Show A few days age the salt lake tribune published a letter from the noted english writer giving a di of salt lake oar salt lake clotem cotem made a great fuss about it and called attention to the letter several times in the editorial columns but its readers acquainted with S alt Lakein vai ably thought it was the worst attempt at stating the facts that they had ever read other letters concerning cities of tho united states were fully as inaccurate and the wonder is how a man like should make such blunders A gentleman acquainted with the facts relates to the chicago in ter mccan how and when these letters composed which solves the mystery it was in the spring of that i cheap capitalist and globe trotter took boat in india for japan it takes about a week to make the journey the passengers were few less than a dozen naturally they all formed somo ac with each other among the number was one lady and her hua band and their mutual friend kipling the three hailing from Alla habad india the husband explained to the passengers that kipling was a reporter on the leading english journal of india and a very clever writer he told them that boy though he was he had made some happy hits in the way of writing short stories and was then on his dav to england to seek his fortune the husband friend predicted that lie would make his mark as he had so fresh to kipling did not mingle much the company spending a good deal of in his stateroom it iras understood that he was writing letters for his paper from day to day daring the boyage however he talked arith the chicagoan aboard somewhat he said he was boing from india to england by way of yokohama san francisco and new york because he had previously gono over the other bouto and he seo as much of the worm asne could he expressed ej curiosity to see the and no little any one living so near that country as chicago should go abroad without first seen the marvels of the ejiu astone vs tone he said that with the exception of the yellow stone he should RO without much delay stooping here and there perhaps to ret material for a letter to hii paper the letters which are now beine dished in this country without news paper credit and as if written recently recent lr ara these old letters of 1389 prepared with no thought of any other readers lhnn the subscribers to that hindmo jo arnal lie simply railed off whatever ame into his head aich he thought would entertain thos readers i about a year later this sam gentleman waa in London and then for the first time killins biad famous and presumably availing avail inc himself of his fresh won popularity had turned an honest penny by the eters to alie journal thus them cam him a second price no tithe american syndicate pay for bliem a third time and they make more noise than ever before it is the they have made a sensation an old of the bivs used to be three tips and out atia to be loed lo ed that these letters have run there course of the american publishers is an open question whether they were duped or were themselves playing it on the public but that the letters themselves ave thua been thrice published is hardly open to dispute |