The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . olnsaid :— Friend Prouder, I hear that they are talking ofrunning you for the legislature. Wal—ya-as—some has ben tryin t put up somesech a joke on me ; from which I jidge tht they Howto be beat in the race. I notice tht when thexpect t win, the* dont hunt raound fer aoutsiders tshare th stakes ; but when the expect t lose, the reawful libral. Aha! Probably they think some of the stock onthe Prou
The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . olnsaid :— Friend Prouder, I hear that they are talking ofrunning you for the legislature. Wal—ya-as—some has ben tryin t put up somesech a joke on me ; from which I jidge tht they Howto be beat in the race. I notice tht when thexpect t win, the* dont hunt raound fer aoutsiders tshare th stakes ; but when the expect t lose, the reawful libral. Aha! Probably they think some of the stock onthe Prouder farm—live-stock or other—will help thempull the load uphill. No. To do em justice I guess they dont expectno campaign-fund contributions from the me-anest manin Spring County ! The dont fool themselves with nosech crazy dreams as that, no moren the fool me withtalkin abaout my gittin thar. Oh, well—let them try, and you jest try and helpem a leetle. You dont know where lightning mightstrike. I may be in the House myself, and whether Iam or not, we want jest such men as you there—menthat wont steal, and that are too smart to be stolefrom.—From The McVeys, by Joseph KJELLAND, Alexander Lange, a Norwe-gian novelist, born at Stavanger, Norway, Octo-ber 2, 1849. He gave no signs of literary talentin his youth. He began life as a manufacturer oftiles in his native city. He made a long sojournin Paris just before his thirtieth year, and whilethere wrote a number of sketches, which werepublished under the title Novelletter. These at-tracted considerable notice because of the excel-lence of his style. The next year, 1880, he pub-lished two volumes of short stories, Nye Novelletterand For Scenen, and also a novel, Carman og Worse,which was very well received. The followingyear appeared two more ambitious works, Ar-beidsfolk and Elsie, which determined his stand-ing among the novelists of that tongue. Bothwere intensely realistic and radical, and the keen-es
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