View Full Version : Other Fiction Wilson, Harry Leon: Merton of the Movies. V1. 30 Sep 2009


crutledge
09-30-2009, 01:08 PM
From: http://www.nndb.com/people/995/000114653/
Harry Leon Wilson
Born: 1-May-1867
Birthplace: Oregon, IL
Died: 28-Jun-1939
Location of death: Carmel, CA
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Novelist, Editor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Ruggles of Red Gap
Puck Asst. Editor (1892-96), Editor (1896-1902)

Excerpt
At the very beginning of the tale there comes a moment of puzzled hesitation. One way of approach is set beside another for choice, and a third contrived for better choice. Still the puzzle persists, all because the one precisely right way might seem-shall we say intense, high keyed, clamorous? Yet if one way is the only right way, why pause? Courage! Slightly dazed, though certain, let us be on, into the shrill thick of it. So, then-