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“BRED IN THE BONE” the “ 0 S,”'.“;™«be» PUBLISHED NEXT WEEK
MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATLANTA SUNDAY CONSTITUTION OCTOBER 19. 1902.****
...Winners in the $250 Prize Contest...
Principal Prizes
First Prize $100.—“Bred in the Bone,” by Will N. Harben, New York.
Second Prize $50.—“En Matriraonio,” by Mrs. S. L. Beckwith, Havana, Cuba.
Third Prize $40.—“Sehoy,” by Mrs. M. B. Owen, Montgomery, Ala.
Fourth Prize $20.—“Beyant Jump-up Ridge,” by Walter Howard
Fifth Prize $15*—“The Soul of the Priest,” by Mrs. S. A. A. McCausland, Lexington, Mo.
Dolly, Dolly and—
the Other
Written for TJhe 5anny South
VST before he reached the
ragged, whitewashed fence
that ran around the apple
orchard, Danvers paused
and drew from his pocket
a small, oval-framed pic
ture. For a second he
smiled regretfully at the
dainty, brune face that
laughed up into his eyes.
Then with sudden petu
lance he thrust the minia
ture into his breast and
strode rapidly toward the
small revolving gate, through that and
on among the low-boughed autumn ap
ples.
A seven days' voyage, composed
chiefly of mal de mer and a rain-slopped
deck, had not served to stimulate the
flagging spirits that had commenced their
downward course on the day before he
loft He'dclberg. And the trip from New
York ta Chicago brought no recompense;
nothing, in fact, beyond a cluder-grimed
and exceedingly anxious countenance.
As he neared the familiar hedge of
wild-rose behind which reposed an old-
fashioned. vine-laced hotel, his heart
sank within him. Three years ago he
had told Dolly Pemb=rton goodbv on its
great slanting porch and gone forth to
win fame and wealth that he might lay
them at tho feet of his lady-love.
How different this to the pictured home
coming!
Then no piquant face with bobbing
curls rose to dim the brightness of his
sweetheart's eyes; now no throbbing
pulses hurried him on with outstretched
arms as of cld.
“Poor little Dolly," he mused pityingly.
"It is but the remnant of a heart that
I bring back to you. but—" he choked
down a rebellious knot in Ills throat—"the
girl who has given me her trust and—and
love, must never know what a—a cad I
have been." He stole a final look at the
pictured face over his heart and set his
lips to the inevitable.
Where the path branched, he stopped
for a moment under a wide-spreading
russet and pulling off his hat, brushed
back the thick mop of Drown hair that
clung to his forehead.
On the grass a.t his feet, a few over
ripe apples gleamed gold m the dappled
sunlight.
Danvers stooped and picked up one,
biting into it reflectively with his strong
white teeth.
"Charley!"
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j2? Special Prizes
Unique Plot—“Queer,” by Mrs. L. E. Biggs, San F.anclsco. Cal., j . . . . . $5.00
Neatest Manuscript— “An Old Brown Sailor Hat,” by Mary Louise Milraow, AtlaiUa, Ga. . 5,00
Clearest Style—“The Good Ship Boahomine Jacques,” by J. H. Adam 1 , Baltimore, M 1. . . 5.00
Best Local Color—“A Southern Mile Post,” by S. T. Mufley, Bowdre, Ga 5.00
Strongest Character—“Derrick Jarrett’s Temptation,” by -Lollie C. 'Bell, Jefferson, Ga. . . 5.00
An Idea of the Contest*s Proportions
Contest Stories Specially Mentioned
‘‘A Psychic Tragedy of Battle,” R. W. McAdam, Atlanta, Ga.
“The Fate of an Artist,” Mrs. L. J. Blake, Spartanburg, S. C.
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“The Birth Veil," Miss Mattie A Young. Newcastle, Ky.
‘‘Wolffang and The Silver Bow,” Lollie Belle Wylie, Atlanta, Ga.
“Burton’s Assignment,” David I.owry, Pittsburg, Pa.
“Platonic Friendship,” Elizabeth T. Malhiot, Avoca, La.
“The Colonel's Story and Jessica’s,” Thomas W. Ragan, Meridian-
ville, Ala.
