The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-02-07

their idol.
TIE chalet was presented to him
by chArisS Feehtsr the famons
isfefch "a ,it5EF wht's Saw Il Al. the
Paris Exposition II arrived az
&ad'e Riil In sections. carefully NUN
baied and boxed Dickens had the
NaXcS steewn carefsssly over the lawn
ana w6eA rFeRtef Arrived asked
AIM ailkipisiy..s Why have Sou senf
lseeA ,r dbut / hate been swlndled
They told ME they would send you
,wfssichalet to write ing
never knew any visitor to be adj
ritted to this chalet. In 1t Dickens
as..as secluded as at a hospice on the
3ips There was no special view to
ffstratt his attention from his work
only The meadows, the woods OF
Darnlay Park and the changing SKY
Ffc had ffour regular working hours,
and No day laborer was more pune
tuall His vacations were his lectur-
| ing tours.
In tile centenary notices too little
has been said of the fact that Dick
ems was always a journalist, first as
a reporter on the True sun and
1.-THE informing Chronicles" then as
| editor of the Daily News ana OF
| Household Words" and to the end
lof his life as editor and proprietor
| of "All the Year Round" lie was
not n mere iigurehead.' His editor
ial duties were performed most con-
scientiously and-alas! for its rar-
Iity.-most sympathetieally. He
| read all the proofs, and would write
upon them. "Should not this rev.
citation be reserved until nearer the
close Of the story" Have admitted
this as superhjous' Better put
this into dialogue form When
no changed the heading Of an ar
dele upon BABY Show at Wool
wich" To "Woolwich Infants" he
wrote. More taking His cheque
was always mailed on the DAY Of pub
t,ication and was for more money
| than the exact price per word or
page
| On Eli anniversary OF the Henri
ia Yacht Race he asked an Amer
lean correspondent for more inti-
mate account of the voyage than the
| eport in the London "Tirnes" say
| ng. Tell us how it felt to be alone
| IN the ocean In December; what you
lid to pass the time on such lit
lie craft, etc. The article was sent
in with an apology for being much
700 long, as the writer had no time
10 condemn it.
mot a line, not word must be
cut" he replied; II will give the
| Henrietta' plenty Of searoom.' He
ave the story eight out of the six
esn pages Of All, the Year Round"
and told me that IT had sold thous-
ands of extra copies.
| lie published serials by other pop
liar novelist Wilkie Collins,
i Charles Reade. Edmund Yates, An
thony Trollope-ahd paid for them
most literally.
The Dickens manuscripts were
written in blue ink, andtthis became
HI fad Of what used 10 be called the
Dickens school of writer's" Though
| Sc never mentioned hts immortal
,haracters, and turned the CONVEX
sation Immediately If Pecksniff, or
sam Weller or Mr. Dombey hap
,ened to be quoted, ! ventured to
: ask him II he enjoyed his creations
as much as his readers did Ger
$ taiuly." he said. II always have the
: first laugh and the first cry!'
Il Having thus preached forbidden
subject. Dickens was induced to
show me. the original manuscripts Of
some of his novels and ito explain
Q HIS method of composition. There
we're no inttrlihcations, after
e thoughts, changes of expression, as
G LIN Balzac's manuscripts If a word
: 81 phrase were altered the change
was made after, not above, the first
: text, nor on the margin He said
= that, when he had selected and
2 named hero, he would jot down
q memoranda about him--"Shall he
be rich?" "The propertyxin cham
u cery?" IAN old aunt or ,intle?" In
: this as in everything else, he was
livery methodicala but his works
!. show no traces Of these laids to
4 imagination. @
I'll Gafs Hill was OILY an appanage
! Iof the large. adjoining estate OF the
y Earl of Darnley, but it carried with
q II the TITLE of Lord Of the Manor, OF
9 which Dickens was secretly proud
r and the office Of Justice OF the Peace.
y But he refused repeated invitations
eItn ,,kx,nrro hipnraIf like Disraeli