\ m Fleming was a subdued. quiet
”woman. with something like ten
m the amount of brains her husband
with love. admiration and respect.
Knowing Jim Fleming well. it always
jtlae'med tome that his wife‘s adoration
he himwas entirely misplaced. This
may be professional jealousy. for I have
”admit that I never could read with
patience anything Fleming ever wrote.
His work seemed to me, not to put it
rho plainly. gal! of the'slushiest sort.
and there is too much of that kind of
writing in the world nowr—Jim Flem-
ing is a big. grufl’. somewhat good no-
» tilted person with a thorough belief in
his own abilities. which. as ,1 have in-
timated. most of us do not think justifi-
able by facts. He is the editor of Pot-
Bhots. a London weekly that used to'
have a large circulation which is now
generally understood to have fallen ofl
“account of the tremendous competi~
that there is in the journalistic business.
It is a paper that otters £2,000 insurance
may to the heirs of a man 'who is
killed by falling out of a balloon, if at'
the time of the disaster he happens to
, haven copy of Pot-Shots in his pocket.
Now it happened that little Mrs. Min-
nie Fleming had literary ideas that were
promptly crushed by her big husband.
She possessed. as I have said. an amaz<
lug reswct for his literary judgment,
and with fear and trembling she had on
several occasions submitted little stories
to him, hoping that they might merit a l
,. place between the covers of Pot~Shots,
but Jim ridiculed the stupidity of these
yarns so severely that Mrs. Fleming.
after having a quiet little cry all by her— ‘
. self, showed him no more of these ef-
forts at fiction.
Nevertheless. she thought her stories.
if not good enough for Pot-Shots, might ‘
hepalmed off on other less well edited
journals. so she took to sending her
stories round to one after another of the
London publications. getting them back
one general rule, but having one taken
nowand then; just enough success to
keep, up her courage. You may be sure
that she look good care not ,to let her
husband know anything of those excur-
sions into the fields of literature. but
she hoped to be able to earn something
with her peh, with the humble desire of
helping Jim out. if ever he wanted a lit-
tle additional money.
" She had read pretty little stories
about wives who had saved a penny to-
day and threepence to—morrow. storing
the coins away so that when they were
poured out. on the coming of a family
.crisis, they amounted to a wonderful
fund that tided over all the diliiculties.
She soon found that her chief customer
was the editor of the Family Bouncer. a
.weekly paper that went in strongly for
fiction of all kinds. Her little stories
seemed to suit the kind of readers who
took that celebrated journal. and al-
though the pay was small at first. the
“crisis fund." as she called it. was con-
stantly augmented.
At last she received a very nice letter ‘
from the editor of the Family Bouncer.
He said he had been watching her little
stories with interest for some time, post.
and he felt certain she could write a
serial if she set her mind to it. With-
out making any definite prollliscs. he'
wrote that he hoped she Would try and
that she would let him sec the result.
' This letter tilled the timorous little
heart of Minnie with joy. and she set
herself to work to writo the long
. Not to make too long a story of this
mod. _
lwauted the story he should have to
make up his mind at once. so that the
others might not he kept waiting. Then
it was that Jim Fleming went home.
worried about the nutter, and he was
nevera man who concealed his irrita-
tion when he entered hisown house.
Poor Minnie Fleming was very much
i troubled to see her husband in the state
of exasperation that now encompassed
him. She asked him timidly to confide
his woes to her, and perhaps she might
be able to help him out—a suggestion
. which Jim received with lofty scorn.
i “Is it a money trouble. Jim?" she
asked.
“All troubles are money troubles."
replied her husband. "There is no
other trouble in this world except lack
of money."
“Have you a payment to make?” she
l.
‘ “Yes."
“How much?”
“Now. what the deuce good would it
do you to know? Have you a banking
account?"
l "I have a small one," said his wife,
trembling as she spoke. for she felt
that her smret was in jeopardy.
Jim looked up at her quickly.
I “A small one?" he said. “Can you
tellme plainly how much money you
have. if you have any?”
I “You don't tell me plainly." she an-
swered with more spirit than she had
yet shown. “how much it is that you
, need."
' "Very well." replied Jim grullly.
need £500. Have you got it?"
“No. Ihave not. How soon do you
want it?"
