The herald., 1916-05-04
A BEST
SELLER
3, MARY c. ATWOOD

'"i''s' ''''~' u" 49, my
ana ten NE I'd" story.
1T was this way: ,omStock tried
scriubliug at home. but made uo sue
cess. Whether he wrote over the
rn.,d. of tho r..rla ar uu.l.r rh,m
J,,., l,,.v mi. stories dilr't sell
Trr C.u.,tn..E had ra,,f.t and all he
wanted WAS ,uu.rrlii-, 70 start him
One ~ Inf. friend. ,nrI him :, -,
abroad Al ,u,rri.,rs who su,..r.d
f., ri,.rqrl,,r mil, tb..r uyfno abroad
his frir,.I said and If C.r..t..r, wa.
,-pir,, ia Su,,.,J l,.d Loyp In rp tpn
Thrr,'s - literary ,,,pa,IHnrp thor,
,L,. l,osn't ,vist l,rr Resides tLa
crowned roads take an interest IN
literary wort, and , kim, may mako
an author if he ,.nooSrs
"Cnnsro,k MAS r.rsuadrJ ana went
abroad tie rf,..ad nm . LIVING, fox
awhile il, I ,r,,i,p v.rf,i,,., for IN. Enc.
fish maoayirn r,r,.rs rU,u wont an Ia
tho continent n. finally Irrrtrd IN
C,r,tor,ir,,,lo vr,,. no ,f,.od II 50
u.rl ,b,t ra ,t,v.J ,b.ro - Io,o ,vbiro
o,,d ,,.or,oJ fla, i..,,,,o,o rorra.tIv
IAN This vhiIa far,o refused IN march
nm his hammer but pnvrrty did when
no was prettv ucar starved i'm Com.
stautiuoulr me cot q iob 10 write a
serial novel for Il daily newspaper
there. He was to fill two columns a
day, no more and no less. The price
he was paid for his work was lust
enough TO keep him alive.
1T happened that he struck a vein
that was natural TO him, and a good
one too. He became absorbed in his
work and was glad TO be absorbed. be
cause it made him forget his troubles
But having only enough writing TO do
each day to occupy three or four hours,
he spent the rest OF his time planning
ahead. lie wCIld lay out impossible
situations just to keep himself busy
solving them. AS FOR his general plan.
that was so intricate that no one
would ever suppose II possible TO eX
trlcate his hero from the enlargement
INTO Whlch an adverse late had cast
MIN.
Ohe Jay wine lie was at "orA Oh
MS SUIT! ne WAS dsIohIsHeu 10 see Two
pohcehieh enter MS zen. "lthout
Moru VI eApidHatloh ne was o'uereu u
loIlo" thelh anu prlhS Win MIN his
HdhusCIlpI. II ocCuTreu 10 HIN IHd'
something ue hau Written III MS mover
aOoul tne government hIsul nave
caused MS arrest out thS couIu not
De- LOT on MS arrival he was not OH!
permitted 10 keep What he had writ
teI' out was commanded 10 hhlsh MS
WORK. 4nat he might De wen situated
10 10 So he was gwen PHEASANT quar-
lerS ana plenty 10 eat ana drink. Al
nrst lie was SO frightened that he could
not WRITE Whereupon member or the
government sent him word That he
WIS III no DANGER Ihls gave MIN
courage ana he pursued hls TASK.
II lie was ANXIOUS 10 XIII tihe De
lore MS arrest he was no" LOUDLY so
lie invented new compilcauohs ana
uhraNeIeu luem. Inc situation grew
more involved the nearer he approach
ed the ehd' just as stone reVolVed
about n suck moves more rapidly as
the strlnS Is shortened. lie devoted
every minute OF MS time ana ever!
, hDer or his braln 10 his work and al
the END OF a Few weeks after his I'M
/ prlsMlmeht wrote the concluding chap
Ter.
Nheh MS story was nnlShed ne
dreaded the long hours OF cOnhnement
during Whlch he would be free To
proou upon MS situation. lie mad not
received the shGhtest information as
10 HIS oHehse. but he had not long 10
lreL AS soon as MS work was nm
lsheu MS prison doors were thrown
open ana he was permitted to go out
Tree man, besides being gwen large
Dag OF Soid.
AS soon as Ne was released ne made
inquiries OF oIlcmls hlSh In the serv
ice OF the government as TO why he
hau Deen arrested ana thrown into
PRISON ana whence came the money.
Anu WHAT 90 you suppose was the
reason given! lie sultan had one day
plcheu up copy oi the newspaper III
WHICH MS STORY was running and be
Caine interested Ill IT. 100 impatient
- "ai' ior II u come out from gay 10
uaS III SniaIi QUANTITIES., ne had taken