THE STORY OF A LOVE STORY.

By Henry Irving Dodge.

„ ef^o,“ said Hamilton, "not tin I tall her how I feel, what I' will try to do,

Writer mau."

day you said you had received a story

that was so bad that it was goo, and

that you were half inclined to print

lish. You asked me what i thought of the scheme" the writer man

It is a sample of the stuff you receive daily and are actually expected to publish. You asked me what i thought of the scheme" the writer man

paused.

"Well" interrogatively

"Well, I've embodied my opinion in a

The red faced man with the yellow

mustache and blue eyes put a tanned

story. Here it is" The red-faced man with the yellow

mustache and blue eyes put a tanned hand Into an Inner pocket, drew out a

manuscript and handed it to the elegantly groomed Harvard man at the

desk.

"Read It." he said. Mansfield settled htmrelf comfort-

ably and read

“The Story of a Love Story." Once upon a time there was a brilliant editor of a famous magazine; there was also a writer-man whom the editor liked and whose stories he hated to reject: but the safety of the

magazine demanded It. It happened

one day that the editor was sore per-

plexed about a matter and he called the writer-man in to help him out.

hated to reject; but the safety of the

"Briggs" said he, "I have a story

that Is so bad that it is good. It is a

splendid specimen of the 'rot' that is sent us. I want to use it as a sample of the sort of thing we get-of the drivel we are expected to publish---

tt's a love story"

"Has it no uplifting cynicism to redeem it?" asked briggs satitically.

-“No. It's sheer flubdub, balderdash,

food for fools " Who wrote it? Some foolish old

teacher" repeated Briggs, "Let me see the story. Ah. it has two good traits It’s beautifully typewritten and It smells of roses." After a few minutes he handed the story-back with a weary smile. He pondered a moment, then' his face brightened. , “How do you know she's young?" he asked. The editor unlocked a private

drawer.

"She wrote me a short letter, giving a sketch of her life; and telling me bow she came to write the story, I

wish the letter were longer-I'd pub-

asked Briggs. "You must, of course, give your reason for publishing the story. I shouldn't feel greatly flattered

If you were to use any of my stuff for such a scheme as that. It's brutal"

“I know it is. But there is such

fierce competition between us editors

that we must employ eccentric

methods when we fall of original."

You , must even descend to the breaking of agirl's heart." said Briggs.

is publish her name, and i'll pay her as much as I would Howells or Kip-

rS • Briggs smflcil./ “My dear boy, you might as wellj/y to.console ayaothcr 'ijA for the loan of her cnlld by telling her that no one would know ft was tier’s P that died. It'« not the world the cares £5, . fot»-U's her pet. and she'll mourn o^r , ^' 4k all the more on account of 1U friend-

"Nothing easier, sir," replied the doctor, taking his visitor's measure with a glance. "I'll show you it was. as I said, a mere hallucination. I suspect she will bare forgotten you by this time." Then, leading the way to a remote corner of the room, he drew aside a curtain and said quietly: "Miss Marguerite "Come in, " said the girl in a low musical voice and marked southern

accent.

A mellow "half light" filled the

Apartment.

"I've a visitor." The splendid Harvard man stood at the doctor's side and slightly to the

Tho story ended abrupt!) 'Mansfield turned the page

and yellow mustache. "There Isn't any rest" answered

"Come in," said the girl in a low Musical voice and marked southern

rear. From his eyes there shone a

great compassion.

"This la Mr. Hamilton." A cry of

alarm came from the pillows.

Hamilton approached the bed.

Won't you tell me why my name

she looked at him for what seemed an interminable period, then she said,

an Interminable period, thin she..said,

half to herself:

half to herself:

"How could a man with a face like

that do such a thing?"

At this the doctor would have withdrawn. but Hamilton, with a motion of

the haud, detained him. "Do what?" Hamilton asked.

"I heard you say, doctor," the girl went on, "It was a hallucination; but

here-read this!" She fumbled under

her pillow, drew out a sealed envelope and handed it to Hamilton. "I didn't

intend that should be opened until my

death, but I think you, of all men should see it."

