Thyrsis’ brain reeled as he listened to this; it was in all respects identical with another famous temptation—”The devil taketh him upon a high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the earth!”
“And then there is England”—the man was saying.
“No, no!” cried Thyrsis, wildly. “No!”
“But why not?” demanded the other.
“It’s impossible! I couldn’t do it!”
“You mean you couldn’t do the writing?”
“I wouldn’t know how to!”
“Well then, that’s easily arranged. Let me get some one to collaborate with you. There’s Richard Haberton—you know who he is?”
“No,” said Thyrsis, faintly.
“He’s the author of ‘The Rajah’s Diamond’—it’s playing with five companions now, and its third season. And he dramatized ‘In Honor’s Cause’—you’ve seen that, no doubt. We have paid him some sixty thousand dol
