Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-12-11
THE MYSTERY.
what made the sanksr Weep
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standing in the doorway. "No,
madam. he replied "the literary
editor is &C present engaged in
the construction of an elaborate
crltique Of the trotting and pac
ing record. You will probably
see something in next weeks
paper absut the idyllic love story
OF Maud s. and St. Julien, the
tender romance OF Jay-Eye-See,
and the sad, pathetic story. Of
Early Rose and Aidine. You
can bet that when the literary
editor Of this paper gets his taper
fingers on q BOOK he reviews u.
I have been told that he once
turned himself loose on q volume
OF the difiersntial calculus
that had jdst been issued,
and remarked that. while
the more frivolous portion
OF the reading public might hold
that certain chapters Of the work
we're somewhat uninteresting, the
2reat moral lesson incuicated in
SreSSd to the square Of ne hypot-
enuse shoald be knownto all and
that to the merchant, the farmer.
or the young mother who wanted
something handy to throw at the
children when they became too
fresh. this chaste volume would
prove invaluable. When it comes
to giving a calm and dispassion-
ate opinion, in which the lnrid
glare Of impassioned gents is
softened and melIowed by the
lambent rays Of experience, the
1ribune's literary editor Is liable
to beat the record at any minute.
l sSpt ose you have an original
story written on white paper and
tied with blue ribbon. concesi-
cd somewhere about your person,
and want the literary editor to
commune with it?'
~Yes, SIR" replied the young
LADY. II have written story,
and mamma thinks it is very
good"
'.Is there anything in II about
the leaves turning to golden and
the velvety green on the leaves
nov looking sere and brown. Be
cause if there is it won't do. Tne
season for brown mantle OF Oc-
tober resting on the hills, and
leaves turning golden, stories il
about at an end. We have gol
to carry over the next season
more brown mantle Of October
stuff than you can shake a sticl
at. The dull red-gIow-of-the.dy
ing-embers racket is what VI
shall show the public from nos
until December. Got any dyint
embers in your storyY'
''No, sir Mine is love story.
"That's all right. The duI
I, red glow Of dying embers work
in beautifully in love story, al
though as rule young men VIII
fall in love don't have cure g.
enough to buy a cord Of sood Q
Iuake embers Of
s.But why must l write "a,
story in this particular style?
asked the Young lady
because it's the se-son tor Il
You want to start out by saying
as Harold Nonesuch, the ric
banker. sat, in his Insgnikcenti
furnished parIor and gaze
fhoughtfnlly into the dull re-
embers of the dying fire in th
CRATE there came trooping u
from the dim vista OF an aImos
forgotten past, memories = ead
sad memories---that caused th
uubidden tear to start. Don
make any mistake about the tea
business. Be sure and have onl
one tear, because that's the o
thodox style in stories. OF cours
no one but one eyed man coul
shed one tear ut crack, unlet
be had plugged up one Of hi
lach-ymal ducts, but in novels
is always put that way. An
you want to be certain it is an ul
bidden tear. A tear that has r
ceived a cordial invitation to
present and stat, wouldn't do
ALL Then say that the old man
thoughts wandered back to u
happy days Of his childhood. B
certain and have them wand,
back. going across lots and stoE
ping ouce in while to pick san
and burrs out OF their toes.
you we're to say that his though
vent back, that would spoil Il
entire story. Wander is the co
rect style. Then when you g
The old man back to ,his hapT
boyhood days you want to tr,