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Show STEVENSON AT HIS WORK. "David Balfour" Produced Under Ac! verse Circumstances. Mrs. Robert l.ouls S'tvenson ha told of the clrciimHtaucns under whlcl. certain of her husband's books wen written. Stevenson und his wife wt-rt looking over some recor t of trials In the Old llallcy court during 17C0 Among the papers was ono describing i the trial of James Stownrt for the ( murder of n man, which StcvetiFou "read with avidity." He tihcd much of the story In this old court record for "Kidnaped," besides taking nut the character of Alan llreck. "Dnvld Jta.'fouf," the sequel to "Kidnaped. was wrllten.ln Snmoa, amid very "ill-! tractlng circumstances." Mrs. Sic ve-.t'on snys: "With tho natives on the verge of war and amid the most Kaleidoscopic political changes, tin certain as to what ninn-ont his personal per-sonal liberty might be r rtralncd, his every notion nilscorstrued and re suited by the white Inhabitants of th lFland, tho excitement anU fatigue of my husband's daily llfo might have seemt!d enough for any otie man to endure' Without the additional strain of literary work." |