THAT LAST STRAW.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 205, 27 August 1904, Page 11

THAT LAST STRAW.

"I didn't maVe anything on; of in novel." said the anthor, as he choked hac a sigh: "but that was the publisher fanii, of course. Hart he spent £10u i advertising it the book would have goi : like smoke. I wa. huginnK the dMasiOi ! however, that some 5000 readers bad bee made brighter and better by my boo! when I wandered into a second-hand bool seller's shop- After it look round and ' seeming effort to remember, I said to tl man: | •• -I dropped into see if yon had a popt i lar novel entitled •'Morning Lights ai 1 Shadows." ' •■ "When was it popular?' he asked, wii a grim expression. - 'Weil. I've beard it highly spoken of. •' 'Must have been by a fool. then. Thi boot fell as flat as a pancake.' •• -But could you get mc a copy.' •• -Certainly.' - -At how nruch'-' '• -Weil. I h_Tc 450 of '«o stacked t _nt*rr that counter, and you can take i many as you can carry for a shilling.* "1 was hnrt, of course," said the anthc "but I felt like making another efforttook one copy and handed him If, at asked if he had ever met the anthor. " 'Never,' he replied, as he pocket the coin, 'and I neww shall. After writii tbe last cbJ-pteT of that book he went a. ___atle aartnm and butted out-liis brai PS-tot _ i c_tber p-awC"