La Junta tribune., 1911-04-29
would not have to rely on hi. ,rnr

couple or weeks PASSED The
leaves had developed. tae towers wer,
out now aud then there would come
warm day SmithSon's story did moi
seem TO develop with the season He
wrote Burrows that hr expected to
make Il great success with his heroine
| He had a. yet nui done ulu d writing
l for the rea son That he wished his con
ceptlons 10 btrome perfectly formed
reminding the editor that II an authnr's
conceptions OF his characters are
/ vague the characters themselves will
be vague. lie wa> Studying Miss
| Chamnlin he had lcarne, her name-
aud was daily discovering new traits
In her. He had discovered some con.
tliciinc feminine idiosyncraci., that
would make unique character.
SmiihSon threw out several hints 10
/ Miss Champlin to tell him what she
was doing In the country. but ELECTED
no satisfactory response. II. thought
I her reason for not explaining her posi-
| tion might arise from The fact OF his
not having told her anything about
I himself He preferred not to do so.
D lbiH " Nv h'llIlltfl NlIN1 Nv WIS WIN
ing n story. she would with natural
I feminine curiosity. wish to know all
about H. aud he fr1rcl he would let
the cat ont ~ the bag that be wa.
| using her Tor model Bc-ide~ Bar
I rows bad advised him that II he found
[ satisfactory model to keep al, uur
| pose n secret
l June came aud with II letter from
I the editor saying thnl he must have
] the story 10y the end OF the month
I lie had reserved space for II in the
I October and November issues Smith
son wrote back that II would ic i'm
I possible for HIM 10 finish the wors hy
I that time. wherrupun Barrows wrote
asking how murh hc had done aud
he was Obliged 10 reply that b. bad
merely formed his conceptions lie
I could now work hrlskly. but could not
have the story ready before ihs first
Of July. He received n reply sfafIn:
/ that he might have TN the fgst of
] July. but no longer He advised the
I author TO give mp studying his model
/ and go to work
s@tlNNAANffIA fNlf'f'.l ~ AAAh " ID ..N'
/ he considered an imuuiation and re.
I solved 10 do hrt'rr Bui by th.s time
every hour he spent away from Miss
/ ChHmrlln sccmod an hour lost Ee
| sides when he began to wort hi~
model. what she had last said .. him
whether II was tu be- iu,erprnf-I Ts
/ ougourlccmcui ar the revere. In
. gltnEF 1...W Fa.sHg.EF9HHFr IFH.
fhrustIug itself l"tw"eu him aud The
paper before him aud inicrfercd With
. Nj, writing The consequence was
I thar the middle ~ June came and the
story had not taken any shape what.
ever one serious trouble w8s tina,
his model was constantly showing dr..
fcrrnt traits. lie tried To- get lid Of
them. 10 rroup them. hu' they were
Ike handful ~ fircfIrs. constantly
crawling ont between his fnscrs.
On the Goth ~ June he wrote Har
rows that be must have nf Icnsi an
other month or give up the Job Bar
rows replied that he could mot have n
day lie said he believed 10 was's
Z case of q character getting away with
nm author Instead ~ nu author put
ting his character In limb Barrows
waNed fncciious also in saving that
tho heroine of the story was doubtless
no misty helne. but rraI Frsh and
blood
l Smithson saw nothing r1r N but to
return 10 the city lie ru1Hluhed to-
go md announced his Intention Ia Mls.
I chpmplin lie found her getting
ready To- depart alSu. ilr concluded
I they might ~ well take The same
train During that evening they sat
on the top step ~ the purrh wherr
they had spent their first morning to
| Eether. half moon looking Down on
them frnm the southern sky Smith
son told her his siory"-n0i the one
b. had intended to write. bat n true
love stor, aud they sat tin near mid
night talking II over
The next day they returned 10 the
I city
Smiihson called on Barrows reluc.
family. lie was very shamefared about
his failure To write story, especially
~ III. editor had shown % knowledge
Of why he had failed Blrrows kept
him waiting hnlf an hour. then he was
admitted to the slnrtum Smiihson
stood ns,onishcd There was Miss
l chnmplin.
! Harrows smiled.
IL have put up job ou YOU two"
he said Il sent you. Smth,ou. to the
country 10 write story scnt Miss
'hnmplin To- the sam" place to writ.
another one. conirived that you
should take Miss Thnmpllu u, model
Tor your heroine aud that N. should
use you for her hero. wished to see
what kind of work such u scheme
would produce. II has convinced mc
that character drawing Is not mat
ter Of feeling. but of art There hn>
evidently been u love story. hut neither
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