The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, May 29, 1909, Page 3, Image 3
By MAUD MACMILLAN.
{'Copyrighted, 1909. by Associated Literary
Press. J
Some young ladles decide to become
Ijterary only after having given the
matter as mueh as half a day'* serious
thought but Miss Nina Harper saved
eleven and a half hours by deciding
. -within thirty minutes after reading a
certain sketch of Ouida's.
As soon as pen and Ink and paper
could be procured she began work on
a story, and before sunset on the same
day it was finished and sent off to the
waiting editor of a magazine.
Like Ouida. Miss Nina didn't start
out to write for money. Her widowed
mother bad been left a fair compe
tence. Like Ouida. she had n sudden
desire to uplift sentiment and improve
the social status of the world around
her. Like Ouida again, she had
thoughts and she wanted the millions
to share those thoughts with her and
profit by them.
This. In a way. was praiseworthy In
a girl of twenty who had half a dozen
admirers and nothing to do but to be
entertaining and handsome and wait
for the right man to touch her heart.
Unfortunately for her. the various pub
lishers didn't share in her object or
enthusiasm. They were out for the
dollar instead of sentiment, or,for the
sentiment that brought in the dollars.
The literary effort was returned with
thanks. j
if that greedy publisher chuckled
over the idea that he h-d nipped a
literary career In the bud by sending
back that manuscript he was very
much mistaken. Some .voting ladies
?would have stopped right there and
turned to cro<-'> >; work, but Miss Nina
didn't belong m that bunch. She shut
her lips tightly and determined not to
be killed off. At the same time she
determined to kill that editor if ever
?opportunity offered.
in this determination she was backed
and encouraged by Fred Waterman,
one of her admirers, to whom she
showed the manuscript and related
how It bad been chucked hack at her
as If It had been copy for a family
almanac. Fred was a Hsper in his
speech, but that only made his voice
more tender as he said:
"Miss Harper, take my word for It
that you have gone beyond Ouida even
in your first attempt: It is glorious!
It Is grand! It Is ennobling! 1 feel
the better man for having heard It
read."
"But they didn't publish It!" pro
tested the girl.
"1 see. but It was too high class,
don't you know. It's beyond the edi
tor. He isn't up to the sentiment of
it."
This declaration mollified Miss Nina,
and she selected another publication
and another editor. Mr. Waterman's
.generous offer to call on and punch
the head of the first editor was de
clined on the ground that the said edi
tor might already have regretted his
haste In returning the manuscript.
The story came back from the sec
ond publication just as a request for
charity would have been returned?
?"not jus't what we are looking for."
It hurt and humiliated, but it did not
quench. Ouida's first delicious little
sketches went begging. Miss Nina
shed one tear, doubled up her fists and
cousulted Mr Horace Elkins.
Mr. Elkins was another admirer,
though he didn't lisp. He hud on
many occasions written the menu
?cards for entertainments and there
fore was udmired as a literary man.
He read the manuscript with the ut
most care, looked at the back of each
page as he Iaiu it down and then an
nounced his solemn verdict:
"My dear Miss Harper, it is grand!
It Is a gem! Indeed, the only fault
possible to be found is that it Is too !
gem my. The modem magazine editor I
is not up to it. It Is as far beyond
him as Shakespeare is beyond the av
erage farmer's hired man For no
other reason was it returned to you.
What! A gem !,';<e this crowded I
among the mawkish love stories In
which the heroines cannot talk ten
Avords without making u grammatical
blunder! Heaven forbid!"
"But if the- won't publish It how
?can 1 get it before the people?" asked
the author, with anxiety In her tones.
"I could call on those editors and
<*all them Igm rn muses and scoundrels.
I could prove to them that they were
suppressing the brightest and most
charming thoughts of the century."
"But that would anger them."
Mr. Elkins picked up the manuscript
and carefully studied the backs of the
pages again and then sighed and j
raised his eyes to heaven. He didn't I
say so in so many words, but his at- j
tituib plainly betokened that he was 1
out of it. j
Two days elapsed, and then the story j
was sent away again. There surely
must be one editor in the country who
could rNe to the sentiment of it. In
due time, which was about a wee'i. it j
came back for the third time. There !
wits a cold blooded type written notice
inclosed to the effect that its rejection
did not signify any lack .>f literary
merit, but there was no consolation in
this. Indeed, if it did not lack literary
merit, why not publish it?
