The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-12-20

As q This Case, Old Proverbs
Sometimes Prove to Have
Exceptions.
81 IN. DiBRELl..

stories''
Lutte Mig. Harrison breathed pa
tient sign and answered. yves, dear.
20 ron think you can ind a market
tor your stories r.
This tall, handsome, imperioua
daughter had always been . problem
TOO deep for her to solve. why any
one whose family was in comfortable
CIRCUMSTANCES should persist In efforts
% be self-supporting was utterly be-
yond her comprehension. But. also.
since It was Ruth who was attempt
Ing It Of course it must be right.
Yes, mother" continued the girl. II
really think can write quite az In
teresting tales as the general run Of
those with which the papers and mag
azines are filed at least / mean to
try
Later when Ruth informed her "a
Their Of the new field Of labor she in
tended to enter he simply laughed
and wished her every success In her
undertaking.
AZ once she set to work and her first
enort In the literary field was sent out
to all the available markets. After the
regular return of the manuscript at
iarlfy. did not discourage her.
When over six months Of unreward-
ed EFFORT had passed Mrs. Harrison
said to her daughter:
Ruth. child, don't you think you
might succeed better with your home
made candies than you do with the
writing? You know that every one
Who has ever tasted your candies al
ys longed for more and I am sure
on could get any number Of orders
for them"
Ruth smiled at her mothers sugges
tion as to her change Of occupation.
but answered:
No, mother, mean to keen on trv-
Ing; ] have just finished q dear little
love story which / am sure win be the
very thing for Up-to-Date Romance,
and / shall start it at once. have
never sent the editors anything.
AZ last her patience ana perseyer-
ence were. rewarded. After 4 short
time, instead of the usual bulky en-.
velope. came one OF the ordinary bust.
ness size with 'sUp-to-Date Romance"
printed on its corner and enclosing 4
check for her story.
The letter contained also fhe an.
couraging information that IL she
could send them anything equally
good they would be pleased to see it.
After this the regularity with which
Up-to-Date Romance accepted and
printed everything coming from her
pen seemed remarkable. Ruth thor.
oughly enjoyed this new work and de-
voted all her spare time to the pro-
duction Of some very readable stories.
Success had had a good effect both on
the writer and on her writings.
For nearly q year this state Of at
fairs continued. Then, upon entering
her daughters room one afternoon.
Mrs. Harrison found Ruth dissolved in
tears.
Why. Ruthie. what is the matterg''
queried her mother.
Mother, shall never write another
word" answered doleful voice. IT
has been a farce all through. Fred.
eric Mortimer owns large interest In
Upto- Date Romance and he has made
them accept my stories just because
he thought It would please me-I shan
<lever forgive him.
Why, child, how did you d Nthat
Iout? And II 1t ID so. surely II was
kind Of Frederic to want to make vou
happy. Why should. you be angry
with him?"
But Ruth was not be cOmforted
Mrs. Harrison gazed at her daughter
In perplexity. What could one saw "a
/. such an unreasonable young person a
this?
The desire of her heart had long
been that Ruth would wed the SON IL
her dearest friend. Jane Mortimer.
and settle down to a life OF peace and
happiness, And now, because Fred.
eric had tried his best to do what
would give her pleasure, everything
apparently was at skies ana seyens.
For four years Frederic Mortimer
had been trying to win Ruth Harri-
sons promise to become his wife. hut
her reply was ever the same-that
SAC "0AtCN " A6vC 0or own snare IN
the battle Of life. mot become merely
in onlooker.
Frederic Mortimer was an energetic
young man. comfortably supplied with
this worlds goods and continually,
adding to his store. He admired the
untiring vigor that Ruth displayed IN
her desire to be something more than
mere nonentity; but he wished
above all things that this brieht mar.
ticular star Of womanhood might shed
It's light upon his own house.
The incident of the stories was only
half az bad as Ruth considered it. for
unless they had been worth printing
they never would have been published
In Upto-Date Romance, even with
Ffederic's influence.
It took time and patience for him 10
make his peace with the offended
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