"The Good That Came of Disappointment,” Mrs. Bolan Waggoner, Fay
etteville, Tenn.
“The Ocean Tramp, Giselda,” Lucy V. Lloyd, Inverness, Fla.
“The Ghost of The Mine,” Harvey H. Hughes, Grover, N. C.
“One Day of Life,” Wesley W. Truax, Gaylard, Mich.
“A Backward Glance,” Mrs. C. A. Mauck, Clarkston, Ga.
“Almost Too Late,” Mrs. Lizzie Waldron, Milan, Ind.
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"Affinity,” Miss Anna C. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.
"The Fir-Trees of the Mottes,” S. Lorlng Jackson, Chilllcothe, Mo.
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"Unhappy Hosanna,” Smith Clayton, Atlanta, Ga.
“The Finding of the Emily St. Pierre,” Edwin Harlekenden, Macon, Ga.
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“Miss Lillyen de Buby,” Alta Smith, Faunsdale, Ala.*
"Her Grandfather’s Garden,” Mrs. L. L. Vincent, Stephenville, Tex
"Colonel Leroy,” Mary W. Speights, Atlanta, Ga.
"The Love of Two Women,” S. D. Gardner, Natchez, Miss.
"Zeitah,” Miss Gussie Thomas, Albany, Mo.
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“The Confederate Relics Club,” Alice G. Marchent, Abbeville, S. C.
"A Sacrifice,” Emily A. Howell, St. George, S. C.
“Love’s Hope and Its Fruition,” Sarah V. Tracey, Rome, Ga.
"The Rivals,” H. A. Steed, Lorane, Ga.
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“Retrospection,” Mrs Lina J. Welch, Mintonsville, N. C.
“The Spectre at Gros-Querruelle,” C. H. Calhoun, Montrose, Ga.
“The Old Mahogany Bedstead,” Mrs. Ed F. Small, Atlanta, Ga.
“The Hoyerf Murder Case,” M. L. White, Gainesville, Ga.
” 'Twas Dottie's Doing,” E. H. Porter, Boston, Mass.
“From Out the Dark,” Eva A. Malone, Knoxville, Tenn.
“When the Sleeper Wakes,” Helen F. Huntington, New York.
“Virginia,” Orrie Tuggle, LaGrange, Ga.
“At Love’s Oak by the Sea,” Guy Clopton, Gainesville, Ga.
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“The Kidnaping of Little Lonnj Ware,” Mrs. Howard J. Cabell. Clin-
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“A Tragedy of Errors,” A. H. Yeager, Cleburne, Tex.
“Thoughts Are Things,’’ James D. Baldwin, Dallas, Tex.
“The Story of Grace,” R. G. C. Hollingsworth, East Atlanta, Ga.
“An Angel Entertained Unawares,” S. J. Shields. Vernon, Ala.
“Pandora’s Jar,” Annie R. Locke, Greensboro, Ala.
“The Countess of Conde,” Mary E. Ware, Kansas City, Mo.
“At the Meriwether Lewis Monument,” S. M. Farnum.
“The Punishment of Beale Edgar.” Mrs. S. Stevens. Atlanta, Ga.
The above is the photograph of a six-foot man, stationed by the side
“From Pies to a Picture,” Miss Mary E. Smith, Belton, S. C.
of a portion of the manuscript submitted in the contest. This does not
"After Many Years,” Ellen G. Hardeman, Macon, Ga. j
include all of the stories received.
“The Auction,” Jas. H. Lee, New York.
The Disappearance
of Hannah Alford
By FLORIDA C. ORR.
Y'riien for TJhe S-jRi•Tr'-alla
HE manager of New York’s
greatest theater sat in his
private office. He wore a
frown on his brow and
gave an occasional impa
tient pat with his foot.
Things had not gone well
with him lately. The new
play had fallen flat, and to
crown his misfortunes this
sickness of Mile. Marie.
The office door swung
open and the call boy
came timidly in. He knew
that the clouds were thick that morning,
and he was wary accordingly.
