The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1910-11-10

y i odori a literary career. There was
Ia necessity for such decision, since
i or father had one of the finest plan
3stions south of Mason and DiXon's .
NM And Miss Marcie was twenty .
IA nd yery good to look upon. Not that .
4adics who adopt literary careers are /
heycr twenty and good to look upon; /.
'bp the contrary frequently. But her .
Adogl career seemed TO go along other F.
hpes-likc marrying, loving her hus.
|baud and raising a family.
n But al the worth while young men
Ikvorc busy at this time, which may
nv been the reason she had resolved
inevcr TO MARI. And after due rchec-
4fion The resolve for a literary career
Nwas horn
Preparation was fascinating. Mar.
Gle decided TO use her secretary
4 crampgd in space and frail though It
was as the basis of the career, And
4 a large D'o1cr would be more proies.
sioual looking So she secured
shcg, of Oloting paper from her faith.
ers Office
The plotting paper overlappcd the
seCrelar.. and it was necessary to cut
It down MARCHES inadequate little
scissors made sorry job OF g. A
ecall0pad edge, very irregular was the
result achieved A gold inkwell and a
fragile, pcarlhundled pen did not seem
suitable tools with which to carve out
a literary career So she calmly an.
nexed her fathers big stained ink
wei and stub pen,
Next came the question Of paper,
Authors, she knew, always used large
sheets. and # would never do for her,
a mere beginner to depart from the
conventions In this respect. Earnest
thought solved this problem. Marion
Auaarlo had given her a box Of wri-
ting paper for Christmas She had
never Hired it and had not used IT,
The box was unearthed and the fold.
ed sheets smoothod out to the ap.
proved size
Preparations all completed, Marcie
drew her chair to the secretary,
placed one Of the sheets exactly in
the center Of the blotter, dipped the
stub pen IN the squat inEwell--and
paused in dismay. She knew Of
nothing TO write
Marcic sat before the secretary for
an hour her lips compressed, a per-
picked irown drawing her brows to.
gether The stub pen linked her fin.
gers, the scalloped edge of the blotter
annoyed her. a literary career was
not such an easy thing to achieve,
after an.
Inspiration helped her out She re.
called an advertisement she had read
some weeks before in one Of the maya.
Ahes-somothng about plots fur.
mshed to writer's" A brief search
through The heap Of periodicals In the
library revealed it.
Mr. Richmond p Blunt. Room 1l7i
majestic building, New York city. IN.
uertooh TO supply plots for aspiring
authors who lacked facility in devising
uelF own, Sufficient plot for short
story according to his schedule. was
worm TWO dollars; for novelette, five
uOIIars and for novel of seventy n
one hundred thousand words, ten dol
iars cash with order. Mr.. Blunt guar
anleed TO please.
Mafcle dashed off a letter to him
anclosnS her personal check for SO
me stub pen made her boyish hand
"IIuhs more boyish still, and there
was nothing about the signature M
II" Des'rode,' to reveal the sex Of the
"Il'eE Nevertheless, she giggled
"ieh IN due time Mr.. Blunt's letter
Gu4resSed to "Mr NJ. R. Destrode
rn,a,''monnt City, Tenn" and beginning
Nly dear sir" arrived.
Mdrcie read the stiff, formal epistle
ln'ue pretty little grimace at the
DgDOea signature and dismissed the
%'''e' rs an ugly old bear" Then
sue TOOK up the $40 plot, a typewrit
va document Of several pages.
a. was a most satisfying plot-at
n,S', There was a heroine presuma
S Ue"utliul, and a hero presumably
ni"Ve' a villain with every potential
y OF |ickedness and a villainess fas
o'N"ungIy naughty. Then there were
Oo"leuy character or two, a pictur
e egIue father a second girl and severa
oJneF people more or less important
VINO rounded out the cast
ina, mat plot almost gave MarcIe g
r , to follow 1t. There were
0'e TWISTS and turns to it than t.