The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16
AUTHORS
BY ANNIE H1NR1cHsEN.


three clerks and two stenographers i dropped him
into the waste basket In"
GOOD for you. Manning. I'm mighty glad to
you The editor extended his hand across the desk
to his visitor. DO know Miss Greyford the ed
itor of the new magazine? Miss Greyford, this Ar
thur Manning, you've read his STUFF"
It's Miss Greyford I've see" Manning
stumbled his announcement in tone of deter
mined but abashed schoolboy He was a big broad
shouldered young with the jaw of pugilist and
the eyes of gentle child
And why~do you wish to me?" Miss Greyfords
voice was glacial From her face faded the anima-
ton and the rosy color. and the soft of her lips
had become rigid lines
ITO talk to you about--to see you-to-'
began to read them. ~ ~ ~
The young stared at the proof sheets then he
Is she ?? he asked whmsicaly '
,e hoWs the market, Manning? asked the editor
s., on. guess so" MIR. Mannings voice was gloomy
,.h That was good story yours that was pab-
Hsned IN our last issue. said the editor: AS good
one 'I as ~ YOU nave ever written"
The proof sheets lowered from before Miss
have ever published" she said.
Warnings face frightened. Did your" he asked
that means lot y 'Na''
The pot was weak. hackene.ed. amateurish-the
man ana the girl and the at the farm house
man returns to city misundersta ndings girl stays al
nome 'Th ana ar Iakes the hay and miiks the cows"
three automobiles houseful of servants and he
aa sen. ms daughter TO college and to. Europe and
, 10 everywhere else The man who loved earned
tnat sweet simplicity was trained coquetry he re-
celVeo Tor his summer in the country dam
aged heart, several dsusons and a smashed pride
was all that in the story? don't remember
1T was in the facts that went before the story
There was story of yours in the same number
splendid tale, the best in literary / have ever
read and It was about man and girl and sum-
mer at a farm house. But your story was cruel and
untrue and bitterly cynical l 1t and teephoned
this ofhce for your address Some said Carlin-
ton knew YOU had moved away from Carlinton
but took the first train down there.
Miss Greyfords face relaxed into a delighted smile
You did she laughed. Il hoped you would
mean What did you find there
the station there sheep dried and withered
agent He lowed as how he didn't know whether
you were there not, and informed me that the
a horse to be found walked-walked three miles
/ on an August day. When l reached Greyford
next train would be along until the next day
that there was no hotel. and that the town pump
! the place wash
Miss Greyford returned to her proof sheets
This morning" Manning Il read the an
nouncement Of magazine published by the At
wood Publishing Company. Miss Margaret Greyford
here find
+ Miss Greyford read
he asked the editor. lis ii her habit moments
OF inattention to go thousand miles away leaving
fellow with his mouth open, his say unsaid@'
GU might say your speech to me-, suggested the
IF thought she would"
I Go on" said the editor sympathetcay, I'm lis
! Wen, time there q
girl and summer at farm kouse--rurai atmosphere
for "a hackground-local color and all that sort Of
thing"
Dust and mosquitoes" asked the editor
Where she was Mere were flowers and moonIt even
ings. The fello0aook good look at the surround
ngs and at the girl and then settled down for period
of Areadan bliss Il was ar epoch in ,i his e
read that somewhere You're not offering 1t as origi-
nal matter, you?"
You read it in the last issue of your magazine -
In my story, retorted the author. Then suddenly he
jolted out of his little rosy cloud of Joy. The
girl the center Of this pastoral reincarnaon and
amalgamation OF all the spirits. goddesses and hero
who have typied the simple rural life, this girl
we'll when think OF the force with which struck
solid earth
And thereupon hero took upon himself a large
sized long enduring Crouch Al last all his wrath and
hurt pride and--and real oueiiness-for who
has lost the dearest girl earth is desperately
lonely Observation-Disclosures in grand. literary eff
fort He unburdened his soul and told the world all
about his trouble.
! I'm the number Of the magazine in which his
published there story by the girl a
For the first time the thought came to the that he
might have misunderstood the girl and that he might
mediatey he teephoned the publishing office and
some cruel person with woman's voice told him the
girls address Darlington, You know what re-
!. ceve down there. This morning learned that she
was here in the city with the Atwood Company and
the chilling frost I'm receiving?
Under raillery there deep note of
ness. II her to let tell her the heartache I
have carried with these many months-to ask
her"
There a silence in the room, The editor broke
in.
The day Miss Sreyford read manuscripts
he said she left the Office. She was gone two days.
When she returned her face was thin and white and
tired, thought her were bright and happy.
She brought story, the result Of her two days
absence and asked to print 1t in the same number
in which should print yours OF course he add
ed i took it for granted that she had an excellent
reason for her request
/ with two steps Manning crossed the Hs
caught her hands and drew them and the screening
proof sheets from before her face. Did write
that story and publish 1t in the same number with
| mine in order TO show that had been all wrong
in thinking love me? Did do 1t to show
me that you had suffered? Did you? Cold, proud.
little girl, answer me-
There was sound of q closing door The editor
had left the room.
Il saw the opportunity for story. My work is
my only interest,"
You have a heart and soul and you are starving
diet O ambition. You