“I want it. now. That is. Iwant it
tomorrow r the next day at the
latest.”
“Then.” said his wife with dignity. “I
| will see if I can getit for you tomorrow
’ or the next day."
' After Fleming had left for London on
the following morning his wife put on
her best apparel and was in the city
soon after her husband. She never
called upon her agent before. All her
negotiations had been carried on by let-
ter. She walked three times past the
office before she had the courogo to go
up the stairs. The demand she was
about to make was so enormous. and
she felt there was such a littlc chance
of success. that had it not boon for the
sake of her husband she Would not have
ventured.
Q When the clerk showed her into the
great man‘s room her courage nearly
left her. but when the great man dis-
covered that she was the rising young
author. Hilda Markham. he was all
genialty and smiles.
“I have brought you here." she said.
her hands trembling as she undid the
string. for she seemed to have a vague
idea that if she showed him the writing
she might have less difficulty to get
along with him. "I have brought with
me the complete manuscript of the latest
novel I have written. l think it is bet-
ter than tho last."
I “It is sum to be good." said the agent
~~l
encouragiugly.
“Butv—butw—J‘ stammcrcd Mrs.
Fleming. “I wanted to know if you
could advance inc £300?"
The agent looked grave.
“Do you mean that we are to ask that
much for tho novel?"
"Oh. no. no," said Mrs. Flcmiug cag-
erly. “Bu: [promise to wrilc you an-
other ouc as soon as pnssilllc, 1 need
the money for a particular purpose. and
I must have it to-dny if it is to do any
' good."
:‘Wcll." said the agent. "wc some
times advance money to authors. and if
r; .1. _ “j .
solariumhsidm
m story. it may be said that it pimped I could be. sure of having all your work
the editor. was printed in ingmumcmfl ‘ for the future. I think I might stretch
and more than pleased the l'mulprg of a point in this case and let you lmvelho
the Family Bouncer. WWW-II
Mrs. Fleming wrote under the mune M” mm’l‘m WV" ““ilih “f Mid-0m1
offiilda "Markham." and u... rcsult of the great man. calling u clcrk. wrotoJ
the appparanca of her first long ”tury out it ('lll'l'li for £500 and pro-it'lltctl it to
was that (lreig & (‘o.. lllc lit..er her. After she had signed the rcccipt.
manta. wrote tuber and offered to place ‘ givon him the lnlmuscrlpl and put her
any stories she cared to wrilc at as all- i mime to a. contract. Mrs. Homing hur-
V'Intllgeous prlccsns the llmrkct Would ried h‘""" '0 1’1""p thl' “""H‘l' l" “10
aflord for a. commission of Hlpcr cent. bank. but that was one of the days
None}! she ”.3”an mm H... results I when tllc bank closed at 2 o‘clock. and
'm extremely gnmfygng to hcr.what— she arl'ircd there Just live lninutcs too
averthey may hare been to the 3.1m,” late. She wus dismayed at this. for
whom to pay the increased prices. 3 there was no place in lbrir surburb
And this brings us to the point where . where ‘1‘" (”“0015 "”“M "" "“"imle and
this story really begins. One editor she dared not gch the chuck in her bus.
generally knows pretty Well which ol,|m1~ c" ”i" wlwlc WM would be
his contemwrarles. esteemed or other— , 0‘"-
m, has the largest circulation. and’ Meanwhilc the agcnt as soon as she
which has not. and .lim Fleming saw left the room. called his clerk to him
with dismay that the circulation of his and will? ‘
‘7 on paper was falling rapidly. and itl “Writeto James Flelllllllz. of Pot-
”evident that his penny public wag Shots. that we regret that we are not
drifting mg: to the Family Bouncerrl able to sell him Hilda Markhanl‘s story
hhmtlgsting the reasons for this h. 'for £500. The author. toll him. has
kly came upon the bald (fact that ' called upon us and refused to sell for
increase in his rival was largely due ' less than WK). although. 0' mnrnv. you
”maturing of the new writer. Hilda I may inform him that if he had taken
Iarkham. Soho resolved togctastm-y . our offer when first made. we Would
from that lady at all harardn. and thus hlm‘ 1W1 *0 pocket "'0 loss.”
five his own circulation. which was! As soon as the letter was signeda
coming down like a man falling from a ' messenger was sent with it to Fleming.
balloon. eager to bestow the insurance The receipt of it nearly drovo that good
money on his surviving relatives.
