Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-06-14
DAILY SHORI STORIES


this Miss Is. will fall In love with
just whom she pleascS. Maybe she
won't fall i'm love with either OF them.
81 fear collaboration with YOU will
prove very difficult. II you're going
to run away with the heroine perhaps
shall have something to say about
the nero. I'm not bound TO make him
marry Miss r.. lie may be very much
disappointed In her"
And she may be very much dlsap-
pointed I'm him"
This won't do We're not gcttiu,,
on mt all. We're going TO construct N
realistic story. but we don't wish it
to be so realistic that the collaborators
wiz quarrel over the characters and
whether they are 10 be good or bad.
lOvable or unlovable Let us go on
to where Mr.. a. meets Miss Is. sec,
ond time. He next sees her dancing
with Mr.. 9. at Mrs. Schermerhorns
ball"
II thought 1t was at Mrs. Van vech
tens"
Wen call her Mrs. Van Vechten
if you like. The name doesn't signify.
Mr.. \. secures an Introduction TO Miss
Il. and dances with her twice when
one of his friends says TO him, 'Yon
needn't waste your time on that girl;
she's engaged to g."
well, declare! Who took 1t upon
himself TO say thatY
Zone We'll call Mr.. D."
81 think you'd better make him the
villain. going around saying things
that are not trne."
You don't seem TO understand the
part of tho villain I'm n story. Mr. ID.
Is only dummy, one of those persons
thrown into the story TO enable the
author to say things instead of SAYING
them himself. Mr.. c.. who is supposed
to have considerable influence with
the heroine-an influence not G!vulged
till the end of the story-is the villain
or, I'm other words, foil for Mr.. A.
He is like n knight I'm the game Of
chess. Mr.. ID. is only a pawn"
"Oh, think these skeletons of sto-
rles are like the skeletons Of people
horrid. If you authors write stories
that way l don't wonder many Of
them are so uninteresting. Can't you
get on TO something pleasantT'
We'll. Wen pass to the third meet.
Ing. Shall we have it at the sea-
shoreY
mo"
I'm the mountalns?'
mo"
Suppose we have them meet among
these hills. Wen begin that chapter
by having Mr.. A. and Miss Il. strolling
just as we are, listening to that now
ing machine down yonder''- l[
mo; TO the birds"
Very well, to the birds. They came
together at the same hotel by coinci
dence"
by coincidence"
Eyes. Why not"
"Oh. nothing. thought he said he
knew she was here and came here on
purpose to meet her"
did he say that?"
"Of course he did"
That's better for n real life than an
imaginary story, In the latter acct
dental meetings add TO the interest.
They're less prosaic."
''Well, what next?"
THE first step for him IS to find out
what are her relations to Mr.. c."
1T seems to me that he's botherinp
himself altogether tso much about Mr.
c."
cit makes the story more interest
ing"
But It's very disagreeable to her 10
have her name connected with man
she cares nothing about"
Are you sure she acted all the while
as if she cared nothing about C.P
Maybe. If she did it only makes
the story more interesting, you know"
"Not to A."
But he's only IN imaginary charac.
ter He doesn't feel anything. What
does he do next?"
we now come to the end Of the
story A. always supposed that # no
got G. out OF the way he would I'm 80
nothing to do but propose to the hero
Inc TO be accepted Lovers always
feet that way. But G. having been
eliminated. A.. arriving at The declarn
tlon point. is suddenly seized with
stage fright"
-AA' AhCy dlWbyS ludJ way 2
We'll. a. is very sensitive man
you know, and conscious OF his own
imperfectious. Miss y. is thousand
times too good for him, and he know
st."
II wouldn't put that in It's oyer
drawn"
We'll, as I said. A., even III he IS an
imaginary character. feels o great deal
Tie remembers the FIRST time he saw
you. Miss T., at the opera. then his
delight at seeing you again Ut Ailss
Van Nechtcn's ball, and he confcsscs
Ie did know YOU were here and came
here To- see you. lie also admits that
hc has suffered drcadfuly nc seeing
another so devoted 90 you. fearing thaf
SOU were listening 10 that others DAT
lering words. lie further admits that
Ic invited YOU 20 take this walk THAT