| Show THE SALE OF A manuscript butto intermountain once upon a time as the fairy tales have it in a dingy back street 0 a smoky dirty city in a troubled land a dewy plodding persecuted old man deserted by all but a few of his friends despised misunderstood often upbraid ed by his children blind tottering and poor patiently ground out a masterpiece after perhaps eight years of work on this literary marvel he received 60 tor it faoro a publisher ano appreciated its power and beauty in much the bame degree that the king of dahomey boeg today having consummated his li rework the poet sank back slowly to die and was forgotten of bis generation if not for all time it has just been learned that tho scrivener manuscript book no 1 of Mil tons paradise loot bought at a recent sale in london by an american collector has been turned over to J P morgan tho collector who procured the manuscript was a fifth avenue boalt dealer he paid tor U and sold me liase to mr morgan as goon as it reached new york A prophet shall not be cnown in his own laud or his own time the poet received 12 pounds tor the original A manuscript Is sold to a collector for a and abe collector in turn dla pusey af it to a at a profit had milton len one tenth i the aum hs just the lillue old man could have lived out the ut lily life in pare and tom torl |
