The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-08
Two Kinds of
RoughDianond
b. r. A. mitchell

The author rat in his study dancing
the characters Of his Imagination. a. q
Punch and Judy Snowman sits under
his mimic stage working hin puppets.
when q card was sent up to him bear.
ing the name John Remington.
Now. John Remington wac the name
the author had used In his last novel
He knew no real person Of that name.
for he had found the name In Q tele-
phone directory. Why had this person
called to zee himf He was curious to
learn. He directed that he be shown
Into his study.
The imaginary John Remington. hero
Of An Uncut Diamond" was q blur
but honest countryman who had mar
ried the daughter Of q farmer. They
had quarreled soon after the wedding.
and the wife had left her husband to
go to the city to make her own 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 your time.
SIR" said the man. 'or beat about the
bush It's no concern Of mine how
you got hold Of my story or what In
nuenced you as to the version you
gave Of 1t In your novel, You made
me out a brute. and suppose I am
one. It's my misfortune to have
been made that way. What want
to know is where can End my wife"
The novelist gathered that to a co
Incidence In name and another in hav
ing hit on an actual story Tor some
thing like it, for the subject matter of
his novel this mans Gull was due.
you say that | have pictured you
as brute. Wherein. may l ask. have
| made you brutal?"
"Well, first of, | 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"
"H0w Is she nader
"Why. Jest as you made Peggy Only
since you didn't get the whole story
there's lots O. things you left out"
Name some Of them"
"Well. Peg never could learn that Il
q little thing annoyed me she'd betteI
let It alone. She'd keep on doin' It jest
the same as II | hadn't shown her a
dozen times that It annoyed me. Their
she'd give up to me in heap o small
things that l didn't set store by, theI
come down on me for one big thing
that was mighty important When
baked she would throw up at me al
the sacrifices she had made for me
mentionin' things hadn't wanted"
| "Why, then, do you consider your
self brutal In having objected to THU
cOurse?'
"Why. because Peg was made tina
way All women are"
And weren't you made your wayw
"You mean a brute? OF course
was. What does u brute need but ,
tamerf What does ship need but ,
rudder3 Don't you suppose that II I
ship had life In 1t 1t would object {,
bein' turned this way and that way b!
that contemplate little thing at it
stern? But where would the ship &,
without the rudder? On the rocks, O
course. That's where I've gone"
How have you gone on the rOcksf"
W. 70, A<Hxa
Of my way that don't know what Il
do with It."
| And you wish to ind your wife I,
ask her to come back and tyrannis,
over you some mOre?
/ "That's my job"
: And you propose to knuckle dow
and give her her own way In every
thingT'
"You bet"
The novelist paused in his questions
and was very thoughtful He hat
written a novel Of 100000 words {,
show what IL fine fellow his imaginar.
rough diamond was. and the rea
rough diamond had knocked the statu,
he had built up of its pedestal In ,
few minutes.
Reckon you amt got wife" con
unued Mr. Remington.
mo; haven't"
Il reckon you hadn't"
"Why so?"
"Waal. Peg did q lot O. things II
your book that she never did to home
and didn't do lot o, things that sh'
did do to home. and with a venge
ance."
"Mr. Remington" said the autho
after another pause. II owe you al
! apology for having told your story
wrong"
! Just So"
! And | owe myself an apology FOL
having spent a year and half telling
/ 1t and the public an apology for hav
Ing taken up its time reading a lot Of
! rot l don't know where your wife is
but if you'll give me what clew yor
have. II any. I'll help you fnd her."
That's fair enough. I always like
to see a man own up when he's In the
wrong"
Mr.. Remington had a elew which he
gave to the novelist, who eventually
found the rough diamonds wife There
| was another dialogue in the formers