The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, September 27, 1898, Image 7
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muff** **«»*
When a bright Idea rumen to a really
*ue girl, an outburst of very pretty en
thusiasm t» sure to follow Vt'hai seem
ed an unueually bright Idea irniw 1 to
Kdlth Verney one afternoon when »h»
in pouting because her father had
told her that she must eeotn>mta» until
the hard Ilmen paused, and she cali
brated Ita arrival with a few step* of an
oilginal da me that shook things about
and scared her favorite tabby through
the window
She would "earn motley by writing a
atory for a magazine," an shy would.
"How glad 1 am 1 thought of it!*' ahe
exc lulmed to herself as she atopped be
fore the class to admire for a moment
the glow In her cheeks. "Won’t r>upa
he surprised when f bring him the
cheek to lie cashed
Youth rarely doubts Itself, and youth
with a literary Inspiration never does,
an ahe began work Immediately
How lucky I bought such a good sup
ply of ereatn laid paper before papa or
dered economy.” she thought, "and I’ll
use the gold pen Clarence gave me last
Christmas.’’
The name of Clarence-brought anoth
er bright thought Into her head. "Why,"
she cried, "he used to write for a paper
in college! Perhaps he'll help me.”
Now. Clarence's literary career had
been confined to doing the football notes
for The Weekly ftah-rah, and he could
give more advice regarding a Hying
wedge than an acceptable bit of fiction,
b'lt that didn't matter, and he main
tained such a splendid silence In re
gard to all subjects except false rul
ings by dunder headed umpires that the
loquacious Miss Verney considered him
a delightful conversationalist, and he
had the chief characteristic of one. He
was as silent as the sphinx Mid as at
tentive a listener ns the recording an
g€!].
“I'll get him to .criticise my work as
1 go along, and perhaps 1 can get some
frond suggestions from him. Now i
must think out a plot. No: I’ll think of
a title first.”
She puzzled her head for awhile, then
took a copy of The Century and read a
few titles so as to get inspiration.
•■Handy." “S’manthy’s Cat." "Jerry" -
"Oh. pshaw!” she cried. "These are
all dialect stories, ai}d I don't want to
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»ar* macatakc.
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•u Hell* Klerrm ’ ” rrtoC !tob*»l«
I write one like that I •*» fiobig t°
I wiite a story that will have a hero In
j it like Julius Ktaeger or Henry Miller
and a heroine like - well," and she look
a good look at herself in a hand mirror
that lay on her desk.
Suddenly she laid down the mirror
with great decision and said: I muat
b-gln at this atory. Let me see. I
guess It Will Ire better to write It first
and think of the title afterward. Why.
us fours*l How stupid of me not to re
-1 member that ! read once that Dickens
often had his atorles finished before hit
ting un titlea for them! J-et me think.”
She proceeded to think In about this
j fashion:
"The heroine must be a sweet and cul
tivated girl, a graduate of Vassar and
all that, whose father has failed In busl
| ness. A man who Is wealthy and whom
she hates makes love to her. and his
suit Is favored by her father. But she
j loves another. I,et me see—who ahall
that other be'.’ I'll make him her fa
ther’s secretary Papa’s typewriter and
secretary is a horrid frump of a girl,
but that doesn't matter. I wonder If
she gets her dresses made by a charity
sewing circle. But let me see where
was I? Oh, yes! He is her father’s sec
retary and has a drooping black mus
tache and looks lovely in evening dress.
Of course he is a perfect gentleman.
Why, I can make him a nobleman of
fallen fortunes who is living Incognito.
That's splendid, and I think It’s quite
original too. I musl try to keep every
thing in my story as original as possi
ble.”
"There, now. I think l have a lovely
plot. 1 never thought It was so easy to
get up u plot before. Ail one has to do
is just to Hit down and think, and it all
comes into one's head so nice. Now 1
must get names for my people- What
shall I call my hero? Reginald? Alger
non? Jack? No: I have it. I'll call him
Clarence. Clamor won't object, and
I’ve always liked his name. I wonder if.
he’l! be sun- t<j come tonight.” AC this
point she unconsciously looked at her
self in the minor again. “I don’t be
lieve this frock becomes me nearly so
well as the pink one Dear me. It is al
most dinner time! I shall put on the
pink on*-.''
to she proceeded to diets, 'the liter
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lime to make a 4a*h for *alely.
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girl g* b* movad toward the d >or The
Cor lor only trted lo #.«uh* her and hur
ried ••# With a »ilength born of the
ary Instinct Usd not ysl affected her
sufttelently *•• make her forget her »P
l*eursvtee While dressing she hit on s
name for her heroine. **lb would < all
her fonslsncs It hsd a fine sound,
besides cun\ egi uf! lutnr Idea us the char
acter.