This question was asked of young
S?nger, a third caller and admirer, i
and he promptly replied:
"Because it is Ouida over ngaiu. and
you know the jealousy against Ouida.
All these magazine editors are a trust
They won't permit a new writer to ?'It
ter tin* fie'tel and make a reputation.
Why. Mis [Inrper. 1 once wrote a
story and son I it away and had it come
back on tue I wonty-fonr rimes. Bui
for this jealousy I might have been a
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' Wilkie Collins In time. Have I got the
name rightV Was it Wilkie or Tom
Collins? Have you spoken to Mr.
Granger on the matter of the story?"
"Why. no! And that's funny, be
cause I've heard that he was a literary
man. He hasn't called here for two or
three weeks, however."
"He Is the editor of the very mag
azine that sent it back to you for the
third time."
"Then?then?when he calls again"?
And Miss Nina's eyes flashed, and
she flushed tip. and she didn't have to
finish the sentence to make young
Sauger understand that there would
be something doing.
Mr. Granger bad been an acquaint
ance and a caller for a year or more.
He had made a pleasant impression at
least, and if he had not talked shop
during his calls and brought in his
literary connections It was a tribute
to his sense and modesty.
Nothing more was to be done with
the story until he called, but Miss Nina
made a memorandum and kept it be
fore her. It read:
"Never read another copy of the
Magazine.
"When Mr. Granger calls have It out
with him. If he cannot rise to you in
tellectually^ it will be better if he re
mains away."
In the course of a couple of weeks
Mr. Granger dropped in. He arrived
at an oppcrtune moment?that is. Miss
Nina was reading her written thoughts
over again for the hundredth time and
realizing the loss to the world by their
not being published.
She had uot armed herself with any
deadly weapon. A woman doesn't
have to In such a case. This one en
tered the drawing room with manu
script in hand. She made a frigid bow
and extended a cold hand. It was as
If she were greeting a man who held
a second mortgage on the mansion.
Of course Mr. Granger noticed his
reception, but not being conscious of
any social dereliction he exerted him
self to thaw out the atmosphere. He
had come to believe he was succeeding
when the manuscript was thrust into
his hards and an icy voice commanded:
"Sir. read that, if you please!"
"Certainly! With the greatest pleas
ure. Cm! Cm! This seems to be a
story."
"It Is a story!"
"Some young lady friend of yours
making a first effort?"
The question was treated with con
tempt
?*Cm! Cm! Seems to be a combi
nation of essay and moral lecture.
Written by some young lady to read
at commencement or before a club.
Two or three beautiful thoughts. I
can't have seen It before, and yet it
reads familiar."
"It ought to. sir!"
"But?but I really believe I have
read parts of It somewhere at some
time."
"You have. It was sent to your
magazine for publication."
"Ah. that Is it. and I sent It back,
of course?"
"Yes. you sent'it back."
"You see. Miss Harper. It Isn t a
f-iory, nor a sketch, nor an essay, but
please say to the young lady that she
Is to be complimented on her beauti
ful Ideals. I am sure she must be a
lovely and charming girl. Indeed. I
would very much like to know her."
"But. Mr. Granger, if she is to be
complimented on her ideals why did
you send the story back? Why throt
tle her aspirations and ambitions at
the very start? As a first effort it
may lack In plot or construction, but
couldn't you have remedied that with
a little trouble and felt the pride of
bringing out a new authoress?"
"I?I think." he answered after a
moment, "that I was a bit selfish
about It. and I hope you will forgive
me. I sent it back because I preferred
to bring out a wife rather than an
authoress!"
A day or two later young Waterman,
who had heard that Miss Nina was
going to give Mr. Granger "fits." called
to see if he had got what was coming
to him yet On leaving the house he
shook hands vigorously and effusively
and said:
"No. Isn't It lovely to be In love
and engaged? I came around to pop
the question myself, but it has been
popped, and so 1 will say no more
except that I am sincerely thine."
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"Not at home?" echoed the pastor.
"N-u-o, sir." answered the somewhat
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But the pastor, not knowing why she
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"When will Mrs. Adams return?" he
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"I really don't know." answered the
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"You don't know?" asked the pastor.
"Have you no idea about when?"
