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!H ♦# *? .S 4* f * g *♦ ! \^*^r. Iff I X-~?\J\ Pi 1* > I „■'< lit i| : c/]p—'] . oj3 If ; r /\<L I & h ho ft fl :ft 1 t < * jr! -■? ?* r < ♦ $ $*•••* M ""^ .».*•••■»■»•#••-X-' I " J^r [I BLAKE CAME TO THE DOOB. very delicate. The young lady is the granddaughter of the late Horace Woodruff, in whose shop on Broadway the silks of the orient were transmuted Into crude, unhandsome, occidental greenbacks. Nearly all his wealth was bequeathed to Emily, whose father holds It in trust until she shall be 25 years old, when she will own it as she owns the glove upon her hand. This father of hers is a man whom one would expect to seek a mate for his daughter among the much malign ed aristocrats of Europe or the almost equally unpopular millionaires of our own country. He is a hard headed man ctf business and one who would have his own way despite obstacles. While Emily is precisely the girl who would view with favor a handsome, ro mantic, unpractical writer of stories, her father is the last man to consent to such a folly. All who knew of Ro land Blake's infatuation regarded his matrimonial chances to be as bad as possible. It was generally understood that he had been forbidden to call. Then suddenly the engagement was an nounced. "It was as much a surprise to me as to any one," said Roland when I ven tured to approach that subject. "I can hardly realize it yet. The fact is that Emily is a great girl, a wonder. It seems that she has cared for me all along." This idea put Roland into a trance, from which I had to wake him some what rudely. "Is Mr. Woodruff cordial?" I in quired. "Tolerant," said Roland, "I could hardly say cordial. We had a long talk about my business affairs." "Inexhaustible subject," said I. "How much do you owe, my son?" "Oh, a thousand dollars or such a matter!" he replied. "But there were a few personal debts that I forgot to mention to Mr. Woodruff. He said I had done mighty well considering the miserable business I was in. Mr. Woodruff has not, I fear, a high opin ion of literature. "But what does all that matter now?" he continued, his eyes lighting up with the glow of energy and hope. "Look at this, old man! I've made a decent success in literature. My stories go into the good magazines, and tbere are a couple of books of mine \«^lch by their sales remunerate the publisher even If I don't get anything out of them, and I've done this against the worst possible odds. "Worry? Heavens and earth! Why, any time in the last five years when an Idea has got into my brain I've had to put my hat on to keep the voice of the creditor from chasing It up through the top of my head. The luck has been against me—bad luck in small matters, which Is more dire than calamity. "But now fortune has relented. I've got what I deserve, as Heine remark ed when he dreamed that he was the ruler of the universe. Happiness Is in spiration, and I am foil of it. I'll bet you a hundred dollars to a cent that within this very week I write incom parably the best story of my life something that will really make a hit." His eager hands reached out to clutch paper and pen, and I rose hastily. Far be it from me to stand idly in the way of an inspiration. "Speaking of Emily," he said, "of course you understand that we're not to be married for a year or two. She's only 20, and—and—honestly, old man, is there another living creature like her?"