At dinner ah< tens very much elwotb
rd. and whan her father and mothrr
tried t« draw hgr Into conversation she
maintained a chilling superiority Hhe
would show Ihsm that she was nol a
mere butterfly *and convince them that
h*r education had not been wasted
When ahe got her atory finished, ahe
might even Join Ihe Professional Wo
man's league, but that would need fur
ther consideration. She didn't like the
sound of "professional." Besides, liter
ature Is a calling, nut a profession, and
something of a fad with the Isist peo
ple.
dhe found alp- really could not work
until Clarence had arrived and she had
told him all about it It was In vain she
Iliad to make a start on her story. Hhe
would writs a few words, then In spite
of herself gel up and walk about the
room. Bui he came al last.
After they had shaken hands, a rere
muny he performed with much vigor
and enthusiasm, she exclaimed:
"You can't guees what I’m going to j
do!” , .
Clarence looked at her animated fae*
for a moment. Then an awful aua* j
picton aelsed him.
"Homethlng you'd never expect.
His face became ashen, and when h« j
tried to say, "You are going to get mar
ried.” his voice merely made a gurgle
in his throat. Hhe didn't notice this,
hut rattled on.
“I knew you couldn’t gueiw. Well,
I'm going to write a story for The Cen
tury."
Clarence heaved a sigh of relief and
nervously mopped his brow . Then she
proceeded to tell him the plot of It.
“Don’t you think it la Quite original •
she asked and then read the answer In
his eyes. "I thought you would, for It
is you know. I thought It all out by
myself. Now, I think it would be a
good idea for u» to talk the whole story
over before I begin, and If there are any
weak points In It we can pick them out
and fix them up.
“By the way. do you know vvhat iff
meant bv 'the technique of the short
story?’ j remember that the man who
writes the criticisms for the back of
Harper's Magazine once praised the
technique of some short stories, and I
asked papa what 'technique' meant. He
-a'd it meant having a pull with an
editor so that you could sell your sto
ries, but I think he was just poking
fun. It can’t mean plot, for T remem
ber now the stories were by Mr. Mat
thews. and they had no plots. Well,
never mind.
“Oh, 1 saw the editor of The Century
once and, do you know, he is quite a
sad looking man? I’ll have to put as
much pathos Into this story as possi
ble. but the plot provides for that. I
think if I can make It sad enough he’ll
give me a big check for it.
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KIJZAMKTH IUVMONU.
"And, oh. there Is on.* thing I want I
A» do very carefully! Thai Is the b»v--
siene between Clarence end Const W*
♦ld'll he proposes «•• h*i. < 'H!
a bit what the e '
jH papers say that
ahr la surprlaed *i
to her. I don't‘he!, i
such a thing, and I am not g...i»g
my heroine say It ellhrr.
'flint now that I think of it l ►•**#. I
■ld It myself wh4i I was prft|>o*cd %•"
Clarence Jumped as If he bad heard
an umpire make a false ruling
• Khr was all he could say, how- j
ever.
"Oh, It wa>* so funny! You know that ,
little goose Teddy Trundrtll?"
Clarence glared aasent
“Wsll, one evening when he was here |
5 to |' k 1 *
”*' """ ' ' " _-....-
‘('AN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?" HE CRIED.
he got down on Ids kiu-r-s and began
proposing to me. 1 really was awfully
surprized, blit I jWit boxed his ears and
sent him away heAie.
"People say Hunt one can write only
from experience on such matters as
that, but I simply ant not going to have
my hero propose!, l lkc Teddy Trundrill.
No hero would. You wouldn't yourself,
would you? 31;,
HERALD.
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pal#, pull* lla tau Cal epp*«<*»e* t|Ul« k
|y aaay ami with II Ito r«l>. boldlny
lightly lo i*a end. Tton. I . l*l my II
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ibr <rnb violently against ito rot ka un
-111 It* atoll la broken, and II trblalna the
reuutd of a n-naldt ralde aim-uni of auf
fi ring by ruling lh* H*»h. The writer
l-dnu out ibai the monkey* only *«'
Ito trahg utnn they are unable to gel
other fend.
"Bui that can't be true about experi
ence How can a man writer know ex- j
.v'tly what a woman ie thinking when ,
C, a, d to? He can only know ;
- feels Ilk** when he Is pro- '
, vetlets try to make ev-
Ihetr novels different. ,
.- on their experience !
'Hereof proposal each
, tar ns Itokie as people 1
aa> l are.
• But ih * is not making progress
with Ihe story Now haven’t you .onto
suggestion to make? lin afraid Ifi
siHill Ilia! love scene. Can't you h'-ip
me with It? <>h. I know! You have, of
course, proposed to lots of girls. Tell .
me how you acted sod what you said j
and what she aatd- I'll take notes.’’
She began to get he. papers In order, i
while Clarence sat looking at her, per
fectly dazed.. He Had never proposed
10 .1 girl ill his life. He hadn’t ihe
courage:'but. though lie knew tier state
ment in regard,to Ihat matter was a
decidedly false ruling, he couldn't enter
a protest. Hut a lay of hope suddenly
Hashed through the chaos of Ills
thought*, perhaps Ops talk about pro.
posing would enable him to do what he
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had been trying to d<* for months—pro
pose to Kdlth himself.
Now I am ready.” she said as she
took up her |>en.
