The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
FOOLED HIM.
Her Story Was Accepted, But the
Editor Didn't Know It.

"She said," observed Tomfin, as he
handed the card, that if you were out,
she had nothing much to DO today, and
should wait until you came ill.,"
The dyin-waiting had written on
her card: About story. Urgent"
| ''She hasn't got the copy with herr"
Not unless it's in her pocket"
'Well," said the editor, with an air
of sanity resignation, tell her that
I'm very busy, but if she can say what
she wants in five minutes I'll see her"
| YEARLY he removed his feet from
| the table. put on his coat. threw the
remainder of his cigarette into the fire.
/ place, opened the window, secreted the
copy of Notre Champagne that he had
been reading and set TO work on d pile
of proofs. By that time Tomlin had
returned, announcing Miss Sands.
She was 30 and she was plain. More
over, she was nervous as cat in new
home.
She said: Good morning." in
| choked whisper.
Pray be seated said the editor. He
pushed over a basket filled with manu-
scripts to Tomlin. Send those all
back" Then he turned to Miss Sands
again and asked what he could do for
| her.
II wanted to ask what you would
| lilllih VI d SlOly VI JdpdlltSc NE
I'm afraid that sort of thing is a
| good deal overdone nowadays. They've
got a Jap series running in Busters
Magazine, and, of course, we've had
Sir Edwin and a whole lot more. No,
| the public's sick of il. l don't think We
should care to see it. Sorry you've had
the trouble'-
"Oh, not at all, I'm glad,"
II don't quite understand"
"Ynn I he IN no
fused. It's my sister Caroline. Thanks
so much for promising TO send it back"
But wait a minute-I gave no such
promise. 1t is part of an editors duty
to consider carefully everything that is
misunderstanding. Besides, Why
should you be so anxious that your sis
ter should be disappointed?
/ You see, you don't know her. Her
besetting 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 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
accepted by the Latest Light she would
become quite intoierable."
But really" said the editor with su-
periority, these family disputes have
nothing to do with me. I'm simply
here to-
''Oh, yes. of course, I only mention
it to explain why l want you to refuse
her silly rubbish"
How do you know it's silly rub
bish?''
I've 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. / cannot
permit anybody to dictate to NE what !
am to accept, or what l am to refuse.
Have you any special training which !
entities you to criticise your sisters
work at all? It's remarkable-tha be- !
lief which almost every woman seems !
to have, that she is qualified to Judge !
literary work. Are you quite sure that !
you know the difference between silly |
rubbish and a work of genius?"
Anyhow, it shows that she has no
imagination-her having made 1t a Jap
anese story
Il don't follow. that argument
mo, hadn't told you. Ny sister Car
oline lived In japan with Japanese |
family for some years. She's only using |
up what she saw and heard there, and
that's not imagination.
''At any rate. it makes ii the moGa
probable that the story will be int. =
esting." +
Il can't sec that. She got to know