Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-15

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useless, However. 10 give utterance Il
the shought; 90 she looked up with ,
faint smile. as she remarked, Yet
think, Mrs. Smith, that AFTER all, you
would scarcely wish 70 change places
With me-"
"Ah, we'll, you know I have moi
the taste or talent for writing with
which you are gifted" and then, after
that adroit little flattery, she changed
the subject.
Five dollars a month she received
for that diminutive room on the third
floor, and by close economizing Con
stance had always been prompt when
rent day came round, consequently
Mrs. Smith imagined that she had
plenty of money. Had she known
how frugally she was compelled to
live, she might not have thought her
tenant as happy and contented as she
was pleased to believe.
After an unfashionably long call, the
lady took her departure, and, with a
sigh of relief, Constance turned to her
unfinished manuscript. Alasl the in
spiration was gone. and after vain
attempt to finish the article, she tossed
1t aside, YEARLY.
But there was no time to lose: n
weekly sketch was expected from her
pen, and she needed its value; so she
tried one subject after another, only to
find each effort failure; then she went
and leaned her head against Dicks
cage, and think few tears FLASHED
down upon the geranium leaves at the
window. Childish, maybe, but she
felt discouraged. She would get her
dinner, and perhaps the afternoon
might be more suspicious.
A dinner eaten alone Is not particu-
larry conducive to cheerfulness. al
though Dick trilled merrily at the fry
ing OF an egs; but the frugal meal was
soon over, and she resumed her pen,
only to spend the remainder of the day
Intellectually and she retired weary and
discouraged; but she could not sleep.
and after awhile her thoughts began
TO take form, then she knew that she
could write.
She arose, and throwing about her q
dressing gown, commenced an article.
She wrote rapidly, yet her pen could
scarcely keep pace with her thoughts.
In two hours the first draft was written
subject of course, 10 later corrections,
and completely exhausted by the in
tense mental effort, relieved too, from
the tension of anxiety, she threw her.
self upon her bed and slept soundly.
Saturday night found her with a
manuscript carefully prepared, and
ready for the night mail.
| T.res days passed; tnen cam regis
tered letter, aud 1t contained double The
nsual amount. Accompanying 1t was
tho following complimentary little
note:
"Miss Alven worth Your sketch IL
fresh and hea.thful As y June m 1rnine
IA true inspiration-and In apprecia
ton of Its merits. We inelose what we
CONSIDER It's value"
That sketch, written under such dr.
hculties, that forlorn hope, was a sue
cess
"Well," the young authoress said, al
she leaned back restfully In her chair,
with her pale cheeks flushed with pleas
ure. and her hazel eyes glowing bright
lily, rs they looked down upon the two
icrisp i've dollar bills in her lap, "if
,succeeded under su ch perplexities will
ltry again." And With o heart more
hopeful, for the little compliment of the
publisher had done her world of good,
Ishe threw her whole soul into her work,
In . few weeks the fortunate sketch
made Its appearance In the Evening
journal, for which It was written, and
soon after ward Constance Alven worth
received another note from her pub
Usher.
A gentleman, who had read the sketch
In his journal entitled, Heartsease,
was DESTROYS of becoming acquainted
with the aushoresS II she was willing
he would run down some day, and In
troduce him. He inclosed the gentle
mans card, and IL bore the name Of
another well known publisher
Perhaps ,hough 1t could scarcely bt
possible that he wished her TO write
lsomething for his magazine; but, with
visions of life less crampsd anC
ldwarfed by poverty than she haC
hitherto known, she gave her consent
Ito his coming; and one sultry afternoon
when, with her sketch for the weeh
lcompleted, she was quietly resting and
amusing herself with Dick, who, with
his cage door open, was circling abou
the room, or Nesting upon her shoulder
there came rap at her door, and sh,
opened 1t, to find standing there twc
lgeutlemep. One of them introduced
, himself as her employer, the publisher
of the Evening journal; then he pre-
scented Arthur Brunette, his friend
aud norwithssani ding the plsinness Of
; her small room, Constance Alvenworth
received her visitors with perfect ease
Her FIRST effort, however, was to cage
Dick; for upon the gentlem ana entrance
he had flown TO Arthur Burnette's
shoulder, and was pecking fnriously
into his luxuriant, auburn whiskers
with the apparent design of securing a
supply for nest.
IL took several moments to cage the
ltruant, and they had hearty laugh al
his cunning; then they passed pleas
liant, social hour, and at their leaving
Arthur Brunette expressed desire tC
continue the acquaintance, receiving
the gracious permission of the fair au-
thoress, for she was favorably impressed
with his appearance.
But when he called again he was
alone, and instead OF trying to secure
her services for his magazine, he said
las he referred to the title OF the sketch
which had 80 M UGH interested him. thai
he wished her to become the Heartseast
of his hume aud life; and because Con
stance Alvenworth did not like to dis
Isppoipt him, and, perhaps, too, because
"Earkis was willin'," she said yes.
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