The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-16
PLOT INCUBATION.
A Plan by Which Any Man Ma, Become
 an Entertaining Winter

an Entertaining Winter
 When Prof HogSinson resigned his position as denons,i,tog ct anatomy and started the CHaek.e. humorous weekly. hls friends came aroand and sad that l bright future awaited hun. This was partly a fact. far Ii he had any bflsh, Ia ,ure al all il MAS awaiting him. One day while the learned humnnst vas bowed down si,n the cares ot wit, much worn "A ac .lasl,s- -Ana alsAIsa h.s throat te a,tfaet attention. The professor looked ap, turned his char and sad
 Wei, wha, can l do iaf you =
 The gentleman seated himself and repled Information having reached me ;hs; seu lad started humntnn> ami literary papei am hete to zee t yna aa no, ea,e fsr plot IT uba,oi
 "A plo, incubator exclaimed the pto. lessor in surpnse. Il ncsc, heard oi such thing
 Oh. probably not, io, you are young in the baslness HI eapiaIn. A plo, ,n- euba,or IS a man who hatches ou, plots and humorous ideas He cannot arse 10 the dign.,y of literature. for lie has no, the II, of deserp,lon All ai the humorists have a plot hat her. for t IS impossible fot man to do ihc hat hing and ~'iiing wi,h any degree of suct ess. For instance. you employ me l sii here. aaiet as foscf pot lou tutn ,o me ana say captain. d plot tor story nod m compliance and say E Dark niShi Man with lantern. following hack Woman inside hack shrieks Man rushes forward. Shoois william. Woman saved Now. there's pio, ipt two or three column story The idea being iui nished you. all you then have 10 do Is to ~riie up the facts Sappose you want to wri,e paragraph. toa tatn ant say. cap'a,n .dea for fise liner nod and say ma,e. You ;h~,. nave the iea. and you fohstfutia para, taph tha; st. cause people to wonder hos you ever .aghi the idea lou turn {. lin and say. cap ;aln. de. faF an ,csu ! nod. and say p,e Naa ~iiie i, up and sonso.sc the ~os.c sith laughter When you van, a hamotous sketch yoe al for II. and say. young man gong .o zee yoang lady small boy comes mo the room. N ,nts candy rom young nj an. t.o, none no, gong ID 'ell he other fellow that come, 10 sec his sister and gbes hisn andy Young lAdy blushes. loang man hnds ou, he has s..ai. Then you sec you write ap the 4GAir and tickle he comm. ni'y and ~itch ,he shangea copy f. ciedirng . to Prof Heggin,on in ,he ChA kie
 Thss $ enureiy ne~ to me Have al the hnmoris,s p!o; ha,e hers -
 Al oi he Ses'. gsed 70 be with Mark T~4sn. ! h4' he'd inc p.o, tor his Jumping Frog and masy of hts bes, things. bu, l hat .o cave him He worked me neatly 'r death
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 SHat. ~ofS an ord nary n Al te death :. | sed ,o get m> up .l time. of night Many and many cold nighi has he come 10 the bed, pm u-hed me and ssld. Captain, pio; fo' MsAssppi river stop
 Heii. ,his .s lneeed @onderful. bu. Just nos haven, ,he money ,o employ even SO necessary sn adlgnG am a thoosand tunes obliged. though for ,he information you haze imparsd. and as sure you ,ha; l Il prodt by the lesson.-
 - Thank you. im nos. during dull seasons, employed n selling a little article of hearth pant. I'll Jas show yon-"
 Get out of here, you internal scoun- drel7
 Of course the man Jeff. The colonel. judging from his paper. is to,rg all the