The Cairo bulletin., 1906-03-30
AN INGENIOUS
CRITICISM

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was sitting IN my study working on
plan for new novel when q servant
entered ana handed me a card Miss
Gwendolin lhipps"
4 had never heard Of MISS phipps
4 ana | especially object 10 being Inter.
| rapted by visitors, 80 tried through
the servant 10 gel rid o. her Eut
called ana finally received Acr,
was moi sorry lad done 50, for The
| moment she entered / Saw thar she
would make an excellent model for
Bessie Clifford, u character ! was about
10 draw. She WAS a petite blond and
az dainty as canary She came IN All
bushes and smiles.
MIR Pendletou, | believe Paul Fen
dleton. such a lovely name for an au
thor, ana / notice you always select
appropriate names for Your eharac,
ters."
please be seated, Miss rhpps. and
tel me what | can do for You"
Il came TO lhank you she said,
sinking into chair, her SIX dress
dropping into graceful folds. lint first
want you 20 tell ae hoW yoa found
our Tie conditions between Wallace
anl tuyself%
What conditions? What Wallace?'
wallace Ormsby, the hero Of your
laat novel, The True Ring There it
III and she held up Il gjtterjng soil
taire on the third finger OF her left
baud. 1T was very nice Of you to
transpose his name and call him 0rms- !
by Wallace But everybody knew all |
the same. At least / and my best and /
TueSt friend, Ida Ross. dit But. then |
she knew all about these troubles be-
tween Wallace ana me And how you /
did hit Off that mean thing, Irene Few /
ney. You didn't call her rs her right
name II Ill, bur then you couldn't can |
us al by our right names"
My dear young lady. viii ylu kindly
TEL Me.H}, Nat ttl:ct !Sneo e3!2f4ets
Ji .s q; IS'ooa
.:.s SIS ; s., 3ii:
s: di@sucle S@l ~ /
93tio !. "a SSSS'.' Siofsod eohaI ohaIf d nina
p ,.h.ft'otsl S5SI-'slaSa':lal1so gtsreiIoS me
ob9 .vlgiI1''t IS et$s::bsfca7ad thS falSR +
I013 on5 iebtSisa9a ~ Computations. osoo loJo
saYss. 30 80 e so9.o 20
u yeoalloJiyk6 .%otsis, telp me t4si4,n j,
he fl5t '&f 'py :s.LFpe 'Kago COMEDIES
Sih your OWN afsQifs:'
ssiIenee gives consent. | .al,dlew i
must be Wallace wlf1a t9ldo rotR Or
curse You haa to promise Elm oyou
vouIdn't say anything about it, Well. j
Wallace and were lorees. lret rs
)rmsby and Caroline wei,e In the book.
Then irene Tewner. or Mabel Blake
S you call her. wants him for herself
nd nterprets the family secret 50 as
o reflect on Caroline tmcL Wallace le-
pite the convincing circumstances, Inns
aith ia me untii he applies the fest,
nd Caroline gives the true ring Of a
cal good, noble girl The name Is
plendid" h
Great heavens! Is this MI there Is {
, that plott Now I thlnk II IS about
4 the machinery on which hung a y
etwork Of subtle interpretive phllos- = u
ply which and high grade critics ;, y
lnsder uniquely pendletonian. =
You have not yet toll me-" / said. !
he denOumeut as Ii is In the real casp
your case" 'A
why, just as it is in the book Of -.
Iursc You didn't change 1t q oIat q,
'allace applied the test exactly apss o.,
rmsby did ana responded Cbmshingpo p
st rs Caroline did" CO aqt
HAS it occ@rred to you that OypuS9 Il
yer read 10y 2ovei and finding aoP ?,
nilariiy In my imsgiu2Iy plot to his8so 4
IN and your conditions concluded to 6"o9
st yOu.s he didE' % d Of
We'll, declare / never tholghn6f P i
at wonder if he didT o oo'o'ii
After all my character puts a geq.d l.
al case that has occurred betWcea6s3oS
'us1nds of lovers. L admit otIi6ree99lS 8.
ant IN this la The book that H,8u6l& H.
impossible in real life, thoG2li R.sfS s3'f.
ended 't9 represent real lie ooS 50 y
'Ormsby was perfectly lovely0 ana ! 81
3ilare WIS perfectly Dyely TOO. H. az
Init Use the Same words as OpnsbS,' = r
they were just as n9ble and gooS0 .oIo
j @wcct and nice" 81
groqncd. l had cadodunlscds 6fo I {
Ucisms on my book. but this was e.