Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-04-03
Tricks of the
Trade
BY F. H. LANCASTER.
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LIE LOOKED up at her, easing hi
III brows against dazzle and doub,
"lt isn't so much talent as
Experience" she suggested. "Iha
sun is putting your eyes out. Even i
you have but moment to stay 20,
might as we'll take one of thes.
chairs and be comforta be" 49,.
THANK YOU" He left his perch or
the steps, and drew up a basket chair
with preoccupied carefulness.
mo, it isn't experience" he said
leaning forward to lay his hat on the
banister. II have never had any expe
rience in love-making. You needn't be
gin to smile. Honestly, I haven't. 1t is
only understanding the tricks of the
trade"
You seem to understand them she
commented. "Your love stories are
about the best sce."
Now you are laughing at me. Blu,
am in earnest. There isl good deal OF
art in writing love story"
YES she admitted. II ina CINE you
have to split good many fine hairs.
] suppose there is where the tricks of
the trade come in-or is it the art?'
''Oh, it is all the same thing"
What? Tricks of the trade and
art?"
EYES," he maintained. "It Is oil in
understanding ones. business"
you seem to have made an ex-
haustive study of love-making," she as
scented.
II daresay it viii! sound absurd to
you. Those strong. bright little essays
of yours show so much care and study,
but l have studied this thing as ear
nestly.. more earnestly than l ever
studied anything" ...
land where do the tricks of the
trade come iu?" she asked, interested.
I'm knowing just how muchto say?"
NO" he hesitated, rather in know
ing how to make wha you leave unsaid
say grea deal"
well, You can do that" she said.
warmly. "Those little things of yours
often remind me of what Ruskin said
of Titan. You remember? That he
could put the issue of life and death
into the back of a man asking the
way?"
Now please stop laughing a me-"
II am not laughing. You may call
it trick Of the trade. but l call it gen
ius."
Wasn't it Carlyle who said that gen
Jus was only an enlarged capacity for
hard work?''
mo; don't think it was. 1t sounds
entirely too honest"
A quick smile leaped to his lips.
"You will never believe anything good
of that poor man because he treated
his wife so roughly"
"Why, when you consider that she
gave up everything on earth for him.
l imagine that his idea of genius was
to make life burden for every being
that he held authority over
Have you read his 'Everla sting
No?'
"Of course, I know that he was
shrewd and accurate thinker. admit
his genius, but
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Ito be sure"
There was one Of those short easy
silences that drop so naturally into
the conversations of congenial people.
The man was the first to speak. "You
have been SO good this afternoon that
I think you deserve to pay the fine tina;
all good people have to pay for their
good nature and be imposed upon"
She smiled as her eyes turned lazily
toward him. "Who is to impose upon
me? You?"
Eyes. I am going to gain your con-
sent to project tina l have long had
heart
II suppose it is not worth while for
me to say anything?"
''Oh, You can say yes, you know"
well! And what is your project?'
Lets get ont book together. You
will contribute the essays and I'll fur
nish the love stories. We will call it
Wheat and Tares.' My stories will be
the Tares.''
ii doubt that. There is more Of the
staff of life in your lovemaking than
in my reasoning. Do you suppose we
could get it pubIish-d?'
Brown Bros. have agreed to bring
it out. Eight per cent. royalty. They
will want it before spring"
She laughed at his nerve.
"You seem to have investigated the
subject pretty thoroughly
'.It was all conditional-in case you
She smiled and looked away toward |
the distant sea view. If his PROPOSE
sion held its promise of pleasurS,it also !