Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-06-16

II see. You may depend upon it
this Miss B. will fall in love with
just whom she pleases. Maybe she
won't fall in love with either of them"
Il fear collaboration with you will
prove very difficult. If you're going
to run away with the heroine, perhaps
shall have something to say about
the hero. I'm not bound to make him
marry Miss B. He may be very much
disappointed in her."
"And she may be very much disap-
pointed in him."
"This won't do. We're not getting
on at all. We're going to construct a
realistic story, but we don't wish it
to be so realistic that the collaborators
will quarrel over the characters and
whether they are to be good or bad,
lovable or unlovable. Let us 60 on
to where Mr.. A. meets Miss B. Sec
ond time. He next sees her dancing
| with Mr.. G. at Mrs. Schermerhorn'
ball."
II thought it was at Mrs. Van Vech.
tens"
"We'u call her Mrs. Van Vechten
| If you like. The name doesn't signify.
| Mr.. A. secures an 1ntroductio'a to Miss
b. and dances with her twice when
one of his friends says to him, You
needn't waste your time on that girl;
she's engaged to c."
"Well, declare! Who took it upon
himself to say that?"
Zone We'll call Mr.. D."
II think you'd better make him the
villain, going around saying things
that are not true"
You don't seem to understand tho
part of the villain in a story. Mr.. D.
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 divulged
till the end Of the story-is the villain
or, in other words, foil for Mr.. A.
He is like knight in the game Of
chess. Mr.. D. is only pawn"
"Oh, think these skeletons of sto-
ries are like the skeletons of people
horrid. If you authors write stories
that way don't wonder many Of
them are so uninteresting Can't you
get on to something pleasant"
>"Well. We'll pass to the third meet
ing. Shall we have it at the sea-
shore?"
mo"
I'm the mountains?'
mo"
Suppose we have them meet among
these hills. Well begin that chapter
by having Mr.. A. and Miss B. strolling
just as we are, listening to that now
ing machine down yonder''-
mo; to the BIRDS"
every we'll, to the birds. They came
together at the same hotel by coinci-
dence.''
by coincidence?'
eyes. Why not?"
'Oh, nothing. l 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 real life than an
imaginary story. In the latter acct
dental meetings add to the interest.
They're less prosa1c."
"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 botherfng
himself altogether too much about Mr..
c."
1T makes the story more interest
ing"
But it's very disagreeab1e to her to
have her name connected with a man
she cares nothing about"
Are you sure she acted all the while
as II she cared nothing about C.?'
maybe. If she did it only makes
the story more interesting. you know"
"Not to A.
"But he's only an imaginary charac-
ter. He doesn't feel anything. What
does he do next?"
I'VE now come to the end of the
story. A. always supposed that If he
got c. out Of the way he would have
nothing to do but propose to the hero
inc to be accepted. Lovers always
feel that way. But G. having been
eliminated, A., arriving at the declara-
ton point, is suddenly seized with
stage fright" "''. ->'-~.-
"Are they always that way?''
"Well, A. is very sensitive man,
you know. and conscious Of his own
imperfections. Miss B. is thousand
times too good for him, and he knows
it."
| II wouldn't put that in. It's over
drawn"
/ "Well, as said, A., even If he is an
Imaginary character. feels great DEAL
BE remembers the first time he saw
you, Miss B.. at the opera. then his
delight at seeing you again at Miss
Van Vechten's ball. and he confesses
he did know you were here and came
here to see you. He also admits that
he has suffered dreadfully at seeing
another so devoted to you. fearing that
you were listening to that others fat
| terin1 words He further admits that