••I «r *r." began Clarence, coloring
"I 4f ft”—
"Well!” she exclaimed encouragingly.
"I—*r —or —never proposed."
"What? Now, that's too bad! What
ever ahall I do? But you surely must
have thoughts of proposing some time.”
"Kr— yes."
"Well, ih*u. tell me how you would
go about It. What would you aay?
Hlm-e you say you have had no experi
ence, what you would say would likely
l»e original and all the belter for my
•tory. Well, what would you say?"
Clarence'* rondilton was nally pltl
u|,|,-. though his fair tormentor did not
appear to realize It. Never before did
he long so vehemently foi glHmese, und
never Iwfure did hi* tongue stick so
tightly to the roof of his mouth.
Well!" she repeated somewhat Im
patiently a* she looked into hi* face !n
--quiiingly. He seemed to gather cour
age from Iter glance and managed to
murmur: ,
"Kdlth. dear!"
"But that Is only a Iwginnln*. Re
alties. ihi* heroine * iisine is Constance,
not Kdlth,”
In hi* agony Clarence moved hia
chair uneasily und moved it closer to
her.
•'l_er—er-Rdlfb, dear!" and he look
ed at her appealingly.
“Oh, now, you wouldn't stammer like
thut. You would have a nlee little
speech ready, telling her how much you
loved her and all that."
"I love you. Kdlth'" He was begin
ning to find his tongue, and he caught
her band as he spoke. "I've often—er—
never mind the story. Widen to me."
"Oh. but I must take notes. I'll have
the loro take hold of her hand and say.
•Constance, dear, I love you.' That Is
not so had. tio on," and she began to
write.
He immediately reached out and
caught her other hand.
"Can’t you understand?" he rrled. “I
love you and want you to bo my wife—
you. you. not Constance!"
She looked at his face wonderingly.
“J have been wanting to ask you so
long, but couldn't. I have loved you for
years and will always love you Don't
refuse me, or you wljl break my heart.”
His despair had blessed him with long
desired loquacity.
"Why, ure you proposing to me In
earnest?”
"Yes. I’leaae don't laugh at me,” and
he thought with horror of the fate of
Teddy TrundrW.
"oh,” ahe exclaimed, starting to her
feel, "this is such a surprise!'’ Kv#
probably made the same remark when
she met Adam in the garden, and her
daughters have been repeating It ever
since.
“I know I have no right to expect you
to eonseiit, but—er—er—but I love you
so much." and he looked at her hun
grily, despairingly'. With a motion of
her bands she brought him lo his ieet.
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hut made no nttempt le free herself 1
from bis grasp.
"Really. Clarence. I—er—«r." It
she who was atsniniering n«». His ex
illeinent was thrilling her. The Much
or his hands seemed to grow on her Ilk#
Intoxication, sail after a little further
struggle she pul up her fat * te ba
kissed
For the remainder of the evening they
were both too happy to talk, so of
course the writer lui* nothing further to
report, except that the story for Ths
Century was never completed. Kdlth
was altogether lia» happy to put th#
necessary fmlhos in it to make It sal
able.
As to whether she had an ulterior
motive in I’icp.ciag a love aevue with
Claicut* the author doe* not venture
an aptitlou
A* ah remarked herself. "How can a
man writ* r know exactly what a wo
man Is thinking when she is proposed
to?" or when she wants to be proposed
to.
\ hi Utcmakini.
Thera is a , h.i iicrig legend with re
gard to the origin nf lacemaklng ir
Veiiif. t \ eiieilan lish. imau was some
eouithih* IMP ' hanged to a pretty and
Industrious ;;irl who gave him u finely
woven fishing net mildc with her own
huiid*. uml tin very first time he threw
the net Into the sea h" drew to lund a
beautiful piece of jieiritled seuiveed.
Boon afterward war broke out, and all
the young fishermen of Venice had to
go with the fleet and fight In Ihe east,
the girl's lover among them. Every day
after her betrothed had gon. the young
weaver sirl at her work, the petrified
piece of seaweed close beside her. and
as she plulted the meshes of Ihe nets
she was constantly looking at this sou
venir of her lover.
rnconsclcusly her fingers reproduced
the thin and delicate fibers of the sea
weed in the fishing net, and this first
lacemaking, primitive and coarse as It
was. finully led to the Invention of pil
low lace.
The Human Brain.
Sir William Turner shows that among
civilized races men have the advantage
over women In internal capacity of the
cranium and in weight of the brain it
self. While the average brain weight
of the European male is from 49 ounces
to !>0 ounces, in Ihe female it Is only
from 44 ounce* to 45 ounces. The differ
ence in size and weight begins at birth.
Nor is the inequality confined to Euro
pean races. It is observable among sav
ages, though In a lesser degree. Man
in not only the larger und stronger ani
mal. but Is fitted w ith a larger and more
powerful supply of brains.
There are two great walls In Chinu.
One I* 40 feet,thick and 50 feet high and
surrounds Fokins- It is 10 miles in cir
cumference. The other, the great wall
of China, is nearly 1..100 miles long and
wan built ovs? 2,090 yegg# ffgo,