THE AUTHOR OF "TRIXIE"
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Sooner or later, sooner or later, the cloak of anonymity was sure to be torn away. Sure. Absolutely.
"Why, then," said the Artist; "I'll tell you what."
"What?" inquired the Pastor of Souls.
"Do," said the Artist, "as Bacon did. Get a Shakespeare. Publish 'Trixie' under the name of some other man, someone who can actually be pointed out as the author, someone whose photograph can be published in the magazines, someone who can be interviewed and run after. If you do that there will be nothing to excite the curiosity of the busybodies. Your secret will be as safe as houses."
"Now," said the Pastor of Souls," that's a very clever idea of yours. Very clever indeed. It certainly seems to deserve consideration. Yes. I should say that
