The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
AN INNOCENT AUTHOR.
He Would Write An Immor-
tai Work Of Fiction and
Be Great.
How the First Incidents Of the
Story Caused the Destruction
OfHis Schemes.

and several children. ne IL an inteillgen.
man and IL much given TO perusing books,
and o; la;e has devoted much of his time
! 10 reading The immortal works If the g-ea,
novelist He began 20 lire il the incl
. den,s vi tie books which he read, and was
alternately Domino Sampson, the Risck
knight, Friar Tuck, Nicholas Nickleby,
Squeers, Smike, Lord Frederick Veriso;t,
Sir Mulberry Hawk, Bli.il, Black George.
Hr:res; Aa,Irsvers, Charles O'Malley, Mi
ca~ber, Lillisick, Skeawigs, The A-,ful
Dodger. Bill Sykes, Oliver Twist, Incas.
TIE Jithenainosay, Mad Mike, Three Fin
gered Jack, and Numbered other charac-
tiers known 10 fiction. Finally the idea
struck him that he might himself be an
| author, and q great man. He pondered
, over This notion till he made up his mind
,hz, ali he had to do to make book
would u 70 cover several pounds OF fools
cap paper with writing, c1ndesccnd %
transmit the labors OF his genius TO some
publis her. who would remit him, wi,hou,
loss Of time, draft Tor several thousand
dollars
Accordingly, the embryo great American
! novelist, for whom the world has been SO
long signing, procured quantity OF regu-
!stion paper-large foolscap, large enough
to make regulation dunce-cap for the
would-be aurhor--ani set 20 work in secret
to illuminate tale oi thrilling i.teres. and
excitement. He gave his mind 20 the sub
jecf for some time, and sna,ly concluded
that ne would commence his novel, after
the manner of some of those he bal read,
with q couple oil letters between arden. and
youthful lovers. NJ .st ahn1t the Drepsra-
ticn oi the two epis,les which were 90 form
the basis cf his great srorv. One was writ
ten In a laiy-like hand. and opened In the
follow ing dulcet strain. To IN one love"
Then followed declaration nj uIsyins
affection, with suggestions relative 20 some
deser. island. where n,issful ard innocent
existence could he passed. something after
the manner of Paul and Virginia. The
other letter was IN nis OWE hand writing
and Sa> al answer 20 :iic Erst Olie, and Ms
equally gushing, AMI ~ound NJ, with ap-
pointing place oi meeting, Nher- mutual
vows ana sweetness generally could b- cx-
changed. Then there we're Co appear o.,
the stage an angry par-T: ~ tvo, aided by
a Jealous and discarded suitor OF the lady.
and no end OF complications aud trouble 10
the innocent lovers we're 10 follow:
until at last, having killed two
or three mi>creants IL the paw OF the
wicked plDtters agsiBs, the happiness al
the couple. they Svre finally 20 triumph
over all, and live h4ppily ever afterwards
80 lar, so good. hut The budding au-
thor became - abso-ped IN the subject
that h. neglected IL preserve that secrecy
with which. ne had o,'Sun his intellectual
labors, and unwitting,v, 2t 2n .l!-fated mo-
men,, dres from his vest pocket, which
was pinned up for greater security, the
two fatal letters, and besap 10 read them
Yer. This was III INC bosom % his lam
ily and one OF hi. daughters. Who is of
rather an inquirins mi.d, slipped mp be-
hind him and p"epe3 over mis- shoulder.
All she Was able 10 =. va. he opening
overture. TO the one / love" She held
her peace until tie author had left the
house, when she To-. 40 time in telling her
mother what sli, had seen. Tho faithful
wife, was, vi courAc, greatly surprised and
indignant II the conduct OF her husband
in. maintaining q cl2nde.:ine correspond
ance with sOne strange woman The
mother and daughter - once entered into
a conspiracy for TIE purpose oi learning
more and soon found means vi satisfying
themselves, beyond all neradEentnre, of the
pcr6dy ri the wretchsd husband and
father. They waited until the anthor
changed his vest, and left the garment, the
pocket OF which contained the evidence
Of his fsi,hles-ness, hanging upon
The wall The consrirators went
| through the vest. extracted the
| letters and read them. There could IL no
doubt about il. Theretbey we're. Two let
tiers. one written In feminine hand, begin
ning"To the one love, and the other in the
well-known handwriting al the undutiiul
husband nothing more ~as wanted. The
ladv went on To refer ~ the last meeting
and the lovely walk they had lad. and the
| false man went OF 90 lay how tie would
soon meet her again. when hey would
| have another walk, aEd more sweetness al
the same kind.
The injured wife was resolved. She
made copies 81 the documents containing
the evidence of her husbands falsiiy, and
returned the two notes To the vest pocket,
carefully pinning il up again. When the
! husband came. home that evening he
thought he noticed that something WIS
wrong. but said nothing. Supper being
soniew hat DELAYED he became impatient !:
and, as he was in 4 hurry 10 get back down
| town Tor some reason, he lett the house
without his supper. and proceeded on his
wav. OF course. this was further proof IN
the ewes of the vile and daughter. lie wac
( going out tu meet his new sweetheart and
! have another walk The plot thickened.
/ About ten O'Clock that night the recreant
husband returned to the society oi his out
ragged wife and daughter He stilI noticed
! that something was wrong, and that a
storm was about 10 break over him. The
| ball was opened by the wife.
She asked her lord in satirical and
hvsterical manner II he had had a good
time out walking with his ladv-iove. He
asked her to explain herself. This she was
not slow to de-, and produced the two let
tiers which she had copied.
"Ah, ha, have thee on the hip. she
said, False to me-"
What means this racket. ~on an Speak,
charge thee" -
( And she did speak. ~ the tine she was
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