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in bloom�察�and the monthly roses�察�you could always find a sweet violet or 

two somewhere in the yard�察�here and there splotches of deep pink against 

gray   cabin   walls   proved   that   precocious   peach´trees   were   in   bloom。   It 

never rained。 At night it was cold enough for fires。 In the middle of the 

day it was hot。 The wind never blew�察�and every morning we had a four for 

tennis and every afternoon we rode in the woods。 And every night we sat 

in   front   of   the   fire   ��that   didn't   smoke   because   of   pretending��   and   talked 

until the next morning。 

     He was one of those rarely gifted men who find their chiefest pleasure 

not in looking backward or forward�察�but in what is going on at the moment。 

Weeks did not have to pass before it was forced upon his knowledge that 

Tuesday�察�the fourteenth ��let us say���察�had been a good Tuesday。 He knew it 

the   moment   he   waked   at   7   A。   M。   and   perceived   the   Tuesday   sunshine 

making patterns of bright light upon the floor。 The sunshine rejoiced him 

and the knowledge that even before breakfast there was vouchsafed to him 

a whole hour of life。 That day began with attentions to his physical well´ 

being。   There   were   exercises   conducted   with   great   vigor   and   rejoicing�察�

followed by a tub�察�artesian cold�察�and a loud and joyous singing of ballads。 

     At fifty R。 H。 D。 might have posed to some Praxiteles and�察�copied in 

marble�察�gone down the ages as ;statue of a young athlete。; He stood six 

feet and over�察�straight as a Sioux chief�察�a noble and leonine head carried 

by   a  splendid    torso。   His   skin  was   as   fine  and   clean   as  a  child's。  He 

weighed nearly two hundred pounds and had no fat on him。 He was the 

weight´throwing rather than the running type of athlete�察�but so tenaciously 

had he clung to the suppleness of his adolescent days that he could stand 



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stiff´legged and lay his hands flat upon the floor。 

     The singing over�察�silence reigned。 But if you had listened at his door 

you must have heard a pen going�察�swiftly and boldly。 He was hard at work�察�

doing unto others what others had done unto him。 You were a stranger to 

him�察    �some    magazine      had    accepted    a   story   that  you    had   written    and 

published it。 R。 H。 D。 had found something to like and admire in that story 

��very little perhaps���察�and it was his duty and pleasure to tell you so。 If he 

had   liked   the   story   very   much   he   would   send   you   instead   of   a   note   a 

telegram。 Or it might be that you had drawn a picture�察�or�察�as a cub reporter�察�

had shown golden promise in a half column of unsigned print�察�R。 H。 D。 

would find you out�察�and find time to praise you and help you。 So it was 

that when he emerged from his room at sharp eight o'clock�察�he was wide´ 

awake and happy and hungry�察�and whistled and double´shuffled with his 

feet�察  �out   of   excessive   energy�察  �and   carried   in   his   hands   a   whole   sheaf   of 

notes and letters and telegrams。 

     Breakfast   with   him   was   not   the   usual American   breakfast�察  �a   sullen�察�

dyspeptic gathering of persons who only the night before had rejoiced in 

each other's society。 With him it was the time when the mind is�察�or ought 

to be�察�at its best�察�the body at its freshest and hungriest。 Discussions of the 

latest   plays   and   novels�察  �the   doings   and   undoings   of   statesmen�察  �laughter 

and   sentimentto   him�察  �at   breakfast�察  �these   things   were   as   important   as 

sausages and thick cream。 

     Breakfast   over�察  �there   was   no   dawdling   and   putting   off   of   the   day's 

work     ��else   how�察   �at  eleven    sharp�察  �could    tennis   be   played    with    a  free 

conscience�殖�。 Loving�察�as he did�察�everything connected with a newspaper�察�

he   would   now   pass   by   those   on   the   hall´table   with   never   so   much   as   a 

wistful glance�察�and hurry to his workroom。 

     He   wrote sitting down。  He   wrote   standing   up。 And�察 �almost   you   may 

say�察  �he   wrote   walking   up   and   down。   Some   people�察  �accustomed   to   the 

