The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-20
NELL'S SUCCESS.

"Nell, do for mercy's sake stop that
ever asLing scratch, scratch; it sets me
nearly cruZy!' And Sue LOrn twisted
her smooth lorehead iuLo the most i'm
patient frown, and tossing her sewing
from her. came to the liable where her
sister sat writing.
Nell raised her tired eyes to her sis
tel's face and smillngly answered:
SIT does not seem much use, TO be
sure, but perseverance must conquer,
and this is all | can do-And thai not
very we'll" Aud Nell turned again to
ner writing.
Sues face soitened, and, STOPPING
down, she Kissed the bowed head low
ingLy and went back to her sew.
ms. :.
at can't last always, Nell, dear. The
tide must turn," she SAID as she took up
the little lace urosS she had been max
ing.
1t was the same sad story read in so
many lives. The SISTERS had been nur-
luled in luxury and ease, and then ON
the death OF their bankrupt tather were
thrown upon the world w shit Tor them
selves.
n Iii, the elder, tai, stately brunette,
" no, alter the death OF her mothet, nau
ruIed her fathers elegant home with a
equity beyond her years, OF course held
the eadinR-strInss, aud poor ltLIe con-
| hulng blue-eyed Sue, followed ner guiu-
auCe.
Always witty and bright, good STU
dent and writer, Nell Uau at ii st tried
| to Ub tuln u position as goyerness or COM
lDaulUn; but Iuding the market in that
l3ne already oVtrSLUcned, ana tAlnklng,
tu B., tuat lAat would leave her sister to Il
lonely Dattie, she obtained lew
| scholars i'll music, and Then turned her
| attention to writing; and sue, always an
adept with her needle, did what She
cUulQ toward assisting 70 the support in
mat way.
But poor Nelll-it was hard battle
witn her. Many and many manuscript
mad she carefully prepared
and posted with trembling
Dand TO the editors of the many perlodl-
Gals III the busy city; and many weary
nour mad She looked IN vain for au an.
lswer Of some kind to the lubors Of SO
many days.
Once in a while she received few
dollars from some paper whose stock at
That time had been short, but never a
commenting word or request that they
nj ght hear IRON her again.
| scratch, scratch, went the pen. h tck,
rack, to her weary bralh and tired eyes
| "PerseVerauC6 must WIn," she WOulU
say to herself over and over again, and
then would picture AS the result quieI
lltJle cottage with Sue and herself living
together ip comfort again, and then hel
hopes would he dashed TO The ground bJ
The receipt of q carefully writ ea manu-
script in her own fair hand, marked
"Returned." Poor Nell! IL was dis
Iheartening, indeed, but nevertueles
l tnh va n L
pen unLll Sue burst forth with the re
mark with which we opened.
| That day Nell had been more than evel
dishearLened, but true to her churuCtel
inad worked all the harder, and at las
when sue rose to prepare their fruga
meal, she threw down her pen, eXclaim
ing:
There, done at lastl I noticed al
offer of prize Tor the best story in thu
c. Magazine, and 1 have tried tor it
and snail take it to the editor mysel
this afternoon. 1t is different from LII.
other writings, and there is lain
. chance Of its success with rue, u
glance at the liable streWn with rejecte,
! efforts. Anyway, l shall try," AM
| ihurrving down her dinner, she kisse,
, Il her sister and, with Il prayer for sue
cess, started into the street.
| About O'Clock one afternoon Will
, lNewbold, editor and proprietor of the
C. Magazine, was seated tilted bacI
, in his comfortable office, slowly readln!
, from pile oil manus scrlpts on the Labi
, before him, and curling up his hand
some aristocratlc nose as he dad SO.
"All trasn-Worse than trasn-Wha
do people write such stuff for and pok
IL upon US poor editors TO readW an
kuocklng the ashes from his Cigar b
: came down from his perch with Lnum
70 reach another. "Humpul wors
stilIr' he added, as the Parted Lovers
t met his eye. Mot worth the paper 1t
. wlitten on," he soliloqulzed. 81 -
! now do YOU do, madame? ne said, risin
lately, as a TAIL, graceful 1orI
nnIpred tue door. "JoVe! what hand
E come ewes she Las!' AS he met the darh
Iired ones OF hls visitor.
+ ~ beg your pardon, slr, but have q
) ,rticle | wish to ada to the list Of priz
s Siories advertised for by your mag,
= 2tneD said Neil Lorn, tor it was 81
\ -yho mad SO startled the WUuld-be editor
i men. with a pleading Iook, "Please
all you can tor me, sir; need it 3
: much"
/ "Certainly, certainly" said the en-
D barrassed editor, aud with that she lei
ulm, aud Will sat down i'll his chair wit
1 the manuscrI in mis- hahd.
! "By Jovel DID L ever see such
beauty? And yet now tired her eye
Hooked, she has worked herself blue
> What has she given me, l wonder, an
what is her nam p and opening til
!, manuscript "Perseverance" met hi
. eve. "Sounds soIIdp he said, ana tn
. name sE. h. that is very unsatis factory
/, sE, L. Hump and handsome VIII leane
back and Lrled to continue his reading
: hut the tired eyes were before him, an
e Lne initials ''E. l. " still tan allied mn
! so thai, thrusung aside otner articles
! he uiyed into ''Perseverance."
q Meantime Neil wandered home slOWl,
. for sne-poor girl was tired out.
y sEirsU pIize, 500; second, 500; thirt
$780, Even $50 would make me happ.
d and Oh! how comfortable we could max
e ourselves TO start the coming WlnteI
o Sue needs dress, and SO 40 l, and lut
{ and lignL, ETC.; but l must not be lib
II the milkmald in the table," and ST
J. smiled YEARLY.
. Aud then she thought what han'
some man the editor was, "and how ell
barrassed ne seemed for moment, AL
~ how funny lie lOoKed at meW
n Nell smiled THIS time not quite
!, wearily, and blusAed just q little, al
- then returned to ner castle-buildlng.
II A few days passed, during which Ne
III had been on pins ana needles with aH
iety--so much so that NOT 4 word cou