The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-04

deny that There Us a great deal Of clever
and superficial fooling in that last
thing Of yours in the--Tve forgotten
what it was called-but do you your
self think that you have that curious,
subtle grip on and instinct Of matters
Oriental that that other man shows in
his study of native life? And he mem
toned the name OF my other self.
I bowed my head, and my shoulders
shook with repentance and grief. NO"
said I. ''It's so true" said he. YES"
said I. so feeling" said he. Indeed
it is" said I. such honest work.
too" sad he. "Oh. awful" said I.
Think it over" said he. land try to
follow his path" II will" said l.
with the housemaid of the fan teeth
till she wanted to know whether
had bought "spirruts.''
Then another man came along and
sat on my sofa. and hailed me as
brother. And I know that We are
kindred souls" said he. because /
feel sure that you have evolved all
the dreamy mystery and curious bru-
tally of the British soldier from the
pure realm of fancy" Il did,"
said. If you went into a barrack
room you would see at once"
"Faugh!" said he. what have we to
do with barrack rooms? The pure
air of fancy feeds us both; keep to
that. II you are trammel.ed by the
bitter, bornee truth you are lost. You
die the death of lola. Invention is
the only test of creation" "Of course"
said |. ''Zola's a bold bad man. Not
a patch on you" ] hadn't caught
his name. but l fancied that would
prevent him flngfng himself about on
my sofa, which is a cheap one. II
don't say that altogether he said.
He has his strong points. But he is
deficient in imaginative constructive
ness. You, see from what you have
said. will belong to the Neo- Gynekal-
istic school" knew "Gyne" meant
something about COW killing, and was
prepared to hedge when he said good
by. and wrote an article about my
ways and works. which brought an
other man to my door spouting foam.
Great Landor's ghost" he said.
What under the stars has possessed
you to join the Gynekaistic lot?" Il
haven't" ! said. Il believe in munich
pal regulation of slaughter houses, IL
there is a strong Deputy Commissioner
to control the Mohammedan butchers,
especially in the hot weather, but
'" This Is madness" said
he. "Your reputation Is at stake.
You must make it clear to the
world that you have nothing what
ever to do with the fiatulent, I'M
In LIN al fiTt inn Of "nA
suppose the world cares a tuppenny
dam" said I.
I asked the housemaid what in the
world the Observation-Disclosures were. La,
sir" said she. Its only their way OF
being rude. That fat gentleman with
thu long hair tried TO kiss me when ]
opened the door. ! slapped his fat
chops for him.
Now the crisis Is at it's height. All
the entire round world. composed. as
far as ] can learn, of the Gynekalistic
and the anti-Gynekalistic man and
two or three loafers, are trying to find
out to what school ] rightly belong.
They seem to use what they are
pleased to call my reputation as a
bolster through which to stab at the
foe. one gentleman is proving that
! am n bit of "a blackguard, probably
reduced from the ranks rather an i'm
poster and n considerable amount of
plagiarlst. The other man denies the
reduction from the ranks withholds
judgment about the plagiarism. but
would like, in the interest OF the public
who are at present exclusively occu-
pied with Barnum-to prove II true