Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-03-14

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nah commented, beginning TO glory a
little in the grip she was keeping on
her atmosphere
Yes; l suppose So" he assented.
AT any rate, it is true what he says
about it being a sin in love to play at
/ fencing"
Nonsense 1t is am absolute neces-
sity."
ITO fence i'm love?"
yes. Why where would we be if
il was matter of straight cut and
thrust. and no feints?"
we might be happy"
we would most probably be bank
rnpt. The sum and substance of
love story is the fencing"
Love story? Oh. love story. Yes.
] dare say it's eminenuy necessary.
Does it never strike you as cold-blood-
ed making copy out of the most sa-
cred sensations Of the human heart"
ITO tell the truth. the adiectives tor
meut me SO that ! haven't time to think
whether the sensations are sacred or
l profane. I know what mine generally
are by the time l get the thing in
shape
"Hes; profane."
well, in one sense" she admitted
mot exactly wishing you could hire
a man 10 swear but-tell me how do
You writer's go to work on a story?'
"Qh, I don't know. OF course, we
first create an atmosphere"
THAT means?"
"Why, it means. II means thar Won
have to satisfy your mind with the
matter you are going to work on and
get yourself into the mood you are
going to exploit. If you want to de-
pict a vicious character, you've got to
be vicious"
"For the time being. begin TO see.
Go on"
"Why, there is nothing to go on.
/ That is all there is to it,"
/ Morris twisted his mustache
/ thoughtfully. Hannah moved her seat
SO that she might watch the wind
tossed pines Really if he expected Co
reach home before the storm broke
he ought to go at once, she thought.
But Morris showed no intentions of
going lie was face to face with am
uncertainty and he meant to win out
or lose.
Tell me more about your work." he
asked. 81 find it interesting"
There is nothing more to tell,' she
/ insisted.
"There must be-" You have not told
me how you get up your characters
Do you study them from life or mag
inc them, or do they just naturally
Gomez"
"Oh, any way. After you get your at
mosphere the characters will develop
themselves"
"Then creating the atmosphere is
the tough end of the joh?"
"Creating it and keeping it until you
are done with it-yes. You see moods
are hard to manage"
This time Norris did not make the
mistake of telling her to go on. He
merely nodded and looked interested
did you ever try to keep yourself
in one frame of mind all day?"
81 have done it for a year"
as that so? How?" He looked at
her and smiled n little
81 had some one 70 helm me"
Hannah moved abruptly and looked
out despairingly at the forest. The
pines had ceased their tossing and
stood silent and solemn. awaiting the
dowupour of rain lowering over them.
Where now was that suggestion of
unyielding strength-resfstless. Sc
rene? Hannah felt her carefuIly-cre-
ated atmosphere Slipping from her.
and a wall of disappointed ambition
bepan TO well i'm her breast.
ut is going TO rain" she remarked.
"Sec how stfU the trees are"
81 see. The bio fellows like to bluff
but they know how TO take their medi-
cine"
"But aren't Won afraid of GETTING
veto"
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