The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-27

mangled and lifelesS form OF child
from under the fender of street car
and carry it in your arms and lay y
down before the distracted motherI
Did you ever do that. and listen to Che
words of grief and despair as they
fOweG spontaneously from fleT Hps!"
u never die" said Dave. 'Di0
you?
We'll. no." safe editor westbFode.
with slight frown. But d can NelS
imagine what she woula say"
$50 caa l." said Dave.
Ard now the fitting Sime Aa0 come
fcR Editor Westbrook 20 play the ora
Gle and silence his oranpnate6 contrEb-
utOr.
My dear shacB," sale Ae, "tf Z
know anything OF life know shat ev-
cry sudden, deep ana tEagic emotio1
in the humaM heart calls f0gth 40 ap-
posite, cnpordanty coAfoTmaDle ana
proportionate exTaessioR 90 9eeling.
How mach az tAis inevitable accord
between expression ana feeling seoul0
be attributed to Ratare aAd how Nluch
to the influence of ART il Vould De diff
ficult to say. The sublimelg terrible
Foar oe the hOnBss Chat has BeaB De-
prived Oh Aer Cubs is dramatically az
fas above Aee customary shine ana
pug as che kinglg ana 2fansce8dent
utterancss % Gen are above Che lesei
OF his senile NapoEings. Bue 10 D. als0
s'ue che aN plen ana WomeB base
wha8 NAG De called @ subconscious
dramatic sense 9hat is awakene0 % Q
sutficientlg deap ana poweffrt1 emotion
a sense unconscious8 8cquire6 erom
literature ana Che esage-fhae prompts
them % express chose emotions 10 laa
Guage 0efitting Ghete nneussance enc
histrionic 9hlue."
Ans. in the same a slIs sesea &C.
cree saddle Slankete % sagittarius,
where die the stage ana dteRature geo
die stump aske8 Dave
'dTrom life." answered. the sditog trt
umphantly.
The story @rite@ rose grom che bench
and gesticuIateA eloquently, but giumb-
ly. He was heggared for words with
which to formulate adequately Ms dis
sent
Editor Westbrook looked at his
| watch with an affected show of lei
sure.
Tell me-" asked Dave. with trucu-
lent anxiety, what especial faults in
The Alarum of the Soul caused you
to throw it down.
when Gabriel Murray" said West
brook. goes to his telephone and is
told chat his fiancee has been shot by
burglar ne says-p do not Eecall the
exact words. but
Il do" said Dave He says: Damn
central; she always cuts me off! (And
then TO his friend) Say. Tommy. does
80 bullet make a big hole? It's kind
of hard luck, amt it? Could you get
my? No; straight, nothing on the
side"
"And, again." continued the editor
without pausing for argument, when
Berenice opens the letter from her
husband informing her that he has
lCu Will lhC gin hCl "OluS
| are-let me see''-
''She says" interposed the author
"'Well, what do you think Of thatT"
'Absurdly inappropriate words" said
Westbrook, presenting an anticlimax,
plunging the story into hopeless pa
thos. Worse yet, they mirror life false
ly. No human being ever uttered ba
nal coloquiaiisms when confronted by
sudden tragedy"
Wrong said Dave, closing his IN
shaver jaws doggedly. Il say no man
or woman ever spouts highfalutin talk
when they go up against a real eli
max. They talk naturally and little
worse
The editor rose from the bench with
his air of indulgence and inside infor-
nation.
Say. Westbrook," said Dave, pin
ming him by the lapel, would you
have accepted The Alarum of the
S0uI if Won had believed that the ac-