.With an impatient hitch of his shoul
ders the manager took the note the boy
handed him. His air of impatience gave
way to one of surprise as he read it and
presently, with a sharp glance at the
boy, he said: .
"Where is the person who gave you
this?"
“She is in the waiting room, sir."
"Show her up," and he fell again to
reading the note.
The call boy airily swung himself out of
the room and his expiession of amaze
ment was comical. "It do beat my time,"
he said, “the Lord High Mogul is agoin
to see her when there’s been twenty bet
ter looking ones here in the last two
days that he wouldn’t so much as turn
his evelids for.”
"This way, m’am,’’ he said to the shab
by, middle-aged woman who sat clasping
and unclasping her hands, evidently rest
less and ill at ease.
Sho arose without a word and followed
the boy, her feet making a heavy thud,
thud as she walked over the tiled floor.
Her extreme nervousness increased as
she neared the mysterious door, which
shuts off the manager from all lesser mor
tals, and when she was ushered into his
presence she was trembling.
The manager swept her with one glance
from head to foot. The cold and measur
ed gaze acted as a tonic and collecting
herself with one supreme effort, she look
ed into the manager’s eyes and waited
for him to speak.
The manager was conscious of a dis
tinct shock. Those eyes I Where had he
seen anything like them btfore? Yellow as
amber, and with that peculiar expression.
In a flash it came to him where he had
seen eyes like these: in the head of Mile.
Marie’s big St. Bernard. He also remem
bered having told Mile. Marie that if he
ever met a woman with such eyes he
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I N ITS issue of May 3. last. The Sun
ny South inaugurated the prize story
contest, awards in which are announc
ed above. The objects of this contest were
pleinly stated at the time, although the
stand which this paper has taken an the
question of southern literature is tcv well
known by this time to require any detail
of explanation. The promoters of the
paper feel that there is ample literary
ability In the south, and that all that Is
required for its development is the con
stant and discriminating encouragement
of a magazine printed In the south,
with southern ideals and southern pur
poses its principal, vital elements. A
short story contest inaugurated a year
ago had been entirely gratifying in re
sults. over 400 manuscripts having been
received from every portion of the coun
try. The prizes offered aggregated $100,
and not only did the Issue of the contest
eminently encourage southern writers,
but It was the means of giving the read
ers of The Sunny South some of the best
fiction In the history of national periodi
cals.
The Prizes (Q. Conditions
With these twin objects in view this sec
ond short story contest was announced,
with the vast difference that in this lat-
ter instance the prizes were more than
double those offered previously—to be ex
act, $250. To introduce a novel feature,
the management, in addition to the main
prizes, determined to encourage and foster
nascent ability by offering prizes for spe-
The vStory of the Contest ^
cial points of strength in story telling. If so used It will be paid for by The Sunny promptly. To give its readers an idea critics and made up separate verdicts.
In order that what is said hereinafter South. 0 f ,; ne magnitude of the contest. The The final balloting then occurred, and
may be fully understood by our readers. No winner of any one of the principal Sunny South published at the time the although the uniform excellence of the
the list of prizes offered, and such of the prizes can participate in any of the five photograph of a 6-foot man standing by stories in_ the first division was the
conditions as apply immediately to the special prizes. the side of a. column of the prize sto- natural cabse of some little dissension,
points under discussion, are herewith re- Not more than on? of the special prizes ries. This photograph is reproduced on judgment was ultimately rendered in
produced: can be won by any one person. this page. Nor was this an exactly fair favor of the stories as announced at the
Princioal Prizes While the south and many phases of estimate, for the reason that fully a *°P of th,s P a se.
** ante-b?l'.um and post-bellum southern life fourth of the stories were not included The Special Prizes
First Prize $100 offer splendid opportunities for story tell- in this column. A reasonable idea, now- The settling of the special prizes was no
Second Prize 50 ing, contestants ar r not restricted to this ever, of the task which confronted the ]ess oiff-,o U It. To begin with, each storv
Third Prize 40 field. Plots mav be laid in any country, readers was conveyed to those who had ... ,
Fourth Prize 20 under any natural .-onditions, but the sto- entered the contest, as well as their ll je ttrh^fir^rtlvltinn
F.fth Prize 15 ries must be in the English iangunge and many friends, and this is what has en- fixations adm.ttlng it to the first division
n.s,.. must be original with the contestant, no abled t bem t0 walt w| th patience for the class - an<5 u was almost impossible to.de-
* lvc apectai r rIlcs translations being admitted. final announcements made today. termine which story had the most unique
Neatest Manuscript $3 Any one may enter the contest, whether Five of the best literary critics in the Plot, which the strongest character.
