The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-05-09
ASERIOUS
BLUNDER
! By F. A. MICHEL
! copyright BY American Press AAsso-
citation, 1911.

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citation. 1911. II
! Edgar Ainsworth- was editor Of the
Literary Review. One day he criticised
. novel published under the name Of
Rosamond Stanford a follows:
/" Her Mistake by Rosamond Stan
ford Zones Bros.). is a. mistake all
through. In the first place. it was a
mistake for Miss Stanford to try to
write novel at all. Her hero. Milton
Truesdafe, is-a prig. Her heroine, Alice
Van Zant, would do very.-w well for the
leading lady Of a child's play. The
scenes ARE like: a London fog. the char
acters as stiff as the 6gurehead Of q
saiiing ship of the nineteenth century,"
II was Saturday night when Aims
worth consigned the poor authoress'
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 Gil up the column
unprovided for. Then he went home.
put hot water bag on his stomach.
another ON his cheek and after a few
hours more suffering went to sleep.
= He awoke ut 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing refreshed. After bath and a
breakfast he lounged. and If he saw q
newspaper lying about he took 1t up
and put 1t 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 fancee. Marion Echoe-
lleld.
Miss Sehoefield, 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 ut the parlor window.
Mr.. Ainsworth was disappointed ut
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:
.Nhere Is -MollyT
\ No answer.
"Great heavens! ID she mr.
No answer.
"Do tell mev'
"Molly is well enough. She'll be
down presently"
Ainsworth walked the parlor 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- he exclaimed
What has happenedr'
"a good deal has happened" was
the reply.
TELL me. I'm dying with suspense -
= ''Ferhaps you will not think It q
matter. OF Importance. The truth has
simply been spoken"
1.-THE TRUTH
YES. 1t is no fault Of yours" &c.
"Whose fault is itY
mo ones. ! have simply, made q
mistake"
what mistaken
In trying to write a novel,"
"You write novel;"
"Yes. have been engaged for more
than year on one"
"WellY'
II have been advised by one near
and dear to methat's the worst of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I made a mis-
take in trying to write"
who told you that nonsensew
Besides. I've discovered that the
man l took for a model for my hero
is a prig."
"Who did you taker'
Zone love-"
"Good gracious! You didn't take me?
Eyes, did," with a sob.
"Well. well. sweetheart. who told
you all this? Have you been getting
some Anticipated FOOLS opinion on you,
manuscript"
1.-THE novel has been published"
by whom?"
"Jones Bros"
Mr.. Ainsworth began to see through
4 milestone.
HAS it been eriticisedr'
yes. "A CRITICISM appeared thll
morning."
I'm whit paper7"
1.-The Literary Digest"
Ainsworth saw that without q coul
all was lost. II wrote all the criticism
in today's issue. wrote none on ,
book by you"
my own name wasn't ON, the It'll
page. It was Rosamond Stanford"
what was the name Of the story 2
Her Mistake"
"'Her Mistaken My gracious, Molly
how could you have. tried 70 write
story Of British society without eve
having visited EnglandT
II didn't"
And that scene between the. duk
and Lady Tatterton-it is ridiculous"
There Is no such scene in my novel.
II shall stand bv nv guns. YOur her