Bret Harte Stories.
— Bret Harte's Suggestion to a Scotsman. —
The tale Bret Harte was a very Sovajble man to those who really knew him. Ytt sometimes he could be very bitter. Once when he was consul at Glasgow he attended a big city dinner. The Scotsman who feat Dext to him had a reputation for nearness. And he hadn't been very -well lately The Scotsman said: "Can you recommend a good physician?'" "I can if you want him to attend lo yourself," said Bret Harte.
" "Yes?" "Death!" "Why Death?" "Because he will only cost you one visit."
— Another Bret Harte Story —
His first stories appeared in the San Francisco Overland Monthly Then he was
appointed editor of this magazine. That was in 1869. About this same- period two or three weekly newspapers were struggling for existence.
One day the office boy went to the editor of the Soaring Eagle, and said : "There is a tramp at the door, and he says he has had nothing to eat for six days." "Fetch him in," said the editor. "If we can find out how he does it we can run this blamed paper for another week."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2734, 8 August 1906, Page 78
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194Bret Harte Stories. Otago Witness, Issue 2734, 8 August 1906, Page 78
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