The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-15
A Woman and an Editor.

'she said.'' observed Tomlin, as he
handed the card, that If you were out.
she had nothing much 20 do today. and
should wait until you came in.
The discriminating had written on her
card: About a story. Urgent
she hasn't got the copy with her?'
Not unless it is in her pocket"
Well said the editor, with an II Of
sanity resignation, tell her that I'm
very busy. but If she can say what she
wants in five minutes. III see her"
YEARLY he removed his feet from the
table, put on his coat, threw the re-
mainder of his cigarette into the fireplace
opened the window. secreted the copy Of
Notre Champagne that he had been read
ing. and set to work on a pile of proofs
BY that time Tomlin had returned. an
nouncing Miss Sands.
She was 50. and she was plain. More
over, she was as nervous at a cat in
new home.
She said: Good morning" in a choked
whisper
Pray be seated said the editor He
pushed over a basket piled with manu-
scripts TO Tomlin. send all those back
Then he turned to Miss Sands again, and
asked what he could do for her.
wanted TO ask what you would think
OF a story Of japanese iife?"
I'm afraid that sort of thing is a
good deal overdone nowadays. They've
sot Jap series running in Busters Mag
azine. and Of course we've had Sir Edwin
and whole lot more. No, the public's
sick of it. I DONE think we should care
TO see 1t. Sorry you've had the Irou-
bic"
''Oh, not at all! I'm glad
Il don't quite understand"
You see, I want the story to DE re-
fused. It's my sister Caroline. Thanks
so much for promising to send it back"
'But wait minute gave no such
promise. 1t is part of an EDITORS duty
to consider carefully everything that is
Notwithstanding. Besides, why
should you be so anxious that your sister
should be Disappointed"
you see. you don't know her. Her
besetting sin is conceit. She's younger
than I am, and-weil she's rather good
looking. She's been spoilt by having too
much fuss made about her. If you could
hear her Dragging sometimes I'm sure
you'd agree with me. Really, it's often
difficult enough for me to live with her
as it is. and if she had a story accept
ed by the Latest Light she would become
quite intolerable.''
But really" said the editor with supe-
riority, "these family disputes have moth
ing to do with me. I'm Simply here
to
"Oh, yes. Of course: I only mention it
to explain why 1 want you to refuse her
silly rubbish"
How do you know it's silly rubbish"
Eve read it, and it wouldn't do for
you at all"
Really, Miss Sands" said the editor
with growing severity, you must leave
me TO be the judge of that. I cannot
permit anybody 10 dictate to me what I
am 10 accept or what l am TO refuse
Have you any special training which en-
titles you TO criticise your sisters work
at all? It's remarkable-that belief which
almost every woman seems to n ave, that
she is qualified to judge literary work!
Are you quite sure that you know the
difference between silly rubbish and
work Of genius?'
Anyhow, it shows that she has no i'm
agination-her having made it a Japanese
story"
81 don't follow that argument"
mo, hadn't told you. My sister Car
oline lived in Japan with Japanese fam
lily for some years. She's only using up
what she saw and heard there, and that's
not imaginationp a.
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