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The Scrapbook

           Mountainviewwentbankruptin1957amidchargesofcorruption,nest-feathering,andcheatingthestockholders.Thepresidentofthecompanyshothimselftwodaysafterbeingsubpoenaedtoappearbeforeagrandjury.

           Thehotelhadbeenclosedfortherestofthedecade.Therewasasinglestoryaboutit,aSundayfeatureheadlinedFORMERGRANDHOTELSINKINGINTODECAY.TheaccompanyingphotoswrenchedatJack’sheart:thepaintonthefrontporchpeeling,thelawnabaldandscabrousmess,windowsbrokenbystormsandstones.Thiswouldbeapartofthebook,ifheactuallywroteit,too-thephoenixgoingdownintotheashestobereborn.Hepromisedhimselfhewouldtakecareoftheplace,verygoodcare.ItseemedthatbeforetodayhehadneverreallyunderstoodthebreadthofhisresponsibilitytotheOverlook.Itwasalmostlikehavingaresponsibilitytohistory.

           In1961fourwriters,twoofthemPulitzerPrizewinners,hadleasedtheOverlookandreopeneditasawriters’school.Thathadlastedoneyear.Oneofthestudentshadgottendrunkinhisthird-floorroom,crashedoutofthewindowsomehow,andfelltohisdeathonthecementterracebelow.Thepaperhintedthatitmighthavebeensuicide.

           Anybighotel.havegotscandals,Watsonhadsaid,justlikeeverybighotelhasgotaghost.

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