Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1894-04-13

method of treatment, style, atmos.
phere, etc, Cudgel your brains, and
then ! will cudgel mine"
Payson Dewey did cudgel his brains.
He was able to give his wife reason.
ably adequate idea of the plot, method
of treatment and style of composition
of "All in a Nutshell;' but the charac
ters of the story batiied him-especial
ly the girl. He tried for long time
to give his wife some concrete idea oil
this central figure and the eXquisitely
sympathetic way in which she had
been treated All at once, however, q
flash of revelation and surprise lighted
Mr. Dewey's face, and he exclaimed:
II declared Come to think of it, she
was exactly like our Nida-looled like
ner, talked like her, thought like her
acted like her, and had the same
sweet, helpful, generous disposition
combined with an idealizing and poet
heal way OF looking at things. If you
can only make vivid, characteristic
picture of Vida, you will equal or sur
pass the anthor's delineation of his
heroine"
"Hush" whispered Mrs. Dewey
'Nida is in the dining-room setting the
table for breakfast
What of it?" demanded Mr.. Dewey
"She ought to be thankful to get int,
literature--especially under the auspice
of two as brilliant writer's as will uc
represented in All in a Nutshelln
And he nudged his wife slyly. The
fact is Mr.. Dewey had such unbounded
confidence in his better half, that i,
she had announced her intention of re
juvenating the moon, he would have
ioyfuIly and unhesitatingly Endorsed
her ability to do so. The scheme of re
producing "All in Nutshell, ever
verbatim ct literatim tor practically
SOY already began to look entirely
feasible, and Mr., Dewey's spirits roso
accordingly.
Sweet little Vida Dewey She was en-
tirely unconscious Of being put into ;
story; and yet she wondered sometimes
during those days in which her aun
was agonizing over the reincarnatiol
of MIR. IS heroine, why the keer
gray eyes followed her every movemen
so closely, and why for hours Mrs
Dewey would keep her talking about /
thousand romantic things which hat
never before besn discussed between
them
At length the story was completed
and one evening, when Vida had gon,
to singing school, Mrs Dewey read it
with palpitating eagerness, TO her nus
| band.
Jane" cried Mr. Dewey, when hi
wife's voice had died TREMENDOUSLY ava,
upon the last syllable OF the reproduc
| ton, your woman's intuition has mad
| you absolutely clarvoyant. Why, yol
have reproduced the story so faithful,
! that | could have said. did ! not know
the circumstances, that you had founD
and were reading the original manu-
| script" Mr. Dewey was so elated, S
| rejoiced, that he took his wife in hi
arms and Rugged her: an impulsive ac
ton which called up Renaissance
! that were enough in themselves to com
| pensate her for all the pangs of author
ship.
1t was daring thing to do--perhap
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