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always Twpreae&tad on the Hat of beM sellers. But John Ayr* was the cause of his

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peared omniscient. Ayre had nerar let a masterpiece slip through his Angers He had an Intuitive Instinct which told him whenever a novel, submitted to the Ann. was going to ruoceed. Arre seemed able To plnmb depths of the human heart—In manu-

scripts.

But not In Ufe. ■ Ayre." said Futon A Co. one 'I wish yon were a mixer. I d you Into the Ann. Bnt you

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You are only a mixer In theory, wish yoi. were the sor» of fellow who could put a little personality Into yonr work, make good Impressions, and build np the business. - guest I'm only cut out to be a reader," answered John Ayr*. "You're a darned good one. anyhow," said Fttton A Co., and that was true. Ayr* had picked that Utile schoolgirl manMcrlpt from Arkansas, which every p'thllsher bvt Futon had rejected. He had spotted 1U human qnaUUst. ha had punctuated a—d revised tu and It had sold into three hundred thouaand

copies.

He had taken that Illiterate cowboy tala, with Its marvelous realism, and changed the title, rewriting moat of

. the staging of a great It doesn't end. "What

la tragical. We don't rw

tragedy, bnt at laaat

must he trade clear. Now book the heroine simply eonher sorrows \o a book, trusting ths lover will sea It and realise feelings, which shyness prevented her from expressing If you could

change the and—'

The girl smiled wearily. "I win at- ! think It over. Mr. Fltton." Aha an-

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"What's Thla Ayref" the book, except the daarrtpttona Ha had changed the hire Into a heroins and given her blonds hair and a fancy name. That book had sold to the axtent of two hurdred and Arty thou

sand.

Ayre was a mystery. He was a man of thlrty-Ava Fltton had given hli a Job out of pity four years before. The roan looked half Inaana seemed to have been through some mental stress Which had changed his nature. Futon had suspected him oi drinking Hut Ayre never touched liquor, ant l-iald* of a year he head reader. About a week after Fltton s remarks Ayre brought him a manuscript. It was written with the pen—a which would have condemned U tn nine oAlce* out of ten. It was In a woman's hand, and It was tied with pink ribbon, a thing which would have killed Its chances In nineteen oOcrs out of twenty. Fbr usually one can tell the type of mind that produces Action from the appearance of lha

story

Whal e this. Ayre?' inquired the publisher “A good story. Mr Fltton." an swered the reader "From a young

“1 hope yon win." replied the pubsher, "because our reader, Mr. John ayre, thinks highly of It. But hare ka Is comlqg Into my offlea. Now, Mias Raymond. I want you and Mr. A/re to have a good talk—“ Ha ceased, for tbs girl had suddenly ralghtened herself and was looking at Ayre with ths strangest expression upon bar face. The publisher had roly ones seen such • look, and that was at the same Urns, for Us answer was on the face o' his need reader. Ha looked at them In asumbhmaa and than be understood And. b cause ha was human as wall as a publisher. he want discreetly oot and left them in his ottos together. Whan, tan minutes later, ka tured back, be knocked cautiously before entering. Hr heard a hasty John Ayre and

tbs face of aech one mads the publisher's heart vary happy, ha loved John. In spite of his odd wsys. **Mr. Fltton. I have persuaded Miss Raymond tc change bar eadtag,"

is we red the girl slowly,

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"Yau."

Flttoa's hand descended bard oe

John's shoulder.

• John." he said, rtf the sequel proves a success I'm going to taka you Into partnership. I hellers you will develop the qualities of e mixer aft nr all."

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English setters and pointers hunt at the rate of eighteen to nlneti an hour, and they can maintain this •peed for at laast two hours. Foxhounds are extraordinarily swift, as Is proved by the fact that a dog -f this breed once beat a thoroughbred bores, covering four miles In six end one-half minutes Greyhounds are the swiftest of all four-footed creatures, end apeed may be regarded as equal to that of carrier plgcors English greyhounds which are carefully selected end which are used for coursing are able to cover at full gallop a space between eighteen and twenty-three yards avery second. It la said that a hare at its greatest speed never goes faster than at the rets of eighteen yards e These inlvresUng statistics

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the success of the season." "Why. 'compelled.' Ayr*?"

"Because 1 want to ask you not to accept H. air." answered Ayre. end Fltton ••« that he was trembling Ayre left the manuscript cn Fltton s desk and walked wnsteadlly sway.

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Genius Liked Unllgkted Cigar Us t Indulged In a strange form ot cold smikU.g Massenet, who knew him well In his later year*, relates

that Uast could sot play unless he Fltton looked after him In soma aston j held tn his mouth a cigar, which bs tahment Then, being himself no mean never troubled to light He would tit Judge of tb> Joe of e book, he turned down to the piano with a cigar beto the book » perusal j tween his teeth end keep munching It He was fascinated by 1L It was. In all the Uroe be pUyett When the deed, a story in • tulUios. But when cigar was quit- eaten up the Abbe he reached the e-y’. he saw. as be asp would rise from the Instrument ex-

posed. why Ayre bad objected to Its ha us ted

It was Indefinite. He,

luacrlpl to bis reader. heft at the Feet, at you mean. Ayre." he “Was there much parental oppoei-

. it lion to Mias Feaehar's marriage

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m gown Oh. yea A great deal. About that she doaen aohemiag mamas were dlua

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