The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-26
HEROIC MEASURES
BY LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY.


Copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary Press.>
Same paror-same young lady-same young man.
Same subject-same argument-same failure to
agree Same silence for ten minutes. Then:
Adele. it is tHe most foolish thing ever heard Of"
GU have sad that before"
And Shall keep saying So"
But 1T VIII do no good ii father consents
he never WILL
\ am he will"
Miss Adele Sargent. daughter of the lumber baron.
VINO had been @idower Tor three or four years was
engaged to Mr. Horace Wtllets her fathers secre-
dlsputing that Miss Adele was daughter to be
proud OF and that young Wlllets model young
the blow fell without an instants warning
Mr.. W1lets had escorted Miss Adele to the theatre
The play was emotional and the audience had been
deeply moved The curtain had just gone down
nounced:
Il shall have a play written and go on the stage"
Mr. Willets smiled ndulgentIy-indulgenty and
little fathery for young man Of twenty three.
evening. He had forgotten the circumstance but
was brought back to his memory with a jar. Five
minutes after he had the parlor Miss Adele
was saying:
y you find time go with
playwright to see about play It must be an emo
tional play 1t must be to affect the audience to
eealS ana MAKE TIN tine world better h. oasnao
Horace, do. Father doesn't want us to marry
| years the stage"
Then / must without it
But your father will never consent"
Il hope to argue him into it"
And FOR long month. whenever they met
taken it as fad that might be dropped any hour,
but the young lady became firm
mination. She admitted that loved him. and
she admitted that she would be sorry to see the
other standpoint. AS now. she only
daughter OF a lumber baron--a man who had made
three or four million dollars by dealing in Michigan
pine
Had her picture appeared n daily papers? Had
she been interviewed on any subject When her
auto busted tire in Central Park and policeman
nsF tor n neT S sdn ne also nays to ask
wouldn't rest until she could be somebody. As
day.
Mr.. winets escort to from the theatre.
box when she played He could lead the applause. He
could beast at the club that he was engaged TO her
! He could give wine suppers to the critics. Yes when
she reached the climax OF her emotional he could
| lead the audience in shedding
When the lover had argued to the quarreng point
he stopped arguing Few young men have the sense
Any man who has made three million dollars out OF
pine boards is a wise Mr. Sergeant
/ preparatory al interview. and he catching
My boy he said to Horace. argument seldom
vinces anybody. Action is the thing
But you can't mean that you will consent to let
Il shall not argue with her about it, She will ask
for an interview in a day or two Keep mum until
after that"
Keep How did cut half lumber from
| government land except by keeping num-
/ The interview took place. Miss Adele at first de-
clared that she wanted be that might
move tho world bat later confessed that
desire to see her name in the papers had something
You know papa. dear old thing" she
argued, Just dear old thing and worth lot Of
money, but mentioned in the papers.
The public doesn't know The public has
heard of me We are nooodies. II only could go
Yqnd be notesa in in. the pspsrs "a, and feel happy
should have noticed good blocking girl like Wen
/! ,ry To bring IT about"
4 Very soon Just as soon as my present rush IS
! over Run away, now. and continue to be good
secretary:
fJfsn1 IN his good htf Tina 10 nF
Get in practice at once"
DO you know any newspaper mem"
anxious find where the other, half of your pine
Give the boxes of cigars fast you run
across them. and say that OF champagne may
follow
And if you know where Adele got her last photos
80 and order hundred sent to me personally. And
with her more"
a week later the lumber barons steam yacht
board. Beautiful day. beautiful Hudson Happy
occasion. business and pleasure combined. Sing Sing
over and the young lady rushed to the bow to look
at some floating object Too much rush Miss Adele
overheard uttering longd drawn scream; Horace
follows uttering a heroic yell Yacht is stopped
couple rescued--yacht returns home.
Six ntervewers the front steps, and
ng. Great demand for photographs. Great and in
istent demand know Just how Miss Adele felt
when dropping CONTAMINATION in the water=-when
he realized that death was at hand-when the noble
he water.
Six column articles In the morning papers
tanied by six pictures.
Seven two-column articles in the afternoon papers,
accompanied by pictures.
Eight reporters during the day, They
shown down cellar and into the garnet. They
interviewed the cook and butler we'll. They
led away the tintype OF Miss Adeles great-grand-
mother.
Eight articles in the morning papers. Nine
more In the afternoon journals. Heroine described
from her head toes. Also her wardrobe. Also
front and hack yards.
Adele. I think you and Horace had better go to-
'ay and about that play" remarked the baron
lfter ten days OF interviewing
And don't" the reply. Horace thinks
ought get married next month and do IL"
. Clever Hit and Artfui Dodge.
J Professor Winston, former president of the Unver-
North Carolina, and later of the University of
Texas and retired the Carnegie fund. is
liz aa,x Ia hcnlt IL In