Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
A SERIOUS
BLIJNDER
By F. A. mitchell
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.
By F. A. mitchell.

no'ei puDHsneu unQer the name OF
Rosamond Stanford as follows:
Her Mistake by Rosamond Stan
Iord Tones BrOs.), Is a mistake ali
through. In the first place, it was a
mistake for Miss Stanford to try "a
write novel at all. Her hero. Milton
Truesdale. is prig. Her heroine, Alice
Van Zant, would do very well for the
leading lady Of child's play. The
scenes are like London fog, the char.
acters as stiff as the figurehead Of a
sailing ship of the nineteenth century. %
1t was Saturday night when Aims
worth consigned the poor autboress'
labor to oblivion, and the foreman of
the composing room was calling for
copy for the Literary Digest. The edi.
tor called boy and sent up criticisms
| OF six novels. all of which he had read
that afternoon, to fill up the column
unprovided for Then he went home,
put hot water bag on his stomach,
another on his cheek and after few
hours more suffering went to sleep.
He awoke at 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing refreshed. After bath and n
breakfast he iounged. and If he saw a
newspaper lying about he took it up
and put it in the stove. He dined at
2. slept from 3 till G, took tea and pro.
ceeded to make his usual Sunday even
ing call on his fiancee. Marion Schoe-
field.
Miss Schoefeld, who had been used
to his calls for several years, waiting
while her lover condemned enough
books to enable him to marry her, was,
as usual, watching for her lover on
Sunday evening at the parlor window.
Mr.. Ainsworth was disappointed at
not seeing her at the accustomed place.
Fearing something serious had hap
pened, he hurried into the house.
Meeting her sister In the hall. he ask
ed anxiously:
where is Molly?"
No answer.
"Great heavens! Is she ill.,"
No answer.
do tell mer'
molly is well enough. She'll be
down presently"
Ainsworth walked the pnrlor floor
for half an hour. when. looking up, he
saw his love standing mute before
him. She had entered so silently that
she had not heard him. She looked
as If she had been buried and ex-
humed
"Rose-sweetheart!" he exclaimed.
What has happened?"
"A good deal has happened" was
the reply.
Tell me- I'm dying with suspense
Perhaps you will not think it a
matter of Importance. The truth has
simply been spoken"
THE truth
"Yes. 1t is no fault of yours
"Whose fault is lit"
NO ones. ! have simply made
mistake"
"What mistaken"
"In trying to write novel;"
you write novele
"Yes. have been engaged for more
than a year on one"
"Well?"
II have been advised by one near
and dear to me-that's the worst of
t"-tremulously-"th l made mis-
take in trying to write"
who told you that nonsense?"
Besides. I've discovered that the
man / took for model for my hero
Is prig"
WHO did you taker
'One l love"
Good gracious! You didn't take meY'
"Y-e-s. did," with sob.
"Well. well. sweetheart, who told
you all this? Have you been getting
some Anticipated FOOLS opinion on your
manuscript"
"The novel has been published"
'By whom"
Zones Bros"
Mr.. Ainsworth began to see through
a milestone.
HAS it been criticisedY'
Yes. A criticism appeared this
I'm what paper?"
The Literary Digest"
Ainsworth saw that without a coup |
al was lost. II wrote all the criticisms |
in today's issue. wrote none on a
book by YOU
My own name wasn't on the title \
pa 90. 1t YVES Rosamond Stanford"
What was the name of the story?" |
Her Mistake"
g Her Mistaken My gracious. Molly. /
how could you have tried to write a
story OF British society without ever
having visited EnglandY
Il didn't"
"And that scene between the duke
and Lady Tatterton-it is ridiculous"
There is no such scene in my novel"
II shall stand by my guns. Your hero
Auchincloss is prig. I'll never give
in on that
''Auchincloss? He isn't my hero. My
hero is Roy Courtenay. drew him
from you"
There's no such man in His Mis-
lake.
".Her Mistake"
"I'm talking Of His Mistake"
my story was Her Mistake"
II begin to see It all. You are bark
ing up one tree. I another. Isn't. 1t
funny that this middle should make
i pun? We've both made a mistake.
Kiss me. darling. I'll get at your book
IN Monday. But I warn you that II