The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-08
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'"The girl has talent" said DR.. Duns-
.combe, with some heat, land she ought
TO have opportunity"
''Bah!' calculated a voice from the
duskiness of a near corner, where the
glow OF his pipe-bowl alone betrayed
the owners proximity. "You are
always finding sea-serpents, Duns
combe, that turn out very ordinary
water-snakcs after all.
All but DunScombe laughed.
1T is Just as well, all the same he
said, a little irritably, apparently seeing
nothing funny in the matter, ''to make
sure that they are water-snakeS first:
and not run the risk of leaving a sea
serpent to die unnoticed and unappre-
ciated for the lack of a little encourage
ment."
alt has been my experience that when
a sea serpent is the veritaDle article, he
or she would he better in this case,
suppOse-has the power of command
ing notice and appreciation from even
the most unwilling pubic"
Granted; butthe appreciation comes
in nine cases out of ten, when the sea-
serpent is past encouragement"
''All the better COR the public. them
pursued the even voice. 1T has the
pleasure and self-glorifcation of the
discovery without the expense of the
encouragement"
You are more than usually antago-
nis'ic tonight, Bruce" observed q
quiet little man on the other side of the
store. ''Do stop arguing the matter
and let us hear where Dunscombe ran
across his last rGrG GCiS."
'.She ism r .TG GCiS, rising to his
feet in al offended manner and begin
ming to button his coat. Il don't lay
claim to any startling brilliancy on her
part. She is simply ambitious and tai
ented, and her writings are entirely
too good for the little one horse country
newspaper which is her only medium
for publication. Thought some of YOU
fellows might be generous and chival-
rOus enough to iOin me in assisting her
to something better. | didn't introduce
the sub ect with the intention of having
her laughed at.
Nonsense, DunScombe-n has
laughed ut her nor intended to- cried
several voices, while n friendly hand
stretched itself out from the dark cor
ner and pulled him down into his chair
again.
Bruce was only chatting. Of course
we will assist on in helping her if we
can; but you haven't told lis yet what
her name an where's her home, "
again put in 4 small quiet man, whom,
to save further inconvenience, we will
at once introduce as Garry De Wint.
Her name Is Standardization
Stratton, answered the doctor, tipping
his chair comfortably back on its hind
legs and speaking in a somewhat mol
NEED tore; land she lives in one of
those bare-looking little cottages down
on River street. l was called fhere 4
couple of weeks ago to prescribe for
her mother, who is down with rheumatic
fever. There are only two of them.
and the daughter SuppO Is them both
by teaching through the day and
writing at night. | should pever have
fond it out from Miss Stratton, who is
rather reserved and stand -pflish in her
manner. but her moths; proved more
communicative OpI morning when
was alone with Ter for few min
uteS.
"A hint to You to he moderate in
Your charges, probably" put in Bruce.
Possibly; but she is very anxious,
too, about her daughters health.
think she Is overworking herself, and
all that sort of thing, and yet can do
nothing to relieve her. | can tell you,
boys, it was quite a pitiful story-the
way she told it.
You're too soft hearted for the pro-
feSSion, Doc.," criticised Hal Mclean,
noting mentally. the while. the heads
of vigorous editorial in favor OF an in
creased rate of payment for female
labor which he meant to write up for
the morning Courier.
20, it's very well for you to guy, but
any one OF you would have been as bad
as L if you had been there. To make
matters worse, now, the girl had been
out of school during her mothers
illness, thereby losing a part of her
salary, and, of course, the writing has
had to be stopped. They must have
hard times getting along, l should
think"
All the men were silent for time,
apparently resolving the last knotty
point.
ssWhat do you propose doing?" at
las. in uired Ha ~ Swift, the energetic
curate of st. Ca herine's, who, having
q comfortable private fortune, invari-
ably spent his salary in charities.
"Well, you see, she ought to give up
dribbling her brains away on that two
penny paper and turn them to some
thing that will give her start as a
writer. A novel would be the best
thing. That gives one settled position,
and an open sesame to the better class
of periodicals.
ALWAYS providing it makes hit.
again struck in Bruce.
40, that goes without telling. She
has talent, as said. and rather ua-
usual and interesting way of putting
things. She would write something