Evening journal., 1899-08-22
JUST A WOMAN'S WAY.
SO nE sAID.' ob.eIEed TomIIn. as hs


The editor wheeled about in his chair
with an impatient gesture of annoyance.
Why should the rabble annoy him at time
when he was interested in a book, one of the
few really interesting ones OF ms library.
IL was more than anyone should expect Of
him to see him at such time, and he was
OF the point Of bidding her wait, If sho
chose, but with the assurance that the de-
lay would be a long one, when he noticed the
card.
The lady-in-waiting had written on heI
card; About story. Urgent"
'She hasn't got the copy with herT
"Not unless it's in her pocket"
"Well," said the editor, with an air u
sanity resignation, "tell her that I'm very
busy, but If she can say what she wants in
five minutes, III see her"
Wearly he removed his feet from the ia.
bic, put on his coat, threw the remainder
of his cigarette into the fireplace, opened
Che window, secreted the copy Of Notre
Campagne that he had been reading, and
set TO work on a pile of proofs. BY that time
Iomlin had returned, announcing Miss
Sands
She was 50, and slN was plain. Moreover
She was as nervous as cat in a new homes
From the handwriting on the card lac had
really expected something better and he
was mad at himself for permitting her to
bother him. She was nothing more than
the ordinary woman who came to him day
after day with their stories and their poetry,
none of which he wanted. Wouldn't this
class Of females ever learn that they were
only wasting their time and his by their
calls! lie was afraid they wouldn't.
She said "Good-morning' in ehoked
whisper.
"Pray be seated" said the editor. He
I pushed over a basket piled with manuscripts
TO Tomlin. Send all those back Then he
/ turned to Miss Sands again, and asked what
he could do for her.
II wanted to ask what you would think Of
a story Of japanese life"
"rm afraid that sort of thing is a good
| deal overdone nowadays. They've got Jap
series running in Busters Magazine, and Of
/ course we've had Sir Edwin and whole lot
more No. The public's sick Of il. l don't
I think we shoRd care to see is. Sorry you've
had the trouble"
"Oh. not at ALL I'm glad"
81 don't quite understand"
"You see, ! want the story to be refused.
It's my sister Caroline Thanks so much
for promising TO send it back"
"But wait a minute-I gave no such
promise. Ii is part Of an editors duty Ia
consider carefully everything that is sub.
mitted-everything Besides, why should
you be so anxious that your sister should be
disappointed"
I "You see, you don't know her. Her be-
setting sin is conceit She's younger than
am, and-well, she's rather good looking
She's been spoilt by having too much fuss
made about fer. II 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 IL is, and if she
had a story accepted by the Latest Light sh'
J would become quite intolerable."
''liut really" said the editor, with supen
/ ority, "these family disputes have nothing
TO do with me. I'm simply here to-"
ooh, yea, Of coursel only mention it q
explain why | want you 90 refuse her silly
rubbish"
Glow do You know it's sHly rubbish
I've read IL, and IL wouldn't do ior you a
, all"
~Rcaily. Miss Sands, #" SAID the editor Nitl
growing severity 'you must leave me 90 b.
the Judge of that I cannot permit anybodl
% dictate 10 me what ] AN TO accept o
what ! am to neflse Have yen any sPecia
/
sisters work at all? It's remarkable--thQ
] belief which almost every woman seems e
5 have. that she is qualified 10 Judge hterar!
i worki Are you quite sure that You know Tn
b difference between silly rubbish and a worl
y Of penius?"
I Anyhow, it shows that size he's no imal
ination-her having made IL Japanes
story"
Il don't follow that argument"
= "No. hadn't told you. Myeister Carolin
lived in Japan with a japanese family 70
some years She's only using Up what sh
saw and heard there, and that's not imal
s lnationR
"At any rate it makes it the more psobab'
4 that the story viii be interesting"
Il can't SEQ that. She got TO know thuf
about the japanese women-well, really"
y "As bad as ihatT
S Miss Sands wriggled uneasily. "Pd rath'
"a not talk about it. All I want is just yot
d promise that you won't accept the stor
2 You know the public don't care about Ja
T. ancse things"
m "Once for an" said the editor, "wiil yt
rive up trying 10 teach me my busines
m What i8 the use Of telling me that the publ
i don't care for japanese topics when Bus
you think they don't know the public tas
!, Through and through at Busters place
~ What about the SUCCESS cf the 'Geisha
l, What abont-but, really, ] lose an patienc
N Tho attempt 70 make an editor refuse a 20
"a to satisfy some personal grudge Of your ov
I'd IS, Of course, utterly useless; i is also d
Z, honest. and as the author happens 20
er your own sister, it Is even verse than q
at honest. It's no good pieadingi I've nothi
ld more 20 say TO yeu."
"Good.morning, them" said Miss San,
or looking doleiul 81 didn't know you'd ia
Ia Il like that"
ull Whom she got into the street the dolef
ness passed Of She turned into the ne
,.- A. q. G shop for bun aus glass Of mi
ho and looked as pleased as If she had acco
-, plished something.
1al "Tomlin." said tho editor, when a mar
- script comes from a Miss Caroline Sand
ii win De- a story on a japanese subject
W don't send twp with .he rest for Mr. Garr
lv' % read. but let ne have it at once. "
read that one myself"
w And in due course the story was brouc
W and the editor noted with pleasure that
'p- was just about the right length
ur- The story was neither too good 10 lcl
be ont nor too bad 20 put in Il was medic,
1od and "a a rule that eritnr did not love ma