Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-05-19

You are very kind to welcome me
| so cordially. Miss Cannon, I am sure
we shall be very good friends. have
been so alone in the world it makes me
very happy to be with you
Miss Della drew down her mouth
with sarcastic
We'll. dear me-
! Then Marie Cannon. Il remarkably
pretty fairhaired girl came through
to the veranda followed by Il tall. 1.-the
young girl with soft dark hair and
large dark eyes her face being more
interesting than pretty.
Girls. this is Miss Durham. | have
taken her by main force from her
writing. She has been industriOusly
scribbling away while we were loung-
Ing about trying to kill time"
Really. Miss Cannon" laughed Miss
Durham, after greetings had been ex-
changed. and Della. finding the new
conner had little claim to good looks.
had been almost gracious really, |
do not deserve that at ALL You see"
she said. turning brightly to the other
| three, II am very much Of fraud
| My Imagination Is really not at all fer
tile. and my little yarns almost with
out exception are founded on some lit
tile experience of my own. enlarged
and garnished with detailed descrip-
tons Of what might have been. A lit
tie incident that occurred in Cuba sug
gested quite II tale to me. and I was
| IN lot = kof
capped me-"
Poppy and Peggy Immediately dis
graced themselves and Miss Della s
leadership by most objectionable dis
play OF curiosity, and with one voice
plead for details WhereupOn Della
with the usual dropping Of the corners
Of her mouth. settled herself against
the veranda pillar and prepared to be
bored.
Fortunately Miss Durham was not
familiar with Dellas signal code and
went on quite easily:
| 'lt was really very tritiing occur
renee. but sometimes very little thing
will suggest quite romance. sup
pose 1t was more the novel surround
lngs which set my mind to working.
| was-perhaps you knOw-on the Ga
zette. They sent me to Cuba for
couple of weeks to write up the con
dtion of certain things In which the
paper is interested. and while there,
met young man connected with the
Havana t. At his instigatlon |
dashed of a worthless little Diamond
Dick sort of a story with Cuban set
| ting and he translated. and published
| Ii.
| "One evening. shortly after. as | en-
rered my hotel, | came face to face
with an old friend whom l had not
seen since his graduation from college.
over three years ago. After that my
short time in Cuba passed very quick
| IT, The day before we sailed our fun
ny little landlord quite outdid himself
in our behalf. During my whole stay
| there | underwent a process OF slow
starvation because nearly every article
of food was so highly seasoned with
garlic. On this day. having heard that
| Americans were extremely fond of ice
cream they had some for our particu-
| lar benefit, and we were struggling
| hravely to eat 1t. Such cOncoction.
| Cornstarch and-cornstarch. And just
as | was wondering how | could Snug
| gle the remainder of mine into my
| handkerchief. without being seen, i'm
stalked a veritabe Bluebeard of a Gu
ban. calling loudly for Mr.. Dunn.
| started, landing some ice cream over
my shoulder, and gave one look: then
my heart went into my boots John
| Dunn is my nom de plume; having
been told repeatedly that my style
Of writing Is masculine. it pleased my
fancy to write under that name.
Before | could collect myself, Mr..
Gum had risen and was saying he
represented Mr. Dunn and If he-the
Mr. Rluebeard-had any business with
or concerning that gentleman. to call
half an hour later and it should be at
tended to.
But Bluebeard Ind no intention of
waiting. and explained himself with.
out preamble. In that trashy little tale
had written and which. contrary to
| my StipuidtioIlS, uuu Dteii puUilSueu
under my maine. | had told OF a certain
black hearted scoundrel living back in
the mountains. working out all sorts
of diabolical schemes under a cloak OF
honored responsibility. My stock Of
Cuban M mes being decidedly limited.
| fired one of the proverbia random
| shots
But now my story leaves dull real
ity far in the back ground for It tells
how the hero sprang to his feet grasp
ing his revolver and declaring he was
Mr. Dunn. how Blueheard would not
be pacilled and all kinds of dire calam-
tiles followed. While in reality every
thing was quickly and quietly eX-
planned. and after good laugh. in
which every one present joined we
invited our visitor to have some of
that awful ice cream. We sailed next
day. but | got no end Of teasing, and
when we reached New York was in
PRODUCED to Judge Cannon as Miss
John Dunn"
Della elevated her eyebrows ever so