Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-11-29
AUTHORS ERROR.

AN AUTHORS ERROR.
Raymond Rose sat in his comfortable
after breakfast chair reading his after
breakfast newspaper. All his surround
ings denoted comfort. He was a bach
elor Of IS years. His dark and rather
large face beamed with the kindliness
which comes of being thoroughly COM
Portable. He was neither thin nor stout.
His frame had just contrived to hit that
happy medium which is styled ''com-
Portable"
He felt himself a successful litera-
tu1e. At 35 his position was assured,
so he must, at any rate, have been a
moderate success. He wrote when and
what he pleased. Just now he had COM
| pleted a volume Of short stories.
In fact, Raymond was one of those
felicitous men who have in their life ev-
erything that they want-save n thing,
and they don't know what that is.
So Raymond Rose read his morning
paper, glanced around his own comfort
able ,,artment, sighed and frowned.
Then, bethinking himself Of his volume
of short stories, he turned again to the
newspaper and studied the advertise
ment sheet.
Typcwriting done FIR authors and others ut
the rate of 81. per 1000 words; paper found.
Apply Miss G. Ramsay, 5 Nethercourt Ter
race, N. ".
"Cheapn.' muttered Raymond. "Dis-
tinctly cheap! Think I'll try it,"
Then he began to wonder in his usual
way as to what Miss G. Ramsay looked
like, and whether Nethercourt Terrace
was shabbily genteel Or dirtily SUM
like.
cts almost like sweating, he
murmured. II suppose she is hard up.
Wants work badly perhaps. The price
does seem fearfully low all the same.
All, WE'LL it's the same for me as for
any Il else.'
From which it may be deduced that
:: if Raymond's talents We're a little above
the average his philanthropy was quite
normal. Not that he was mean No one
; ever thought of calling him that. Only
his enemies dared TO hint that he was
"close.' He was merely the ordinary
> English business man.
He sat him down before a desk and
penned a note, which he addressed tc
9 Miss G. Ramsay of Nethercourt Terrace.
The missive contained a request to be
= informed whether Miss Ramsay could
undertake to typowrite Mr.. Roses
"Volume Of Short Stories'' for imme'
diate publication.
Then with elsod mind he proceeded
to forget all about Miss Ramsay, Meth
orcourt Terrace and the cxigencies o.
u the hard pressed tvpiEt. Some letters
e had to be answered. proofs corrected
and one new Spapor article writer.
o Having accomplished these various
a tasks, he part0ok Of a light luncheon
!, walked a little by way of exercise
:. smoked, and finally, ae evening drew
y on. settled himself comfortably IL hi
q comfortable chair mll looked over hi
IA manuscript stories.
& One or two required moro alteration
% and addition -I~n ho h"d given them
4 One. he thought, woald have TO be re
e written. l,hc rost were good enough 10
! his purpose, which, after All, Was t
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