Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-10
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Woman and Home
T he Morning Story
PLOTTING WITH PAULA.
by Catherine COopc.

CnllTe SlTcnStn OF w ooOlnah s love.
The evening before John had hung
over Clarco Joyce. and had seemed so
5 proud of the girl who had entertained
,,.,a room full OF guests by her wonder
full singing On another occasion hs
had shown great admiration for Gladys
Craven, the girl whose stories were the
- vogue In every nursery town.
- John admires clover women"
-. Paula's mother had once told her
daughter. He is the kind of man
>W.ho would he proud OF wife who was
not a mere nobody
Like me Paula said with tears in
= her voice.
You arc The lovelicst and sweetest
and dearest girl in the whole OF the
town" fanlas mother murmurod softly
over the bowed head. III John Wood
man isn't proud OF you, he deserve 10
lose YOU. Clarice joyce is a notorious
ilirt. ami Gladys Craven is so concei,c ed
that she would tire any man in a month
talking about herself She drew the
now weeping Paula close To her. "You
can play with any conversational ball
mat is flung down. she added, and
that is more than most women can do
II is an art In Itself. dcaries"
1T doesn't make famous or get
my picture in magazines or anything"
Paula said, and half-smilc dawned
lin her tear-i1llcd eyes
Who wants to be moro famous than
tone who is loved by young and old
added. with laugh. magazine pictures
- arc so unnattcring. That's my own
~ girl, smile away the tears
'But mother. dcaric. have ALWAYS
felt that | could do something, but |
. don't seem to know just what il is"
:. You arc capable OF anything. daurh
ter mine. the mother said with her
ever encouraging smile. Just YOU take
- few hours to yourself and analyzc
own possibilities. Perhaps the
- renee VIII show you the way to hold
John WuodmaI's love"
Paula was very still for a moment
suddenly she looked up and met her
mothers loving glance.
Dearest" she said swiftly. II have
never told YOU. but have the most
wonderful imHEininSs: sometimes
beautiful. sometimes tragic, but al
ways very clear and intensely power
full ] was afraid that should men
ton ii TO YOU you would fear for my
nerves and perhaps worry in silence
over me: but lately ! seem to think
these visions, may call them. are given
to me for come purpose. They would
mako excellent material for stories, but
try as | may. and have tried secretly
to write them down. they are flat. Nat
can be-" Shc turned an animated
sparkling face up to her mother. What
would you think IL advertised for an
author--a Co-a,ithor TO work with mc?'
The mother laughed quickly an az
fcctionate little laugh. She was star
tied by hcr daughters vchcmence, but
knew that tho hurt Of John Woodman'S
Indifference had prompted tho emotion.
1T will bc a splendid source of in
crest 10 YOU she told raula Per
haps there is some plotlcss author tear
ing his poetic locks out for lack OF good
material"
And you will keep my secret. mother
n,inc?' Paula drew her mother into 4
close embrace. She felt relieved that
She shared her rather weird mental
state. The visions had at times quite
exhausted her with their reality.
The result of tho talk with her
mother was that Paula found her
author in tho person OF Robert RS
lance. q young writer who was sadly
in need OF both mental and physicah
stimulus. So vuracous MAS the APP
petite Of tho magazine upon which he
was a member OF the staft that his
iEs brain had been drained Of every plot.
and his body OF practically all its
>.estrcnsth. The stories ne had evolved
and the continued stories he had begun
and must finish II he was TO retain
his position had Slapped his energy
10 the full. Ryiancc was sorry wreck
when he knocked AT the door OF Paula's
mentality.
Mrs Thorac wfe was present at
the first I4leeAiE. of the Coauthors,
felt her mothcriy. heart open its great
doors to the fragments OF a man that
'iiopert 10y Ia5've ~ sen. "'eu nc
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IIc Ma mn, r,cl-onod on insnir,.;on
t,rriup i,snlf in,n mis- mind ana body
wi,h SO violent a manner. and the shock
laf, min, g. ,,5nr y,.l, paul,'s sooth.
in- ,nice unwindiur one or two Of
mo fantastic. sensational visions she
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