THAT INDIAN YARN.

Hastings Standard, Issue 248, 16 February 1897, Page 3

THAT INDIAN YARN.

To The Eiiitoh

Sir. —A serial -tory was cmee running in an American paper. Tin; yarn became monotonous, and some- of thfc subscribers to the journal petitioned ths author to write " Finis at a- e irlv a date as possible. Ho he took all his characters for a picnic on a river -teamer, i.a l a boiler explosion and sent the lot of them to eternity. While not \vi-:iing to the rising author who ha- for home time been niimin;/ !•>«.»• in \our columns, I would feel delighted if lie could manage to kill his hero a.s .-.peeijUy as posaiblw. I would --iggest that CarrJonew enters one of las Grui'l 1-laneur-for the Tollyguiige Steeplechase. Weight him at 9st 71b, put the hero in the saddle, set hrni at the sod wall. let tiiere be a crash, and pick up hor-e arid rider on the Other Bide dead. Then go on v. itn the yarn. In the early chapters it was apparent that ("arr-.lone.s would win the Military Cup; it was certain that the I'ulo Cup would ai-o fall to his lot; when r hunting it was " odds on " him >hootnig the bigg' < mail » .ill r the . dJ- were even better that he would wm the game of bluff poki 1 . '■'> '• t>l \\ sot t< much to offer on hliu g« tl 'i/1 on.- in tl.. polothltHers ; and i.ow <m " b >'i. - co> f' del it that he Hill br.it f '.r oti ti fi lu.'.-i . a game Of polo, piuwbd h>' - p. ' . > ■ ' to bring Jingling Johmi\ ai 1 i ''n i "'.-v. haven OH to the cour-' to .i-- -( 1 o;. <arrJon<» l- iiuii ii .! iti i .i' tii'- whiiUillt. l«*t of t' « % .- r . < and p. rhaps tie out! ful hip. ■ '..i1l the ad-ii-i-ib;lit> • o th« with tinli\phci:atid : iit;> a d- -e uf i 1 <• bubonic plagut. ir oti.' iw i i'h-\.itg him of a lift w! iih 1.1- l"-t ~11 •: aim t- I his earl\ a<hnir< r.-. If onK he hail b«-cn beaten Oner tu twe • > r ■' ihn > : ! Lad been turned fui a chip'- i > i tv.o mi some one tl>e 1 would ):a\. pi'dn >d t■ «. author ; but he must now be numbered amount the " Lights that failed." A|.» lo i !ii r for on your -p u *•• f * Si lis* i Jiin Feb. I t. imi.