The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-05-18
FROM ~THE HANDBOOK OF PLOTS.
A Sample Plot Selected from Every Ma
His Own Novelist"

A Sample Plot Selected from Every Msa
His Own Novelist
The following from The Handbook Of
Plots: or. Every Man His Own Novelist, 4"
extracts from which have been given pre-
viously is capable of expansion into a 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 a 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 l give
him up"
The young man pleaded with her to f1y
with him, and she had almost made up her
mind to do it and abjure fine clothes for
ever when the gruff father appeared and
told him to begone. He promptly bewent.
I'LL
The wealthy sutton pleaded and refused
10 be magnaDimous or anything else ex-
cept her husband and finally after waiting
Tor three days to hear from the young man
she yielded to the wealthy suitor's plead
ings and the gruff fathers commands and
promised to let the sutton pay for her fine
clothes in the future.
".
The gruff father promptly wrote TO the
young man, informing him of the beauti-
ful girls betrothal to the wealthy sutton
who didn't suit her, and told him that his
appearance in that ward would be a signal
for the commencement of foreclosure pro-
ceedings ON the little house that he had
mortgaged to buy the beautiful girl flow
ers.
The young man just as promptly came
into both the ward and the precinct, APP
peared one night at the beautiful girls
window, informed her that he had discov-
cred a terrible secret, in view of which she
had better continue in the path she had
chosen, but he advised her to make the
wealthy sutton deed her half his property
before the marriage.
VI
The beautiful girl was again in tears at
the time that the young man was arrested
as burglar while trying TO get away from
lhe house, but she recovered in time to act
on the suggestion regarding the wealthy
suitOr's property.
The church was brilliantly lighted and
there was fashionable assemblage pres
ent but the bride faltered as she walked
up the aisle, asking herself: viii he be
here? VIII he see me?"
VII.
She furtively glanced around and grew
pale as the ceremony proceeded. She had
hoped against hope that something would
happen to stop it, but at last the final
words were said.
The beautiful girl almost tainted as they
turned away from the altar. She gasped
rs she saw the young man standing there
with a stranger, and one of the briieInaids
had to support her.
Two years ago you were In New York"
said the stranger TO the groom.
Il was" said the groom.
SIN mere SPORT" continued the stranger.
you one evening called a young woman
your wife and introduced her TO some
friends as such"
'Alasl did," admitted the groom.
According to the law there" said the
stranger, that constituted a common law
marriage. This young woman il free, and
now arrest you for bigamy."
tNoTE.-Any one can finish this story. She
has the young man and half the wealthy suit
or's money. What more could she ask How
did the young man get out of jaill On. he just
got oUt-the way they usually do in novels, OF
course be couldn't admit that he had been al
the beautiful girls window.I
Chicago Tribune.