The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-01
Two Kinds Of

BY F. A. Mitchell

his mimic stage working his puppets.
when Il card was sent up to him bear.
ing the name John Remington.
Now. John Remington was the name
he author had used in his last novel.
He knew no real person OF that name.
for he had found the name In Il tele
phone directory. Why had this person
called to see him: He was curious to
learn. He directed thnt he be shown
into his study.
The imaginary JOnn Remington. hero
OF An Uncut Diamond" was a bluff
but honest cOuntryman who had mar
ried the daughter of Il farmer They
had quarrricd soon after the wedding.
and the wife had left her husband t.
go to the city to make her " living
When the real John Remington en-
tered he appeared to the novelist to be-
Of that class from which the character
had been taken.
I'm not goin' to take up our time.
sir" said the man. cor beat about the
bush. It's nc concern OF mine how
you got hold OF my story or what In
hACuN VI you ~ '" tht you
gave Of it in your novel You made
me out Il brute. and | suppose | am
one. It's my misfortune to have
been made that way. What | van
to know Is where | can find my wife"
The novelist gathered that to a co
incidence In name and another in hav
ing hit on an actual story Tor some,
thlnU liEn ifl Prr thn c,,hin,t ,,,Ntnr NJ
bis novel his man's call was due.
you say that ! have pictured you
as a brute. Wherein. may | ask, have
| made you brutal?"
well. first off, | should have give In
as soon as got married. There's no
use of a husband tryin' to have his
way with his wife. It's not in reason"
why sO?"
"'Cause there's no reason In q wO-
man. She amt made that way"
How is she made?"
why, jest rs YOU made Peggy. Only
since you didn't get the whole story
there's lots o things you left out"
Name soIne of them"
well. Peg never could learn that II
a little thing annoyed me she'd better
let 1t alone. She'd keep on dom it jest
the same as If | hadn't shown her Il
dozen times that it annoyed me. Then
she'd give up to me in a heap O. small
things that | didn't set store by, then
come down on me for one big thing
that was mighty important. When |
baked she would throw up at me ali
the sacrifices she had made for me.
mentionin' things | hadn't wanted"
why. then. do you consider your
self brutal in having objected to this
course?"
why, because Peg was made that
way. All women are"
And weren't you made your wayT"
You mean a brute! OF course 1
was. What does u brute need but q
tamer7 What does a ship need but q
rudder! Don't you suppose that II a
ship had life In 1t 1t would object to
bein' turned this way and that way by
that contemplate little thing at It's
stern? But where would the ship go
without the rudder? On the rocks, Of
course. That's where I've gone"
How have you gone on the rOcksT"
why, I've got 80 COMPOUNDED much
Of my way that | don't know what to
do with It."
And you wish to find your wife to
ask her to come back and ~tyrannize
over you some mOreY"
That's my job"
And you propose to knuckle down
and give her her W way in every.
thing?'
You bet"
The novelist paused In his questions
and was very thoughtful. He had
written a novel Of 100000 words to
show what n fine fellow hts imaginary
rough diamond was. and the real
rough diamond had knocked the statue
be had built up OF its pedestal in .
few minutes.
Reckon you amt got a wifer' con-
tinued Mr.. Remington.
mo; l haven't"
II reckon you hadn't"
why so?"
WAL. Peg did 4 lot O. things in
your book that she never did to home.
and didn't do a lot O. things that she
dM do to home. and with a venge-
ance."
"Nr. Remington" said the author
after another pause, II owe you an
, apology for ha wing told your story
wrong"
Just So"
And l " myself an apology for
having spent a year and q half telling
it and the public an apology for hav-
ing taken up ito time reading a lot Of
rot. don't know where your wife IL,
but II you'll give me what clew you
have. II any, I'll help you nnd her,"
That's fair enough. always kke
to see a man wi up when he's In the
wrong"
Mr.. Remington had a clew which he
gave to the novelist. who eventually
found the rough diamonds wife. There