Hamilton broke the seal and read

The doctor watching him saw a look of the keenest pain come to him.

should see It"

The contents of the envelope had fallen from Hamilton's hand. They were simply a letter and a clipping. The doctor picked them up and handed them to the girl, but she gave him back the letter and said quietly. "Read

It"

It ran: , Dear Miss Wentworth: "Your story, ‘His One Love,' has been favorably considered by us. We want you to let us publish it anonymously. or under a nom de plume. It suits our purpose so well that I shall pay you ‘Kiplin prices’ for It Inclosed please find check for $100. I trust you will find this fair compensation.. Yours. Truly. "John Ray Hamilton. Editor." The doctor folded the letter, and as the girl took It she said: "When I received that my dream of happiness was realized. I did not mind their publishing it anonymously. It has my idol. I did not care for fame, but I had labored—oh! so long—over that story. But, like most women, I couldn’t keep it to myself. I had to 'tell all my friends that my story had been accepted by the leading Now York magazine. I showed them all this letter, and I was fairly lionized by the simple village folks. I was pointed out an the young literary woman of the

death, but i think you of all men,

"But it hasn't any ending to it." "It has a very logical ending." ’’But you didn’t give that brute, Hamilton, a chance to do anything for the girl—to make amends.” "there wouldn't be any moral to It If I did."' replied Webb. “And I’m afraid the readers would be dissatisfied with the way it ends,"

continued Mansfield.

. After a pause the writer-man said: "What are you going to do with it?" "Ill give you a hundred dollars for It, but I shan't publish it the way It

ends-or rather, doesn't end." what good is it to you. then?”

The editor put his hand affectionately on the writer-man’s arm:

"My dear boy. you have saved me

from doing a mean thing, a low down mean thing. I couldn't find it in my

heart now to use the Jencks girl's story in the way I intended. Just

think, It might have broken her heart. Thank heavens, man. you have saved

her and me."

ends—or rathi

"What I The edll

dear boy.

from doing a mean thing, a low down

mean thing..I couldn't find it In my heart now to use the Jencks girl's

story in the way I intended. Just

think, It might have broken her heart

Thank heavens, man, you have saved

He pressed a button.

"Ask the cashier to make a check for Mr. Webb for $100," he said to the

boy who appeared In response to the summons. When the check was brought In. Webb folded It carefully and put It in his pocket. "Come to lunch with me.’’ he said. The brilliant editor rose and put on his hat. At that moment the boy appeared with a card. The editor read It: . ’ "Serena Jencks, Galveston." He handed the cord to the writerman. then turned to the boy. "Show the lady in. Stay where you are, Webb." Then he added: "A good chance to see the girl." . Webb chuckled. A tail slender girl appeared. She

had large brown eyes and red lips.

Her hands were not small, but were well gloved, and she dressed in good style—not New York style. She held out her hand freely to the editor, and he shook it heartily and then presented Webb. “I am Just off the steamer," exclaimed Miss Jencks In an effusive way.

i call

I large' brown eyes and i

claimed Mb

"and the first thing I did was to

to learn the fate of my story.”

There was a freshness and Innocence about the young woman that amused the editor. After a few minutes’ gen-

eral conversation, the said:

“Now tell me all about my stop-

are yon going to print It?"

The editor blushed, reflected a mln-

It is an amusing story, but, to be

up to our standshe interrupted.

t is hardly

great novelist. Well.' finally the maga-

zine came."

Hamilton groaned.

"Everybody to the village had order<d one, and. Bill Morrison, the etage driver, handed them around; but he didn’t make any comment. He seemoo to a harry Jo get away as soon as he gave me wine, and when I called after him and asked If he had read my story and weren’t going to congratulate,

ale, then said:

candid, it is hardly up to our standard."

"In other words." she interrupted, "It Isn't good enongh."

"Well, If you like to put It that way

-yes." ,

Miss Jencks leaned both of 'her' dainty elbows on the table, and looked the editor straight in the eyes for a

moment.

on It, he seemed not to hear me, but turned so quickly away that I was

alarmed. He had read my story,

alarmed, He had read my story, though, and this to what he head at the top of it!" Hamilton raised his head in a deprecating manner. The doctor took the slip. It read

ed quick and significant glances. Here

was an opportunity the Harvard man bad not looked for. "I don’t know. Perhaps If I were to put our friend. Webb here, to revise it, he might make it bad enough."

-She laughed.

"Well then what will you pay me if

pie?" "One hundred dollars." "It’s yours." "But even though we publish the

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