delicious ease and clarity of his style�察�imagine that he wrote very easily。 

He   did   and   he   didn't。   Letters�察  �easy�察  �clear�察  �to   the   point�察  �and   gorgeously 

human�察  �flowed   from   him   without   let   or   hindrance。   That   masterpiece   of 

corresponding�察        �The    German      March     Through     Brussels�察─    �was    probably 

written almost as fast as he could talk ��next to Phillips Brooks�察�he was the 



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fastest talker I ever heard���察�but when it came to fiction he had no facility at 

all。 Perhaps I should say that he held in contempt any facility that he may 

have had。 It was owing to his incomparable energy and Joblike patience 

that he ever gave us any fiction at all。 Every phrase in his fiction was�察�of 

all   the   myriad     phrases    he   could    think   of�察 �the   fittest  in  his  relentless 

judgment to survive。 Phrases�察�paragraphs�察�pages�察�whole stories even�察�were 

written over and over again。 He worked upon a principle of elimination。 If 

he wished to describe an automobile turning in at a gate�察�he made first a 

long   and   elaborate   description   from   which   there   was   omitted   no   detail�察�

which the most observant pair of eyes in Christendom had ever noted with 

reference to just such a turning。 Thereupon he would begin a process of 

omitting one by one those details which he had been at such pains to recall�察�

and after each omission he would ask himself�此 �Does the picture remain�拭─�

If   it  did   not�察 �he   restored    the   detail   which     he   had   just  omitted�察    �and 

experimented with the sacrifice of some other�察�and so on�察�and so on�察�until 

after   Herculean   labor   there   remained   for   the   reader one   of   those   swiftly 

flashed�察�ice´clear pictures ��complete in every detail�� with which his tales 

and romances are so delightfully and continuously adorned。 

     But it is quarter to eleven�察�and�察�this being a time of holiday�察�R。 H。 D。 

emerges from his workroom happy to think that he has placed one hundred 

and   seven   words   between   himself   and   the   wolf   who   hangs   about   every 

writer's door。  He  isn't satisfied   with   those hundred and   seven   words。  He 

never   was   in   the   least   satisfied   with   anything   that   he   wrote�察  �but   he   has 

searched      his   mind    and   his  conscience      and   he   believes    that   under    the 

circumstances   they   are   the   very   best   that   he   can   do。 Anyway�察  �they   can 

stand in their present order until after lunch。 

     A  sign   of his   youth   was   the   fact that to the   day  of   his death he   had 

denied himself the luxury and slothfulness of habits。 I have never seen him 

smoke   automatically   as   most   men   do。   He   had   too   much   respect   for   his 

own   powers   of   enjoyment   and   for   the   sensibilities�察  �perhaps�察  �of   the   best 

Havana   tobacco。   At   a   time   of   his   own   deliberate   choosing�察  �often   after 

many      hours    of  hankering      and   renunciation�察     �he   smoked     his   cigar。   He 

smoked it with delight�察�with a sense of being rewarded�察�and he used all the 

smoke there was in it。 



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     He dearly loved the best food�察�the best champagne�察�and the best Scotch 

whiskey。 But these things were friends to him�察�and not enemies。 He had 

toward food and drink the Continental attitude�察�namely�察�that quality is far 

more important than quantity�察�and he got his exhilaration from the fact that 

he was drinking champagne and not from the champagne。 Perhaps I shall 

do well to say that on questions of right and wrong he had a will of iron。 

All   his   life   he   moved   resolutely   in   whichever   direction   his   conscience 

pointed�察�and�察�although that ever present and never obtrusive conscience of 

his made mistakes of judgment now and then�察�as must all consciences�察�I 

think it can never once have tricked him into any action that was impure or 

unclean。 Some critics maintain that the heroes and heroines of his books 

are   impossibly   pure   and   innocent   young   people。   R。   H。   D。   never   called 

upon his characters for any trait of virtue�察�or renunciation�察�or self´mastery 

of which his own life could not furnish examples。 

     Fortunately�察�he did not have for his friends the same conscience that he 

had for himself。 His great gift of eyesight and observation failed him in his 

judgments   upon   his  
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