Ogden Daily Standard | 1898-08-08 | Page 6 | The Perlis of a Critic

the rcella of critic robert was saved from tho danger into which ilia vocation as a critic threw liim only by his anonymity at buo ouo ho found it necessary in reviewing a book written by a native of the emerald isle to treat it with un severity in conversing of this book and tho incompetence of its writer with a literary friend one day the author a gigantic irishman entered the room in a great rage vowing vengeance against abo remorseless critic standing very near tho critic ho raised his huge fist and exclaimed and it I 1 knew who it was id bate him I 1 mr southey observed a profound silence and quietly retired reserving hia langh for a less hazardous occasion