The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-11


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tr,sntas or Nes ~ i'm. eb4tt,ter he htd5
never rsssesss a. t.,r No longer dla he
take pains a. conceal The hardness.
s-Siashness ma f9rk az hnn,r Nh.sh a
brilliant surface manner had once
heineA Il, hide
Her distlllsion nee begun, was
Quickly completed. soon came the
Knowledge OF his unfaithfulness, his
losses on the race course and at the
GAMING table, as We'll as the perception
that his rature was gradually coarsen-
Ing by drink and destination. The day
WAS not long ~postponea when she
learned her Whole fortune had been
bv him in ways that were
wrongs to her. And when. nc longer
able 10 preserve patience. she upbraid-
ed him. he brutality struck her. BY
TINS time he had Quilted the army. ana
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d~apending on friends, her mother being
now dead.
Then began her struggle for life. Bit
tor and long maintained. She had AL
ways possessed a certain talent for
writing. d facility os expression. pic
OF description, power OF
{maginatton. and having before her ey-
by The art of fiction seemingly
,-i:i, case and without effort. and being
an unconscious of the numbers who
YEARLY perish in the hard struggle to
gain the shores OF success. and are
therefore unheacd of and
a calling. To pen short stories for
children, biographical sketches and
articles on subjects of the day, was to
one endowed with her gifts but, the
least part of the difficulty before her.
To dispose of them became an arduous
task. for no one desired to read. much
less to accept them.
Many a mlle she walked from office
to Office. which. with a hutterfng heart
and overstrung nerves she entered to
offer manuscripts over which she had
spent much time. always hoping she
might find acceptance. Money was ter
ri5ly needed by her. The result was
ever the same. Each magazine or
Journal had its own staff of contrib
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for consideration. The supply Was
greater than could be exhausted for
Years. And such manuscripts as she
was permitted 10 leave, or. which she
sent by post. were. when no, lost or
mislaid invartabIv returned ia her, nm
A turn canae In the tide of her af-
fairs when they seemed desperate. A
tale retained by a magazine for over
twelve months at last saw the light
of publication. Reviews spoke OF its
truth to nature, pathos, and originality
of plot. A second story was accepted
by the same magazine, and an editor
who had returned her stories and es-
a.s unread. requested her to send him
some articles Those he had previous.
ly rejected were posted to him and
paid for withia a week,
Slowly and gradually her name be-
gan to grow arniliar 10 the nuhIic: with
appreciation came courage TO ~persevere.
and putting forth all her strength. she
wrote A novel. largely ~embodyine in
It's cages. her own life. This had been
published nv George Bostock. lis
success was Immediate her name be-
came famous. Independence was won.
And now while lifted ont Of the
storm and stress of ufa, and beginning
to baslr In the sunshine of h~ard-earne
success. her busband after year. of an
sence. returned TO claim the benc AT of
her changed fortunes returned a worn
ont wreck. a hardened ~adyenturer. a
confirmed rogue. For her own sake,
and for the sake of her child. she nro-
t hsta herself against him, and sue
coed in buying for a considerable sum.
his consent to a legal separation. which
she could otherwtse have obtained had
abe hroupb the incidents Of her life
into court. And for five wears she
heard of him no more. uniil at me
neriod the story opens. she received q
demapd for money to which she Maid
no heed. nor had she seer hin mean
while until that terrible nipht-hts
las, ON earth.
The chastity horror Of that scene
came back to her arresh with ali It's
terrible possibilities for her future and
her hear sank. weighted by despai,
within her. For a momen, !, seemed
she had no courage to meet the appal.
ling accusation which would he hro,ish-
AGAINST her. no strength to assert he,
innocence until the memory of he,
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