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Show Hret llarte lllee la rroror of a Melody ( Looa IteeiHag. F. Hret llarte, tb American author, tiled auddenly Tsrstlay alghl at th Ked House, Camberley, near Aldershot, England, from hemorrliege, caused by an affection of the throat Francla Hret llarte. author, was born In Albany, N. Y., Aug. 23, I83U, of mixed English, Oermao and Hebrew auceatora. Ilia father, a professor In th Albany Fauiale college, died when the boy waa quite young, and In I034 tha family removed to t'allforala. During Dur-ing the first three yeara of bia Ufa In California h turned hi hand to whatever what-ever promlaed him a livelihood. Ftrat aa a school teacher, ttien aa a compositor, com-positor, a miner and an ei press niaa-ftanger. niaa-ftanger. In 137 ti became a earn poal-tor poal-tor on th Uolden Era, published In Nan Francisco, where a few aVatcha from hla pen attracted the attention ot the editor, who Immediately took him from tha case and iDalalled alio at a deak .a ona of th writer for th periodical. After that hi rise was ateady until hla nam became a household house-hold word. |