The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-04-25

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/ that he was going to be married there
this morning and must prevent him.
Prevent himT" / said inquiringly.
'YeS: marriage as an institution may
be oil right for the average intellect,
but a mau like Ned Blaney must not tie
his genius down to the height attain
able by woman"
Ned BlanPy," l repeated. THAT
telegram must have been for him."
as there tclephon07" inquired the
passenger.
We escorted him to 1t in n body.
over the wire he asked for the best
hotel in Fair View. That was oinch
for the operator.
Hello.
is Mr.. n. Blaney registered there?
( Thank you. VIII you see II he is in
his room:
Just gone out? When he comes in
will you please tell him to call up
Z He turned to us. What is the NUM-.
Der of this telephone"
Tell him to call up Green's island,
| answered
Hello. Tell Mr.. Blaney to call up
Green's island and ask for Mr.. Upton
S. Clair GoOdby."
After he had hung up the receiver
there was silence for a few moments;
then BOpp In tone Of repressed emo
ton inquired, May l ask If you are
Mr.. Upton S. Clair?"
Yes"
THE famous novelist and magazine
writerT"
I'D hardly say that, although | sup
pose my work Is more or less widely
known"
And you" continued Bopp, check
ing off on his fingers. feel faint from
hunger and think that you will starve
to death II you don't get food?"
rs there anything strange in thatT
Bopp said nothing, but picked up a
magazine which Lucille had left opened
face downward ON the table and hand
ed 1t to Mr.. Clair. He looked at 1t for
a moment and then smiled.
IL remember when wrote this. 1t
was over a year ago. It's a bully
theory, isn't it?"
Didn't you ever try it?"
why, no. I've never had time. Tve
always wanted to meet some one who
had made the experiment to see If |
was right"
you have met them" thundered in
the tones of judge. "and you need not
ask about the result of the experiment,
because you are going to try 1t your
self"
A burst of applause greeted me from
Bopp.
Eating three meals a day is hab-
It, | quoted. 1--WE have made ty-
rants of our stomachs. They demand
to be fed every so often, and If we an.
swer that demand we are slaves
Upton S. Clair groaned.
| explained how we had sent our
supplies and cook away so that we
should not be tempted.
And when do you expect to receive
more supplies2" he inquired.
you we're on the boat which was
bringing the groceries," informed
him.
"Then they are out there in the
lake"
| l nodded. He rushed out.
Where are you going" Kent yelled.
ITO save some of those groceries,
said the distinguished author
This was such wonderful idea tina t
we all followed him, Kent, more
thoughtful than the rest, pausing to
get a clothesline from the shed.
1t was still too rough to go out to
where the Mary Boil had gone down
even if we had possessed q boat, but
boxes and crates Of groceries, fruits
and vegetables were still streaming
past the leeward point of the cove.
We spent two hours trying to lassC
these packages. Only one throw net.
ted us anything. and when we had
opened the case we towed in we found
three dozen boxes of wet matches.
How soon can / get away" Clair
asked Captain Perkins as we struggled
up the path.
THAT sea out there" mused the cap
tain, don't look like it had any inten
ton of quitting for couple of days
anyhow, so jest set"
"Stay here?"
"You guessed It,"
Clair walked on in silence for a mo
ment; then he voiced his thoughts thus
II believe l can make copy out Of this
experience. Ill be a second Robinson
Crusoe"
"'Pears to me-" debated the captain
that you got an awful lot of society