The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-01-14
A CHANCE INTRODUCTION.

U0mdH'H journal.
CHANCE INTRODUCTION.
Delayed by n railroad accident and
compelled 10 remain over Christmas ~
lurdNillel Here was n predicamcnt
for an ayerworked reader for a popular
magazine of for a hard earned holiday
Whit made II tho more oxaspcrating
was TINT | happened 10 be- on my way
90 visit some friends who had with Thorn
young LADY guest who had been de-
scrihed to nj rs such n paragon Of love
Illness and worth that ! had quite settled
Il Ia my mind that she was destined To
prove The "lneNprcssible sho' whom |
had hitherto sought In vain,
q fordyillel Where had I heard the
name before, aud what association had
with the placer Diving deep into the
rccesscs Of my memory, Imado the ath-
or startling discovery that ! had once
actually had u correspondent In Ford
willie. II happened in this way;
A few months back n manuscript had
been put into my hands for examination
which as | at once perceived, was the
venture OF n very young lady, whom |
subsequently discovered 10 be u certain
Miss Nelly Temple. This fact was
stated In u confidential note Ia the Cd
itor. the young authorcss desiring that
only hernom doplumo (a sweetly senti-
mental ODe) should be- given tO the
world. After reading her story, | had
written % the young lady, and the CON
tents Of my letter | now found IL rather
irksomo TO recall. After n somewhat.
more lenicnt criticism Of her manuscript
than was usual, | had been compelled to
write aud decline the honor Of It's pub
LEGATION. had chosen this task myself
instead Of intrusting Il 10 the corre-
spending clerk. because | had nm ire
sistible desire, which hardly knew how
10 explain 10 myself, "to let her down
gently ~ the phrase Is. The fact Is,
tho little letter that had accompanied
tho hiory Interested aud pleased me in
inverse ratio 10 the effect OF the work
itself. Tho letter was giflish, natural
and frank. while the story was arti.
fetal. mawkish aud dismal. All
the hearts were mcre shattered
wrecks, and NIL tho hopes desc.
late and unrcquitcd. The heroine
sighed and sobbed her way through
from beginning 10 end, aud the hero
only appeared upon the scene 10 glare
about him with orbs " consuming gloom
and to discourse solely upon such sub
jects as wasted hearts and blighied hopes.
In q basso-profundo voice. In the end.
although no reasonable obstacle 20 their
union appeared. they wec ruthlessly
torn asuDder, aud the authorizes dropped
her curtain over them like n black pail.
II was cXecrablc, and there was nothing
Ia do but decline with thanks. This |
did IN a note unnecessarily apologetlc
and diffnse, which had the effect of pro-
curing me another letter from the young
authorizes. II was n pniiy little epistle,
Ms the other had been, and Interested mo
much IN the same way. She asked for
counsel and advice. and appealed with
awed timidiiy 10 my wide literary expe-
Renee. She told me that she desired TO
make literatum her profession. Il being
necessary for her 10 support herself,
though, like DIR. johnson man. she ac-
knoHlcdgcd that she had several other
irons In the firc. | RETAINED from imi-
tadng his advice and telling her ito put
this where the other irons wcre;'' but |
confessed that the witticism REQUIRED TO
me with n startling fitness. Two or
three morc letters passed between US and
then, though | had been really Interested
IN the innocent young creature. | had. as
II annoyed me TO remember now. Let tho
correspondence die out. II had left me,
however. with a real curiosity a. 10 her
nature, experience and surroundings. IL
was strange that so very young a lady
should have come TO regard life rs such
ahowling waste and the world 50 aw-
fully hollow. Certainly could imagine
that she might prove rather melancholy
company II her conversation and ideas
cscmbled her hcroine's, as Of course
they would. She was Just the sort Of
writer TO feel impellcd to write an auto
biography. and YET, though Il seems par.
adoxioal. while her heroine seemed 10
~. nv Iu,n.ess,nce vi uishlal ,hs'pfal'y,
~ ~ tne 'nough' ',a' my
,Nn|as ~ IoruNlls wa 10 : : en-.
n,eneu ny me acquaintance OF Miss
II was too late 10 mako any effort To
nv ou, 'ne young lsay tnal nlgh.' 70
m'.I eauhg very = prepared supper
~ ue .li,age mn, "hieh proNsa 10 De rs
eomiot.an'e within as u was diiapiiatcd
without, ! wen 70 bed and slept sound.
waxing nsst morning IN frame OF
mind MARI iapler might ave cnsied.