The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-09-11


had one room left and 1t was. So
per week. Herbert thought that
very high, but he decided to take
the room. Now, Herbert did not
know Jane or that she lived in the
same house. ,
The next morning Herbert went
to the newspaper office, and asked
to see the manager. But he was
busy and would see no one. Her.
bert went home very much down
hearted. He sat down to his type
writer and tried to think of some
kind of a story to write. But he
could not think of any. The next
day the manager would not see any
one. But the third day Herbert
succeeded in seeing him. The man
ager hired Herbert for $35 per
week. And told him to get busy and
write a story. For 1t was now We'd
nesday and there must be story
for the Sunday paper.
Herbert sat down to the type
writer but could not think of any
thing to write. All that day Herbert
had bad luck, and the next day, too.
Thursday evening, Herbert got
acquainted with Jane Clark, and he
found out that Jane roomed where
he did.
Herbert told Jane his troubles
and said that he didn't know what
to do. Jane told him that on that
afternoon neither of them would
have to work. So Jane asked
Herbert if he couldn't go boat rid
ing with her and perhaps she could
help him.
That afternoon, Herbert and Jane
went out boat riding. Herbert told
Jane how hard he had tried to
think of something. He then asked
Jane if she knew of anything
which would be good for a story.
Jane said she could think of only
one, and that was that once a
princess ran off from her beautiful
castle to come over and live in
America. She left her people and
everything she had in her country.
This much f.the story gave Her
bert an idea and he went home and
started with the story. BY Satur.
! day noon the story was finished.
! And it was printed in the Sunday
paper. Herbert was very happy
over his story.
At home his mother read the
story, and his father was tickled to
think that Herbert would be a
newspaper man after all. And
most of the neighbors. too. were
glad to think Herbert had made
success at last.
The following week on Thursday
Jane was crying in her room, and
Herbert went in and asked her
what the trouble was.
Jane told him what little she had
told him to help him in his story
was a part of her own life. and that
now the Roumanian minister had
come to take her back to ROumania
for her people were needing her
very much. Jane said she didn't
want to go back, and she wanted
Herbert to help her if possible.
Herbert said he would do all he
could to help her.
The next week Jane and the Rou-
manian minister were on the boat,
which was to leave in ten minutes.
Jane was afraid that she would
have to 60 home. but just then Her
bert ran on the deck with tele-
gram saying that Jane would not
have to come back just yet if she
didn't want to. for the people would
try to get along without her for
one month. This pleased Jane and
she left the boat at once. Jane said
she was tired of her country, was
the reason she left her country.
That evening Jane told Herbert
all her troubles. Then Herbert told
Jane his troubles at home, too.
So Jane was the lost princess. In
two weeks after Jane told Herbert
her troubles, they were married at
the st. Johns church in New York.
They lived in comfortable cot
tage on Twenty-first street. Then
they went to Roumania to live.
Herbert's father and mother were
very happy to think that he had
married a princess and had made
man of himself-Ruth Brugger,
Garfield School. Honorable Men
tion in the Story-Writing Contest