Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-08-21
IN a PUBLISHERS OFFICE.
The Trouble He Experiences with WOULD
be Writers.

+ y.
There will doubtless never come
time when the author shall cease to
regard the publisher as the intellectual
worlds greatest enemy. The publisher,
looking at the money value OF child OF
fancy, attaches no Importance to the
authors deep love for the offspring;
and the author, thrilled with the ex-
cess of his own sentiment, looks upon
the publisher as brutal buyer of
souls as Satan that would toss an
angel upon the bloody slab Of meat
market.
/ was sitting in the private Office OF
publisher, assuring him that my book
could not help being the literary sensa-
ton of the day, when tall young
woman entered. 1t seemed to be q
sort of free-for-all day-a day when
every one might come in and offer
book or present advice. The publisher
had patiently listened to me with
smile that called me poor fool, and /
was on the eve of losing my temper
when the young woman entered. Her
eyes were bright with the dew of fond
hope and her face was flushed with
MS. pressed close to her bosom.
Il have novel;" she began, but the
cold smile on the publishers face
caused her to hesitate.
eyes, go on"
"I have novel that I know you will
be delighted with" She began tosun-
wind q string. II have worked on.it.so
carefully that" The cold smile froze
the warm current of her words.
well, leave it, and will submit it
to our reader"
Her face underwent change. Dark
ening ashes had fallen on the glowing
coal of hope. wont you please ex-
anime it?" she asked.
"Oh, haven't the time, and doubt
less couldn't tell anything about it
even if I should take all the after
noon"
"But let me read you a passage"
IT really haven't time to listen to it. "
"Oh, it won't take but moment"
she pleaded.
Well, go ahead" he answered, sigh
ing. The young woman cast q quick
glance at him and thus began:
The sun was slowly going down be-
hind q western hill"
Hold on a momentp he interrupted.
1.-THE sun usually goes down slowly,
don't it? don't know that the sun is
given to freaks of any sort, or that it
goes down fast at times and then
changes it's mind and goes slow for
awhile"
WELL" she replied, with the merest
suggestion Of gasp, Il will leave out
the slowly"
1T would be good idea, think,
he rejoined. Hold on; there is an
other thing that want to speak about.
You say that the sun was going down
behind western hill"
Eyes. Is there anything wrong about
thatp"
"No, not particularly wrong. but did
you ever see the sun go down behind
an eastern hill? Now, I don't know
J much about the sun, except that it is
pretty hot sometimes, but it strikes me
that being of regular habits, it always
goes down In the west"
"Oh, can I leave that out, tool" she
, exclaimed, swallowing a lump that had
, once been sweet vanity, but which was
1 now bitter disappointment.
Call right, go ahead"
, "The sun was going down." she went
, on, "and the chickens were thinking
about going to roost, when dust dowr
, the road proclaimed the fact that {
J horseman was approaching. The"
8 Hold on, please. We really canno
: tell what the chickens were thinking
about. They may have been thinking
about going to roost, still, they may
!, have been thinking about going on
and enjoying few more scratches il
: the garden, but we will let that go
s But there is one thing that I'd rather
9 you'd make little clearer. You So.
Q that dust down the road proclaimed
r the fact that horseman was approach
). ing. Now, how do you know that
. was not muleman instead of a horse
:, man2 I don't know much abou
country life, but have been told tina
mule kicks up quite as much dust a
horse, and that mules dust pro
n claims about as loud as horses dust.
II She bit her lip, remained silent for
few moments and then said:
s Il don't think it makes any difference
8 sir. Gentlemen do not often rid
mules"
j. "Oh, it was gentleman on a horse
) was it ?"
IS EYES,"
3 "But the dust didn't proclaim the
20 fact. Why don't you say that the dus
down the road proclaimed the fact thu
l. gentleman came on horseback"
1t She began to tie up the MS. II sc
y that You do not care to prirt books ths
D. are full of thought and suggestive fame,
4 I will go elsewhere and one day 20
s, will regret that you had not more il
4; sight"
"a Just as she went out puffy man 81
a. tered. II have a book that you ma
e. have as cheap as dirt, said he.
lie "What sort of book is it?"
to "A world-beater, that's what sort of
IN book it is. I have worked on it fl
three years and now propose to sell
~ for five thousand dollars. What do yo
o. say?'
Or what, you don't want it?"
KS "No."
e. "Do you understand your bushes
ok sir?"
IS II hope so.''
u "You may hope SO, but I see that y
It, do not"
~ II think do. I have all the gre
novels I care to handle"
G. "This is not novel;"
to 81 don't care for any more poetry"
We "This is not poetry"
&c II don't care for any science"
ne "This is not science"
What is 1t, then?"