Clearest Style 5 cr not a subscriber to The Sunny South. south, persons who had had ample ex- clearest style, best local color, and
Most Unique Plot 5 Stories not winning a prize, but other- perience in the handling of short stories, which manuscript presented the neatest
Best Local Color 5 wise acceptable, will be -etained for pub- were employed for the°purpose of pass- appearance. Under many difficulties the
Strongest Character 5 lication. unless th? author designates to ing on the stories submitted and sifting • task was accomplished, and we believe
, — the contrary. LTnsuccessful manuscripts out the, best. By hard and systematic that our readers will confirm the judg-
txrand total ot cash i rizes $LoO wln be retunied lf namp5 are ln ,, ]oSPd work the 759 stories originally submitted ment of the critics when each story
Conditions With the opening of the contest stories were weeded down to one hundred, and shall have been printed in its turn.
poured into the office of The Sunny then the most difficult portion of the The neatest manuscript prize, won by
Maximum length of stories, 6.000 words; South from every state and territory in task remained—to select from this hun- Miss Mary Louise Mihnow, hung in the
minimum length, 4,000 words. the union. It is" but fair to state "that dred the prize winners. The work has balance for some time. It was # closely
Manuscripts must be written on only the bulk of the stories came from south- been done deliberately and conscientious- tied with that of another contestant, but
one side of a sheet not larger than S by ern states, and the majority of them ly. In such a manner as would do jus- finally the award was decided on a
11 inches. If not typewritten, stories were based on southern theme3. But a tice not only to the contestants, but technicality. Miss Milmow, in accord-
must be legibly written. Typewriting is generous sprinkling of excellent spec!- to the readers of The Sunny South and ance with the directions, having sent her
preferred, where possible. mens of fiction have been received from the paper itself. After prolonged confer- manuscript "fiat, not rolled,” while her
Manuscript must be sent flat, not rolled every portion of the United States ence. several days of arbitration and re- next competitor neglected to observe this
or folded. There were two stories from Alaska, reading, twenty stories, the most likely condition. Aside from the fact that the
Stories must be fully postpaid and suffi- one from Cuba, and one from the Philip- of the hundred, were set aside. Three manuscriDt is beautifully typewritten,
cient postage inclosed to insure return in pines. weli equipped and impartial critics were with hardly an erasure or typographical
case the manuscript is not accepted for The contest closed August 1. and the employed, and each read each story, error throughout, and absolutely without
use, even if it does not win a prize. work of reading the stories began noted the comments of the other two blur or blemish on the clean, white
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sheets, the story itself is excellent-
strong, clever, well balanced.
The first prize story, that of Mr. Har
bin, one of the best-known and most
generally accepted southern writers of
fiction, will be published in The Sunny
South next week. In each issue follow
ing will be published the prize stories in
numerical order until the ten shall have
been published, and with each story will
be printed a short note from the editor,
explaining the merits of each narrative
and setting forth why it was given the
prize over competitors. After the prize
stories shall have been exhausted, The
Sunr.y South will endeavor to publish the
special mention stories noted above.
It is but justice to state, in this
connection, that the special men
tion story of Mr. R. W. McAdam was
considered by a majority or the critics
entitled to one of the prizes. After Mr.
McAdam had submitted the story he be
came literary editor of The Sunny
South, and through motives of modesty
and justice refused to allow his manu
script to supercede others submitted in
good faith by writers not connected with
The Sunny South.
In making this announcement the man
agement of this periodical wishes to
congratulatp not only the winners of {he
prizes, but those who participated in the
contest, and the regular readers of the
paper. The objects cf the contest have
been eminently subserved, and its salu
tary effect on southern literature will
be evident for some time to come.