Bisbee daily review., 1915-04-06

Now that ! come Co tnink or lt, lJ ! was Uncle RiIas who oracuarly pre- | judged me and not Uncle John who . was ny way of being a sort Of literary . chap himself and therefore lamentably 1 unqualified Co guide me in any course ] whatsoever especially as he had all he . could do to keep his own wolf at bay |. without encouraging mine and who be- | sides teaching good English loved it !. wisely and too we'll.
 My mother felt in her heart that I ought to be doctor or a preacher but she wasn't mean. She was positive l ! could succeed as a writer if ! set my mind to it. She was also sure that I 1 could be president of the United States or perhaps even a bishop We were Episcopalians
 When | was twenty-seven my first snort story appeared in a magazine Of considerable weight. due to its adver- Using pages. but my Uncle Rilas didn't read 1t until l had convinced him that the honorarium amounted to $500 Even then l was obliged to promise him a glimpse of the clock when l got it.
 In course of time my first novel ap. peared It was love story. Uncle Bi'as read the first five chapters and ! then skipped over to the last page l Then he began it an over again and sat up nearly all night to finish it. The next day he called it trash, but in- vlted me to have luncheon with him | at the Metropolitan club and rather | nolsily introduced me to a few old cro- uies of his
 A month later he died He left me a l fortune which was uil the more stag l geriug in view of the circumstance that l had seen me named for my Uncle John and not for him.
 l 1t was not long afterward that ] made a perfect fool of myself by fall ] ing in love. It turned out very badly ! ! can't imagine what got into me to want to commit bigamy after ] had already proclaimed myself to be irrey ocably welded to my profession. Ney ertheless ] deliberately coveted the eX perieuce and would have attained tO lt no doubt had it not been for the young ] W tAlAI Ai tue NNnEs tnllt NhNlA NIt N v none of me, but, with considerable in dependence of spirit and ] must say. noteworthy acumen, elected tO wed splendid looking young fellow who clerkel in a jewellers shop in Fifth avenue. They had been engaged for several years. it seems, and my swJl- len fortune failed to disturb her sense of fidelity. Perhaps you will be inter ested enough in a girl who could re- fuse to share a fortune of something like S3O0OOO mot counting me, of |coursel to let me tell you briefly who and what she was. She was my typist that is to say. she did pieceworl for me as l happened to provide substance for her active fingers tO work upon when she wasn't typing law briefs in the regular sort of grind Not only was she an able typist, but she was an exceedingly wholesome. handsome and worthy young woman.
 Somehow | was able to attribute the fiasco to am inborn sense of shyness that had always made me faint heart ed, dilatory and unaggressive. No doubt if I had gone about it roughshod land fiery l could have played hob with the excellent jewellers peace Of mind. to say the least.
 Still. some men, no matter how shy land procrastinating they may be-or reluctant for that matter-are doomed to have love affairs thrust upon them, as you will perceive if you follow the course of this narrative to the bitter end
 In order that you may know me when you see me struggling through these pages as one might struggle through morass on a dark night, t shall take the liberty of describing my. , telf in the best light possible under the t circumstances.
 . l am a tallish sort of person, moder - ately homely and not quite thirty-fye . am strong. but not athletic. Whatever , physical development I possess wa'
 acquired through the ancient and hon
 orable game of golf and in swimming
 In both of these sports I am quite pro
 dcient My nose is rather long and fin quisitiyc and my chin is considered t' be sugularly firm for one who has nc ambition to become hero. My thatcl
 Is abundant and quite black So ther,
 you are. Not quite what you would
 can a lady killer or even a lady's man
 ! fancy you'l say,
 You will be surprised to learn. how
 ever. that secretly I am of a rather TO
 mantle, imaginative turn of mind
 Since earliest childhood have consort
 cd with princesses and ladies of higl
 degree-mentally, of cOurse-and m,
 bosom companions have been knight
 1f valor and longevity.
 At thirty-fye ! am still unattache
 and, SO far as ! can tell, unloyed. To
 the past year l have doue little or n
 work My books are few and far be
 tween My best work is done whe
 the madding crowd is far from me.
 A month ago in Vienna, ] felt th