Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-09

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8 MARGARETs BUSINESS. )
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''ls.. King Wild b. With you direct,
y, SIR"
-'Thaak YOU" gasp1a Max Eden.
end. - soon az the maid had disap-
Peared he sped swiftly and moisbessly
ecEtosB the Eeom to the over-mante1,
where he surveyed himself for the
Aeticth ume thzit day. pulled saxagely
- his Tie and carefully adjusted \
eEnam whisp Of hair that seemed i'm
cdned 70 stray Rcross his forehead.
y h pity that Master Max acted
1hus, PARTLY because he runs the risk
Of being thought conceited by the
lakifes who read this story, and part
~ because q JOURNALIST who has been
Uont by a margarine 10 Interview a
celebrated aady novelist should always
spend the time that the subject al
lows him before making an effective
entrance in taking notes OF the signed
photographs, autographed novels and
presentation clocks that have been
Deduslouay Strewn about the room for
bis benefit.
Eden had been Tong enough in Fleet
Street TO know his business, but wheE
the Interviewer happens to be desper-
ateay IN love with the lady he has
come TO write up he is apt 90 forget
thA I-u1eS of his trade in ,aIn over
whelming desire TO create good inn
preston on her. Many nights had
Max sat up in his chambers ALTERNATE
" gazing ait Miss Margaret Kings
portrait in the center of the mantef-
piece and rereaddng stray passages In
her novels that he aaready knew by
heart.
The odd pant of the matter was
that until he wrote to her for the in
bervikw the beautiful Miss Margaret
had never heard of Master Eden at
all. Even now he was mo more to her
then any other of the many press
gentlemen who ca1qeId upon her alt
all hours and I'M all places. and whom
for business reasons 1T was expedient
b see.
But he? Ali At how MANY first
nights hlah he admired-from the pit
the back of her head! How often
had he-from q corner in the park
caught sight pf her profile as she
hased by in her carriage!! How we'll
he remembered the day she dropped
handing " back to her, had had the
exquisite pleasure of seeing both her
eyes at once!
But, young and lovely as she was,
lt was not for her beauty that Max
1owed Efhe lady novelist madly. No,
thousand times mol Ut was her soul
Ih,e true depth of which was only re
veaIleh in the tenklerest and most ex-
auHsate portions of her works. in which
be found that satisfying sense of af-
Anhty for which his ARTISTIC aempera-
ment had been yearrning ever since he
Had distcovered-near1y six mouths be-
Hore-&hat he had such a thing about
HIM.
He WAS still engaged with the re
fractory whisp of hair when Miss
King came into the room. He did
not hear the door open, but caught
lght of the lady in the glass just in
time to swing ar+oun6 AMID pick up q
lTC1le book that lay on a table near at
hand.
s'Mr. Eden, OF the Avenue Magazine,
I believe" said the novelist. please
ct DOWN ann sorry to have kept
yon. I had some Important business
with my publishers i'm 'connectJonwfth
my forthcoming novel"
psNot at ala," said Max. drnrr:-s M
An - very low ch,ai--, <stht fervenltly
!. haortno- Hhat = was not showing any
Dlfe Deg between the top OF his socks
and the bottom of his trouser. ''I
have been studying this interesting
little book OF yours. Perhaps you will
~ me make AN extract from it?"
'It DcIoks like my bank book" said
Margaret, smiling slighuly and hold
ing out her hand for the volume st
thought 1 had left 1T somewhere. So
glad you found it interesting"
The 0ast WAS said by the way of a
liHrle joke, and with kind intentAon Of
putting him ait ease; but Eden took
b dor Ia snub and inwardly cursed
himself by an the gods of Fleet street.
'The fact was that when you came
In was-well, was putting my hair
Straight, and / thought I had better
be booking aIt something, so IsmaItched
up the first book / came acroHs''
The young lady novelist laughtd.
The boys camdor pleased her, and on
hooking ait him atbenbiveqy for the first
time she observed that he was good
hooking and "a gentleman.
"I understand perfectly" she said.
Now, what can give you for your
axxace 1 have been interviewed 20
often daitely that I am afraid there
= uithbng new to get"
Il think There IS" said Max, "if you
oOn* mind telling it ito me- None Of
the interviews with you that have ap-
peared up to the present time have
given anything of yourself. We have
heard aid about your books. and your
kriends, and your rooms and your
hours of work, but not "a word of your
0wp self, your early life, your home,
Jour thoughts. yomr-But perhaps you
do0't card 30 halk about these
HhhgA
MISS King had rtsen from her chair
and was now toying, rather nervous
", with an Ornament on the manitel
0Aece.
'For one thing" she said. without
hooking ait Max, 81 have never been
aksSd to'vpeh1< Of these matters be-
eDHe''
81 am sorry" said Eden, wondering
whether she avs annoyed with him or
merely nervous
''Oh, I'm mot aorry," she replied,
Auoking Hlt him with smile for which
he would have SACRIFICED two friendly
editors and . Guileless publisher.