Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-04-01
FROM 1.-THE HANDBOOK or PLOTS"

A Sample Plot Selected fSom Every Man
His Own Novelist"
The following from 1.-THE Handbook of
Plots or, Every Man His Own Novelist"
extracts from which have been given pre-
viously, Is capable Of expansion into full
blown novel and seems to be worthy Of re-
production:
The beautiful girl was in love with the
young man, but he was poor, she was ex-
travagant, and her father wanted q wealthy
son-in-law. As she sat in her boudoir,
bathed in scalding tears (she couldn't bear
a cold bath), she cried, "Alas! must give
him up!"
The young man pleaded with her to fly
with him, and she had almost made up her
mind to do It and abjure fine clothes for
ever when tho gruh father appeared and
told him to begone. He promptly bewent.
The wealthy sutton pleaded and refused
to be magnaninous or anything else ex-
cept her husband, and finally after waiting
for three days to hear from the young man
abe yielded to the wealthy suitor's plead
ings and the gru6 fathers commands and
promised to let tho sutton pay,for her fine
clothes In the future.
~.
The gru6 father promptly wrote to the
young man, informing him Of the beauti-
full girls betrothal TO the wealthy sutton
who didn't suit her, and told him that his
appearance in that ward would be signal
! for tho commencement of foreclosure pro-
ceedings ON tho little house that he had
mortgagsd to buy tho beautiful girl flow
ers.
The young man Just rs promptly cannH
into both the ward and the precines ~
peafed one night ut tho beautiful sEtf1
window, inf med her that he had dfseoa
cred a: terrible 1scfSt, In view 81 which ahS
had better continue In the path She had
chosen, but he advised her to make the
wealthy sutton deed her half his properly
before the marriage. =
The beautiful girl WAS again IL tears ut
tho time that the young nl+n Was arrested
az d bufglaf t1hlls fryfhl, n UT hway ff6n'
tho honse bdt lib rscbYtreA ii time TO ac4
on the suggestioh rsgafding The wealthy
suitor's property.
| Tho church was brilliantly lighted and
| there was a fashionable asselnb'age pres
EFT. but the bride falterel es she walked
! up the aisle, asking herself: "W!lI he be
here? Will he see met"
VIII.
She furtively glanced arount; nnt: grew
pale Is the ceremony proceeded. She had
hoped against hope that something would
happen to stop it.. but at last the final
! words were said.
TIA beautiful girl almost tainted as they
turned away from the altar. She gasped
| as she saw the young man standing there
| with stranger, and one of the bridemaids
had to support her.
1.-Two years ago you were in New York."
said the stranger to the groom.
II was" said the groom.
I'm mere SPORT" continued the stranger,
''you one evening called young woman
your wife and introduced her to some
friends as SUCH"
| ALIAS! did," admitted the groom.
According to the law there" said the
stranger, "that constituted a common law
marriage. This young woman is free and
now arrest you for bigamy."
lNorE.-Any one can finish this story. She
| has the young man and half the wealthy suit
| or's money. What moro could she ask? How
| did the young man get out of jail2 Oh, he just
got out-the way they usually do In novels. OF
| course he couldn't admit that he had been at
tho beautiful girls window.|
| Chicago Tribune.