"Well, not exactly, doctor." replied
the maid. "She may return by
o'clock. You see. she's at the ceme
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Ia a garden behind one of the prin
cipal dwellings of the antdeut city
of Herculaneuin sat a youth and a
maiden. Beside the girl, its base rest
ing on the marble seat, stood a harp,
the strings of which she now and
again struck plaintively. Above them
to the east towered the cone of the
Vesuvian volcano, to the west reposed
the pale blue waters of the Mediter
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ble the tiled roofs of the temples of
the neighboring tffty of Pompeii.
"HeracIeaV' said the youth gloomily,
"this intention of your father to make
you a priestess in this religion of the
Egyptians will surely bring dowD upon
him the wrath of the true gods. Yet
it may be that you and I shall go free
to wed In a f< reign land."
"Have j'ou consulted tie oracles.
Gavius?"
"No; but Hercules, from whom your
city was named and whose name your
father gave to you. last night appeared
to me iu a dream and told me this."
"Oh. Gavins, be not deceived! There
is no hope. Tomorrow, as surely as
Jove dwells on Olympus, I must go to
Pompeii' to be initiated in the mysteries
Iu the temple of Isis there. My father,
like many others, is infatuated with
the worship of this foreign goddess,
and though I have wept and pleaded
with him he will not forego his in
tent."
"Trouble will surely come from this
slight to the true gods. The senate at
Pome has forbidden it."
"Nevertheless there stands the tem
ple at Pompeii on the slope near the
ampitheater. You may see its roof."
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garding the summit of Vesuvius,
which was emitting fitful puffs of
smoke.
"I have not for several days." be
said, "liked the looks of the mountain.
I fear the earthquake. Do you know,
Heraclea, I have a feeling?perhaps it
has been planted within me by the
immortal gods?that In some way the
volcano is connected with our fate
that rather than see you a priestess of
a false goddess Hercules will emerge
from the crater, descend upon her
temple and destroy it."
"And us. too, perhaps." replied the
girl, giving a frightened look up at the
cone, which at that moment uttered an
ominous growl.
"Enough of these melancholy words,
dear heart. With our approaching eter
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ing above us I am plunged in gloom.
Sing the song I love so well, that old
air brought by your ancestors from the
isles of Greece. It may be the last
time I shall hear it."
The girl commenced to sing in a low,
plaintive tone, accompanying herself
on her harp. The air, though monoto
nous, was sweet, rising and falling at
intervals. The words were a recital
of their grief at their coming separa
tion. The song served to deepen their
gloom. When it ceased Gnvius clasped
Heraclea in his arms, and they wept
silently. Then after an impassioned
farewell they separated.
The next day. as Heraclea. under the
guardianship of her family, was leav
ing for the temple of Isis, Vesuvius
gave a shudder, then sent up that col
umn from the bowels of the earth
which destroyed the cities at Its base.
Gavius, maddened at the prospect of
losing his love, collected a number of
his friends w! > were opposed to the
worship of the Egyptian goddess?
among them priests from the temple of
Jupiter?and. sallying from his house,
on the main street crossing Pompeii
north and south, turned Into the one
leading to the Herculanean gate. There,
supported by his band, he stood ready
for a desperate attempt to rescue Her
aclea on her entrance into the city.
But Heraclea did not come. At the
hour appointed for her initiation both
Herculaneum and Pompeii were being
covered by showers of ashes and earth
rained down from Vesuvius, while the
mountain roared and the earth quaked.
Gavius started to Herculaneum to
die with his love, but in the darkness
lost his way. Fainting, he lay stupe
fied by gases from the volcano, but
was taken up by one of his slaves and
carried to the sea. Later when all was
again serene he went and stood
on the crust above the buried Hercu
laneum. There wandering, he was re
garded by those who were trying to
dig their way down to where they
might recover treasures as having lost
his mind through the terrors attending
the late eruption. When night came
they left him there and found him
there again in the morning. The only
words he was heard to say were:
"O Hercules, direct me!"
On the evening of the second day
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the mountain, the ground on which he
stood, were still. A stream had fiovred
on either side of the site of the town.
Wandering aimlessly toward one of
these streams, out of the silence there
came to him a sound. Gavius listened
and heard the plaintive strains of harp
strings. Thon came a human voice
singing, ne knew the song Heraclea
sang at their parting.
Guided l>y Hie sound, he went down
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he found Heraclea. She had heeu tak
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her to go for succor and had noi re
turned. The hm had been covered by
a stream <*f mini from ihc volcano.
Gavins* dreii m was fulfilled. He took
Heraclea to Greece, where he built a
temple to Herruli s..
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