The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-06-25

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-ior your story. you won't care whe,he
ibr yscb. sells boz or ,iern ffst. and
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SO ! 50. new block Of paper. sro'
ny title. Love 10 0eorgisn Bay" an
began my story. by night ! hsd to
RACES written aud coaldn't seem TO ttinl
oi anything to say aeIt Msdee. too. .s,il
had her gambler standing With upliite,
hand ready TO pluuge hs dagger bu
some way she oouldn', seem TO end th
situation as she wished.
Day after day We wrestled with thes
maginsry men. The girl Of my tale Va
already and willing | bad no trouble viii
her; but wanted my hero TO suffer som,
severe heart experiences. and ! found il o,
easy task 70 pull him into and out Of BIZ
various difiiculliAs. wrote and wrote
and then would tear up my writing aud
try again.
Msdge, too. had her trials. Some day
she shot her gam bier and then she would
revive him and stab him. - once sh'
poisoned him. but this style OF death nevel
seemed to ss,isiy her, II must not seem
melodrsmatic, she esid; IL must be tale
indicating grest reserved power.
Each day We asked each other with oul
first waking breath;
"wili be propose .odsy2' and "Wiil be
be dead by night2'
Finally day came when we each re
solved to end the suspense before night,
aud 10 the recreation hour we took oui
writing blocks and wandered of to quiet
place under the Wellesley trees. agreeing
to make some sort Of an ending before we
went back: but the gambler was s, alive
and the willing maid was still trying 10
lure Oh the reluctant lover. when the
sound Of distant thunder came to our ears
aud dark cloud rising in the west warn
ed us to return to shelter
1t gave us both new idea, however. and
we each resolved 10 work thunder storm
into our tales.
The result was better than our hopes.
The gambler was made to deck just ss .
flash Of lightning struck the smoke stack
OF bis steamer, and be was knocked sense,
less aud then robbed by his hendish com,
psnions and cast overheard where "he
sunk to rise no more.
Msdge laid her tale aside with sigh.
II will save sending for an undertaken,
any how. she said, i'll drown him instead
Of stsbbing him; so. on the WHOLE i think
its the better way.
As for my couple. they we're idly drift.
ing on an ebbing tide (I didn't know then
that there was no tide in Georgian Bay),
when dark clouds began to roll up, and
the muttering thunder began to reverber
ate among the darkly wooded hills. They
hastily rowed to the shore, tied their yacht
to tree, and began climbing rugged
precipice, whils the maid cluns in terror
to the soul tossed. 1t was SO suggestive.
He begged to defend her through oil life's
pathway. and in we'll feigned surprise she
murmured her assent just as the first
drops OF the bursting storm fell and they
reached q shelter. 1t was happy omen
Of future days, we're my closing words.
My maiden is ready to don her solitsire
ring, ! declared triumphantly to
Nadge, and We kissed each other ecstati'
cally.
knew you could do it. Milly. she said.
Now shall you sign your own name to
il?
No, indeed, replied; I've decided to
use mans name. for / think it would be
more 10 accordance with my style Of com.
position. / shall be known as George
Warner.
Madge said she did not shrink from
public gsas She would use be own
lame.
We copied our stories carefully aud sent
hem each to Que Of the two best known
magazines, and then began to watch the
lsily mails for an answer. While We con.
inually asserted to each other that we
,sdn't the least idea they would be accept
ID, we each we're in our own minds, as
planning as TO how we could
pend the fifty dollars that We duly expect
ID to receive
Having heard from neither story ct the
spd of fortnight. we concluded that the
,,ories bad been accepted aud we're wait.
ng to be Published before being paid for.
md settled back quite composedly 10 that
conviction. Each day | planned new
way to spend my money.
Since we've been so successful 10 these
articles. let us write some more. said
Aadge. aud we did.
This time she took a love story, and had
Wes, Point cadet elope with Southern |
,eiress, aud then both ofthem went 70 the
to ask pardon, and he reinstst
d the cadet 10 the military academy. st
be same time allowing him to board st
be botel with bis bride, to ,beenvy OF the
whole corps.
| told true story about French,Can'
dian boy from Three Rivers who came
o our town 10 earn money for bis widow.
ID mother, and vas crushed 10 3 jam OF
ogs, and how Kind the rough men were
o bin. aud how they sept him home to
lie because he longrd TO see bis mother
nee more
We wrote these storiss rapidly and cent
hem 10 the two next best magazines OF our
hoice. Madse said ve nigh, iast ss we'll
,ecome known at once 10 the world OF