Putnam patriot., 1909-06-18
THE REJECTED STORY
By MAID Maes.t,iaa.

matter ar NtuH8 aS baf1 Gas AtfiRAH thought but Miss Nina Harper saved eleven and 2 half hours by deciding within thirty minutes affpr reading n certain sketch of 0uidas
 As soon as pen and ink and paper could Dc procured 4 he began work on | story. and tef9re sunget an the eaue aay II uas finished ssd seuf or 0 ths waiting editor Df magazln"
 Like oulda NIss SgHa a'aa' start ont 10 write Tor tpaaey Her widowed mother had t.eea leff fair eefspf fence Like Dulda she had sudden desire to uniift sen'imeui snd improve fbe seelal etatus at ibe world around her i1se ouiea again she had tbauchts and she wanted 'be millions 10 share those thoughts with her and rfoii by fhefn
 This. in 2 way @as prai~eworthy in B girl af twenty who had balf dozen admirera and uoiblnz "a do but e. be entertaining and handsotne and wait Ffsf tsif fiAs At tttHA4 tf tRtAA Ast Unfortunately for her fbe various pub fishers dIfn.f share in her object IT enthusiasm They were ont for the aeifar instead gf sentiment or for the sentiment thaf brought III the dollars The .ltersry effort was returned with thanks
 if that greedy publisher ehuekied ovsr the idea tbat he lad nipped Literary career iH fhe bud bY sending baek that manuscript he WIS sery much mistaken some young Indies would have stepped righf there and turned 10 crochet work bnf Aiss Nina diantt belene to that bunch shr shnf hef fins tightly and determined upt 10 De silisd of Al iAe same time she determined 10 ktA nat editor il evef opportunity efefed
 In thie determination she aaa harked and encouraged By Ind Waterman one nf her admirers To whom she showed The manuscript and telnied how If Ind been ehnesed back H her as 1T II tad been eeey for family almanac Fred was iisner in bis speech. Int that only made his voice more teHder as he said
 Miss Harper. tnke my word for it that von have gone beyond 0uida even in your trst attempt II Is gloriunsl If ts grand II ia ennahllngi feed the better man for having heard fl r.ads
 "Bnt they didn't publish it'' pro tested the girl
 'i see. but II was loo high einss. don't ynp know It's beyond the cdi tor. He isn'i np to fhe sentiment of if"
 This deeiarnfien modified Mss Nina. md she selected mother publication and another editor Nr Wnterman's refnrous offer h call on and punch the. head of the first editor was de. s1ined on the ground that the said cdI. Ter might already have regretted his haste In returning tue manuscript The story came haek from the sec. ond publication lust as n request for charity would have been returned - mot just wha, we are looking for II hurt and humillnted. but fl did not squenrh onda.s first delicious little sketches went begging. Miss Nina shed one tear doubled up her is,s and consulted sIr Horace Elklns
 Mir Eikins was another admirer. though he didn't lisp He had en mnny occasions written the meul rJ. f.r a,,aeta ta p,..t. an1 th.e,. Tore was admired as literary man He read the manuscript with the ui most care, looked al the baek If eneh h page as he laid it down and then an Daunced his solemn verdict
 sMy denr Miss Harper. it is grand it is gem lnaeed the only fault possible to be found Is thnt it k too Eemmy. The modern magazine editor Is nof up to it II is as fnr beyond him as Shakespeare is beyond the ay. craze farmers hired man For po other reason was fl returned to you What \ gem like this crowded among the mawklsh love stories in which the heroiues cannot talk ten | words without making a grammatical EtHnuef3 Heaven iofhids
 ~su, if they won't puhiiyh If how ran ! get if before the pe e5nlsT' asked Eshe author. with anxiety in her tones -t could call uu these editors and l |xail them isaeranHses and scaundreis [l could prove io them 'hst they were suppresslar the hsightesf aud mosi keharming thoughts af the century l "But that wonld anger thrm l Mir Eiklua pisted np the mannseripl land carefully studied the backs ef ths pares aealn aud then sighed and saised his eyes to heaven. He dida' #kas so In so many words hat hts at fiinde plainly hetoevuea that he WI, pus of it
 Two days elapsed and then the story wns sent away again There surely uDuxt be one editor in the country wh, rouisl rise to the sentiment of IL lf Sine time which was about week. Il rame back for the third time Ihert
 was cold hioeied type written notice
 Enclosed to the effect that its rejection
 lid not signify any lack of literary
 nerif but there was 10 consolation it lhis. Indeed If fl aij not lack literary
 merlt. why not publish IF
 This question was asked ef ynnns
 Danger, a fhird caller and admirer
 nd be promptly replied
 sifeeause il Is oulda over again. and
 lou know the jealousy against onida
 Ail these magazine editors are trust
 They won't permit I new writer te en
 |er the tied ani make reputation
 ghy. Miss Harper. enee wrute !
 kofy and sent II away and haa ii come
 aek on me tweusS-fonr tines BnI
 lr fhis ienlnnss 1 mlsht haye been a