| You and I know very little about ; great successes. We have deserved : them, of course, but we have not had them yet. Therefore it will be extreme ly difficult for me to describe and for you to understand the feelings of Mr. Roland Blake in the early part of the current month. "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth," was the way he expressed his sentiments to me when I offered my congratulations. The new heaven must have referred to the winning of Emily Woodruff and the new earth to the fact that she had great possessions. It struck me that this allusion to his fiancee's money was "No, there isn't," said I, and the an swer was perfectly frank. j Whatever may be thought of the de gree of Miss Woodruff's beauty, she is certainly a perfectly original creation. < Nobody looks or speaks or moves In the least like her. When she walks along the street, all the people's heads go round as if they were cogwheels in a piece of machinery. j "Of course, as to her money," said he, "it's very unfortunate." I laughed. "You know what I mean," he protest ed. "People will say that I am seeking money, whereas heaven knows that if she were as poor as—as I am, by Jingo, it wouldn't make the slightest differ ence!" "People will lie, whatever you do," I replied, "so don't let that worry you. Money is a good thing, and I'm glad you're to have some." "I wonder how it will seem?" he said, and then cautiously, "Hush!" A shadow appeared upon the ground glass panel of the door. A hand was laid upon the knob vainly and then came a loud, aggressive rap. "It's Crowley!" whispered Blake. "He's collector for a confounded tailor! See the villain stand there and wait!" The shadow fell darkly on the door. Obviously Orbwley was a person of magnificent proportions. "I used to be a good deal afraid of him," whispered Blake. "He's an of fensive beggar, with a voice so careful ly cultivated that he can dun a man on the ninth floor and make every word audible to the engineer in the subcellar. But those beasts won't bother me much longer. Why, my dear fellow, with this new happiness, this tremendous inspiration, to help me, I'll write enough stuff In the next three months to pay every debt and lire like a prince besides." "Go right ahead and do It, then," said I. "Don't waste precious time talking to me. I'll read a magazine till Crow ley's feet get tired, and then I'll slip out." Presently I heard hii pen scratching on the paper, and it was pleasant to think that the words he was writing in the first flush of his happiness might live for centuries In the hearts of men. I felt proud to be present on such an occasion. It may have been two hour® later when I rose to go. Orowley's shadow had vanished. Blake, with the tip of his penholder pressed against his lips, was looking upward to the ceiling and through it to the clouds. There was a fine light in his eyes. "Written much, old man?" I said. "No," he replied. "I haven't put any thing on paper yet." "But I thought I heard your pen." "That was while I was writing a lit tle note to Emily," said he. "I can't go to see her this evening, and there were a few things that 1 wanted to say." He folded half a dozen sheets of pa per and put them into an envelope, up on which he wrote an address. "Would you mind handing that to the fellow in the passenger office down stairs?" said he, giving me the envel | ope and half a dollar to pay for the | message. "Thank you. Goodby. I'm I going to work now." The last glimpse I had of him he was \ still looking aloft, with the expression of a cherub about to sing a new song. On Thursday I looked in upon Blake again. He was drawing little profiles of Miss Woodruff on a sheet of paper, for Blake is clever with the pencil as well as with the pen. "How does the story come along?" I j asked. "What story?" he demanded. "The masterpiece you began whtfn I was here last," I replied. "Oh, that be hangedl" he exclaimed. "It was rot. I threw it away." "Haven't you started another?'* "Well, I've been getting my Ideas to gether," said he. "There are one or , two big things that I may start upon when I can get hold of them by the right end." Then we had a nice long talk about Miss Woodruff, and, having decided In the course of about two hours that she was an incomparable angel, we ad journed the meeting and went out to play a game of billiards. Sunday forenoon Blake and I took a bicycle ride together. I had never seen him so happy or so full of fine fancies. He told me that he had begun a story and asked me to come to his den the next day and see what I thought of the introductory chapter. I couldn't call on Monday, but I found the time Tuesday afternoon. Blake had written about 1,000 words substantially as they were to stand in the finished story, and I want to say here In strict confidence that they were far from good. The style was quite different from Blake's ordinary. As a rule, when he attacks literature he cuts off a piece with a battleax and presents it to the public on the end of a spear. That's what I have always liked about his work. I told him frankly that If the begin- j ning of the new story gave any idea of j what It was to be like throughout he had made a mistake. j "Sentimentalism isn't your forte," ' said I. "This isn't sentimentality. It's genu ine feeling," said he. "And It is prop-



