The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-15
JONES HAS AN
IDEA
sut No IL Unable 70 put y on Paper

WflllnS STORY are lHG btBiHHiH6 ~
| 1t. the going on with IT, and the nm,
ishing OF X and even when these facts
have been accomplished 10 the sntisr
! faction Of the writer he still has an
arduous task to perform, which Is to
sell H. There have been cases ON rec
ord In which the last feat has never
\ been accomplished al all.
To the Young writer, like Jones, for
| instance, the beginning of his story
| appears the most painful. jones has
his idea, his story skeleton. dancing
| In his brain, but he cant get holt
| on any of It's limbs and lay II fiat, II
| eludes him and laughs him to scorn
! as he tries 10 put paper and ink flesh
/ on It's bones
/ Jones thiaks Of the various Open
! ings Of stories he has read. The ro-
mantle style, as adopted by scott,
Dumas and q. p. r. James, comes %
| his mind.
/ Two solitary hDrsemen We're traNers-
/ ing a lonely wood az the end OF hot
July day. The steeds picked their way
| carefully as they passed over the I'M
| delhlllsh and for an hour or two the
| animals footballs were the only
| sounds heard, AT length Eyes, Of
| coursel the elder horseman was the
first to break the silence, Crhe elder
horsernan always II the first TO break
| the silenceD
But, there aren't any horsemen 10
| Jones story, and it's matter Of In
| difference To him who breaks the ST.
| lence first
The New England style next occurs
To him:
Louisa called a hard, sharp voice
from the rear kitchen. Won come right
| III this minnitl Louisa Loo-ee-zer'
Drat the gal. where IL she? Galliyantin'
ara0und them lIickss medaers ! reck'
On Fer the lans sake here she y
naowt'
! Jones realizes that this kind Of open,
| ting attracts attention from the start
and gives promise OF interesting 60
| nestle trouble for Louisa. The per
| culiar spelling Of minnit," though IN
necessary, has strong local color,
| and II Jones has young girl and =
cross sfepmother In Concord, n. III,
| FOR his principal characters he will %
| well 10 ponder this opening. anF he
hasn ta M
He thinks and thinks. All, here i
the society novel style. 81 s8
Helen Van Mustard came down the
steps Of Mrs Gallashinfs house IN chg
| Seventies, near the park. WITH com
pressed lips and cloudy eyes.
Home, Julius. size said, as she
| stepped into her limousine, and as the
| well appointed machine flew along
| the avenue. barely within he limits
| Of the law. she wondered dnmbly how
| she was going to right herself with
/ her recent hostess. Helen felt con
vinced that The Countess Szlg1k2ow
! ski had cheated, but iiowtn prove it2
| No. that won L dos There are no over
| moneyed people In Jones work
spending twice as much as they've
got a @
Once upon time there was AT
| Ridiculous. lit sounds too much Ike
| fairy story. Going 10 the other ex
IRENE suddenly. Jones conccives this
| start.
| The thousands and thousands OF 60
incdences which occur IN the daily
| lives Of the present century toil~r IN
| fallibly lead 10 The conclusion thai
| what we term accident or chance i
| really only
Hang III That leads nowhere Bs
this time Jones has forgotten VIVA
his story Is about
/ Well. he nnst concentrate his MIND
| Let him think There's man and
| woman who marry and who separate
Immediately afterward Why Now
4 Why Oh. yes. because they mnsl
meet again 90 years later in order Z
threaten ruin 10 The lives Of The here
and heroine. one OF whom is the child
Of the woman by q previous marriage
and the ether the child Of the man bi
snhsequenl and bigsmoHs marriage
And the point is--the point is--wel
what is the point?
The point might be several ihllgS
but Jones hasn't got that far YET ~
Jones wants to do is 20 begin his story
but he can't decide whether 10 besll
with the marriage Of the parents q
the lovenakina of the Youngsters AM
go backward when he's in the middle
of the narrative He might start tht
way:
Esther yawned and threw down he
hook The hammock felt nncomforl
able 10 her shoulders and she wishei
life held more novelty for her. On. 70
the medieval days 81 glory whe
knights came riding up from the cas-
and threw down sauntlets oh. 10
, the
Jones began TO re; nervous himsel
now Ono more fry:
well. fer : newly married coupl
them two Is The mpsf busineeslike pa
ties as ever seen" ruttersd II
sexton a. he watched the ceremor
from the rear Of the church. II
thought Of the blushing brides ard n
eager h-iaeerooms vbp had stood Il
before the Rev. Amos naingerfei
during the last "a years Of the latter
ineuubency of The
Suddenly there was a mufiied CT
and dark fash through the All