The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-12

ter, the well known authoress! Won. =,
follows rubber I tell you, sis. I'm z' ne 3
there is one genius in the family :, sidd
Ted does cakewalk across the room, ana
Don't talk such nonsense. Ted. n
a long distance between writing one -. Is
and being famous. But. privately 9oty
doesn't think the distance will be so sue
great after ALL 'e'y
She swears him to secrecy. but 81,
Just dying to see what her S ster Ss
say. WI
She opens the subject wariIy one -,
day in this way: "Oh. dear, What ,F
pid day this is! believe III wrt. q a SUI ~
sentence addressed to no one in ra-.y
ular. You write a storyp shifts D..
i think I see the story you could u,r,. us
Why, it takes years and years to mug
anything decent, unless you are born r,iN
special gift that way" WIN
Bess' temper is ruffied by the raj, .,
wanted to wear her new hat to the , Ss
nee, so Alice does not feel this sar1"N
de- ply. But when her mother esn
'houghtfully: They say there arr or,.. sS
different plots for stories in the ~,
and every one is obliged to use SOM ~
OF them, only dressed in different s., or'
and L think amateur stories are r.+L.,
tedious, anyway" Then Alice's alotI'
vanishes, and she decides It is NOT an I'm
spicious moment for condolences ana
tires TO her room with: "Wen. j am o,,.-
to try it some day" eV'Hs
Before sending the beloved MSS -,
reads 1t once more. The rain beats as,, Se
the window and her spirits sink lover o",
lower How could she ever have seen oa-
thing funny in that incident on tba tht,
page! When she wrote Il she imagined N,
I'M IN, l. ;s-,
the tears ran down his cheeks. w
Now she thought she would lust &C a..
laugh at a funeral. 4'a
Presently she gets up courage enorat.
seal the envelope. and mournfullv az
nVe 2-cent stamps. 1t is better 10 w,s,'
stamps, she things, than to have II retn,.
ed from the dead letter office ~, Az
time she is perfectly sure it will come ba1s
ana life possesses the hue of Jndieo
Her days for the next two weeks altar.
nate between hope and despair. Eysr,
time the postman appears she manages -
be within hearing distance.
AT last she gives up all hope Of evo,
nearing from the magazine to which an
has intrusted her fedget, and that YER,
night her brother springs up the stairs
exclaiming: Alice. here's a letter from
the magazine. Hoorayr'
She hastily tears it open and reads
Madam, we are in receipt of MSS. marx
ed $40. We can use it at $50. Pleas
let us hear from you by return mai
Respt., Blank & Blank"
She sees nothing but the blissful words
I'VE can use it!'' That is enough to IN
her heart with joy. She masks her de
light and Immediately assumes little air
of importance, and says to Ted: 20
course. did not expect TO get nv ow,
price at first. but I've always read tba
they, meaning editors in general neve
give more than half what anything fl
worth"
She posts her glad acceptance, then won
ders whether she will get the check befor
or after the story is published.
when the next copy of the magazine i,
due she haunts the newsstand. 1t happens
to be three days late. When it does com,
she scans the contents hastily. No sigr
OF her story. She wonders what can b.
the matter.
Ted says: ooh. probably they have go
dozen ahead of yours" and so she ha.
to be content for another long month.
AT last 1t appears. 1t looks very mucf
nicer in print: but so short, and she ha,
written thousands of words.
She buys half dozen copies to send :,
her friends, and returns home to throw
the announcement of her success like
bomb-shell into the bosom of her fomily
She receives congra tulations and praise
tempered with criticism from Bess. Isl
that she won't be too pulled up" Bes
says.
Ted exults because he knew all about
beforehand. When do 1 get the silk UNI
brelia you promised me? he asks, and Bes
demands a new belt buckle
Alice had omitted to roantin,, ,ba 60,
she was TO receive for her story. but TIE
had privately distributed the informatio
that she had got a good price for it.
By thi slime they are all so impresse
with her cleverness that they think an
amount probable, and Alice does not ur
deceive them.
She writes to her dearest friend next da
as follows: Dear Sue-I send you b
this mail a story that l have written. G
course, 1t does not amount to tnuch, an
pray, do not think 1 have an enlarge
Uranium in consequence, but l knew yo
would be greatly interested, of course
etc"
"P. S.-The magazine paid me quit
WELL"
She sends something of the same sor
to four or five other friends, and the
waits for her first check to arrive.
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