Rid and
hosts of others are going TO Hye-so real
that we regard them as historical char
acters and not a. mere creations OF the
imagination. Beside possessing all the
open air charm of his earlier story. The
Money Moon tells one OF the most de-
lirhtful love stories ever written.
Arthur l. Keller has painted and drawn
scores of pictures for The Money Moon =
a labor of love with him. and not for
mere dollars and centS-and our SUNDAY
Magazine Is to have the pleasure OF pre-
sentinsc with the story the best and most
appropriate of Mr.. keller's illustrations.
Look for the opening chapters next SUM-
day!