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the Office. II we happen to be
away, our fair young lady clerk will
treat you with kindness and the
cracker box.
To Annabel, author of "The Mid
night Elopement': It is a little out
of our humble line to examine the
Mss. OF novelists, Annabel, and give
them pointers, but your picture be-
trays so young and guileless a face
and the lock OF hair you enclosed is
so like the tress of a Juno, that we
will have to dip our pen into the
critics ink, and yield to your re-
quest. We shall abide by the hope
that when you pantingly linger for
breath ut the top of the blind god
dess' sublimest ambition, you will
sometimes think of me and forgive
my importune and sluggish sugges-
tions. We beg to direct your atten-
tons as to-wi:: In chapter one you
describe Lady De Mure as follows:
"She was gentle body. attired in a
loose fitting gown which emphasized
the charms Of her personality be-
witchingly. The raven wealth Of
hair was encompassed in a pretty
braid" This is too brief, and alter
reading the story closely, would adj
wise that it be altered so az to read
thus, before you mail it to the Fire.
side Visitor: Lady De Mure,
standing by the gate that morning,
watching the vanishing figure Of
Arthur M'Spunge, was poets Wild
est dream of loneliness. Her soul
full eyes turned up the bride path
wistfully, following the departing
form Of her lover, lent poise to the
perfection Of statuesquc chin and
neck. The wilderness of Gypsy hair,
dropping down the peerless form in
the witchery of a half secured braid,
reminded one Of the heroine In some
celestial fairy tale. The corsage,
worn decollette, accented the lissome
waist"-but to continue. In chap
ter IA, page 43, you remark that 20
years now elapse since the events
related in the last chapter took
place. In that chapter you spake
Of Lady De Mure as damsel Of II,
about to enter society. In this
chapter you therefore make her
hopelessly 81, but still continue to
refer to her as young and fair. Of
course that must be changed, dear
Annabel. On page 81 you say that
the sofa tryst was cut short by To-
dimes mother coming TO the door
with -four on her arms. That is
beastly. Don't spoil Lady De
Mure's reputation by mentioning
mamma with dough on her paws.
You keep that mamma to her bou-
doir, dressed III matronly satin, and
do not allow her to escape. Moth.
ers are capable Of throwing a dyna.
mite bomb into story like yours
that would blow it farther than
Jules Verne's balloon. You mind
and keep the clamps on that Lady
De Mure, Sr. After you have knock
ed ell the plotters gally-west in the
finale Of 1.-THE Midnight Elopement"
and Sir MSpunge declares his love,
you do it this way: SEATED there
by the river. side by side, he told
the old, old story, ever new, and as
oil the clouds had been swept from
his character, Lady De Mure was
ready 10 believe his story and recip-
rocate his love-" Too tame, too in
coherent This way, Annabel: Ar
thur MSpunge, falling down upon
his knees, seized the young pi,.l's
tapering fingers in his trembling
grasp, pressed them to his lips, and
in . voice deep with feeling exclaim-
edi "Drive me from you il you
will; send me to a suicidal shr0ud
in this dark river; cay that you hate
and loathe me, and will see my face
no more for oil time; say and do
what you may, still | must unbur-
den my soul. O, my darling, my
hearts-ease, my all, II you would
but frame with your sweet lips one
short, short word, I should be hap
pier than Harrison. Z Here you
must have her bid him arise, and
after he has gained his feet and dus-
ted his knees, seat him on the. log
air tight beside her, and have his
arm steal round her waist. Affer Il
has stole, incline her head to bis
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