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Show I UNUSU.AL FOLK 4 a) 8KATTLJE, July ! By KRA r- Tbeufh "a prttty wxtftii short story writsT, 0. B. H. Hunt nvr tried a novl until ba andartook "Ccwmof AJ1." Fin.al.tfJ. avail ha dt1 not Hits ft. But ha had worked so hard on It that ha sent It to an adUor anyway. It cams hark with tha adltorial rem-mtnt rem-mtnt that U was "tarrtbla." Hurst rted another ad I tor, who aald It waa th worst thine tha author avar wrota. Tha latsr threw It Into tha waato has-kt has-kt In a fridmd's offlcs. Tha friend f)ahd H out and, trot knowtnr Hurst had maant it for tha discard, raturnad It to him. For aijrhtssn months ft was kicked around hla study. Than, In order to squalen a literary avent who had baan bothartnff him for soma of hla work raaplta rapaatad rafusaia to submit any to him. ha mailed tha despised "Coo-aner "Coo-aner All" to tha Importunate ona. Tha airent found a publisher for ft. It made ona of tha hits of tha saason. nd now It is falnlnff popularity in England. Australia and Canada. |