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erly expressed, because I've taken time, with it. I've cut it down and worked It over, and I've viewed it always in the new light that has come to me. Bless the dear girl! Let's talk of her for awhile and let criticism rest. As for your opinion, I pity and forgive you. Let that suffice." So we talked about the dear girl and, as before, wound up with a game of billiards. And, by the way, Blake made a Roman holiday of me. His bil liards had improved a hundred per cent within the weekl It was agreed that I should drop In upon him at his lodgings after dinner. Misa Woodruff was not to be at home, and an evening in his bachelor quar ters was the best that Blake could hope for. It may have been 8 o'clock when I ( arrived. Blake came to the door of his I little parlor in response to my»rap. He had on an old red "sweater" with a faded Hon the front of it. An old pair of trousers and a straw hat with no crown in it completed his visible attire. I had seen Blake wear this hat be fore, when he had to work late at night. The brim shaded his eyes, and the absence of the ci'own, in his opin ion, prevented an injurious effect upon the hair such as is said to come from wearing one's hat in the house. Blake has plenty of hair, and in mo ments of excitement it stands out from his head at all sorts of angles. On the occasion in question it streamed up through that broken hat as if the cir clet of straw had been a funnel sup plied with a mighty draft of air. "Everything has gone to the clevlll" was his greeting to me. "What do you mean?" I cried. "Has Miss Woodruff"—■ I "Oh, no; she's all right, but that in j ferna! villain Hatfield, to whom I've owed a couple of hundred dollars for a year or two, is going to make trouble." "What trouble can he make?" I de manded. "Why, he'll tell Mr. Woodruff, and then my cake Is dough," said Blake. "You see, I neglected to mention the , Hatfield matter in my talk with Wood ruff, and he'll remember that. I tell you It would ruin my life." "But there's nothing disgraceful about this debt." "No, except that I didn't tell Wood ruff about it. There's the pinch. I've got to raise the money for Hatfield to morrow." "How In blue blazes are you going to do It?" I demanded. "I haven't it, and"— "I've seen Harper," said Blake. "If I'll finish that Porto Rican romance for him, he'll pay spot cash. There's about 8,000 words to write, and I can't do It—except that I've got to. Why, old man, fancy my trying to write to night. I'm so worried, so totally up set, that my brains are mush. I can't think of my own name. Yet I must do It But, oh," he groaned, "it will be awful rot!" He rather staggered than walked to his chair beside the big table in the center of the room. "Sit down and keep still," he said, "but don't leave me. Just stay by through this night, and maybe I can turn the trick. If I'm left alone, I shall either go crazy or go to sleep, and one's as bad as the other tonight." Three seconds later his pen was dig ging holes in the paper. At first it went heavily onward, and frequently he stopped and paced the floor, assur ing me that no man so miserable as he was could possibly write. Presently, however, he began to go more steadily. His eyes took on a glare. He no longer addressed any re marks to me, but he said things about Porto Rico and the character of his story to the air. Meanwhile he smoked long black ci gars, the ends of which he chewed sav agely. This continued for hours. About 1 o'clock he slowed up, and several times BIS PES WAS DIGGING HOLES INOTE PAPER. I saw him sway In his chair. I knew what that meant, and I hastened out to an all night restaurant, whence I re turned with some sandwiches and a quart of black coffee. This simple re freshment supplied the strength which toil had exhausted. For a long time thereafter the pen made a noise like a loose shingle on a barn In a gale of wind. About 4 o'clock I began to doze. A little later I awoke with a start. The gas had been turned low, but there was light enough to see Blake stretched across the threshold of the bedroom door, his head upon a pillow that he had dragged off the bed. "Don't disturb me, old man," he mur mured as I bent over him. "The curs ed thing Is done." I waited till he had sunk into a stu por and then lifted him upon the bed. At 10 the next morning I waked him, and we went to see Harper. The Btory passed through the mill, and Hatfield's claim was met In time to avert a ca lamity. The Porto Rican story is out, and it has caught on bard. On that Tuesday night Blake kept his word, given to me n. week ago Monday, that within ten flays, having found the necessary in spiration, he would write something that would really make a hit.



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