It was one of Jim's theories that
' women have no head for business. and
hat of all Women in the world his wife
3 Ed the least capacity in that direction.
a. Hounds up hismlnd that he «said go
as far at £150 foraetory by Hilda Mark-
Mandhe wrotealettertoher amt
ring mantle“ for a serial.
, it banished. two other editors wrote
use. a similar clues: that some day.
the agents were in the delightful
~ of suddenly find
Cereals-l
man wild. He had the announcement
of the story in type and wanted to pub-
lish it in the next number.
He had such little faith in his wife be-
ing able to get the money that he actual‘
ly forgot that she had prmniml to do so
and he went horns that night in even
worse temper than the night before.
Ills wife said apologetieally when he
came in:
“I have got that £500. but would it
make any difference to you il i did not
give you the check for it until tower.
r
"slim-are you telling about? he
have
h. was. . "it you the
m tm-rmlww
“I would rather not do that.” said his
wife. "I will give you the check if you
will ask no questions." ‘ ‘
“Good heavens!" cried Jim. "Iwill
ask no questions if you really have the
money. Let me see the check." , ‘
He looked at it for a moment in
amazement: and then at his wife. For—
getting his promise. he said:
“How in Heaven’sname do you come
to have a check from Greig 8: 00.? It
is Graig 8: Co. that I have to pay £500;
or rather if I had the money yesterday
or today it would have been £500. Now
they have raised me another hundred.
They say that Hilda Markham came in
to-day and refused to
less than £600."
”Hilda Markham!" cried his wife
faintly.
“Yes, Hilda Markham. I am com-
pelled to buy one of her stories or see our
circulation go to pieces.”
Fleming‘s wife sat down in an easy
chair and there was a twinkle about her
eyes that suggested laughter. which
caused Jim tofrown deeply.
“Jim. dear." said Minnie. “I know
you are ever so much more clever than
I am. but I really think you don't confide
enough in your wife. It would have
saved you a good deal of trouble if you
had told me just what you wanted. I
am Hilda Markham. and goodness knows
you might have had all the stories I
have ever written if you had wanted
them: but now I have signed a contract
with Greig for all future novels, and
thus. you see. for want of a little con-
fidence between us We shall be forever
paying Grieg 10 per cent. merely that
he may hand my stories to you. Jim. I
don't believe you are nearly as wise a
man as I always thought you were."—
Luke Sharp in Detroit Free Press.
HOW TO iii‘émv LEAF caress."
If Societles Are Formed They Can Spray
Tree- at Small Cost.
Lewis Collins. Secretary of the Tree
Planting and Fountain Society of
Brooklyn. says in regard to destroying
"leaf caters" and caterpillars:
"The subject of spraying trees to pro
tect the foliage from the larvae of in-
sects that devour it during the summer
months is worthy of carcful attention.
There are certain mixtures which
sprayed upon the leaves at the right
time will destroy all Worms that feed
upon them. This can be dollc easily by
one familiar with tho possess and isnot
expensive when a ncighlmrhood unites
and procurcs the apparatus and materials
and hires the services of a collxpeteut
man. Information relating to apparat us,
mixtures and methods of applying can
be obtained gratuitously by applying to
the Department of Agriculture. Wash-
ington. D. (.‘.: to the Cornell University
Experiment Station. Ithaca. N. Y.'. to
the New Jersey Agricultural College
Experiment Station. Rutgers College,
New Brunswick. N. J.; from the adver-
tisements in any leading horticultural or
agricultural publications. or from any
leading Scedsnlan.
“The practice of spraying has become
so well established and is so useful that
it is difilcult to believe that intelligent
people ar‘c not acquainted with the pro-
cess and its value. With a judicious
use of insecticides. our foliage may be
preseryml from leaf caters of all kinds."
Governor Upham’a Story of Llnooln.
President (‘lcveland had a brcczy and
interesting caller at the White House
the other day in the pcrsoll of (iovcmor
Uplnnn. of Wisconsin. “Just thirty-
thrcc years ago. Mr. President." said he.
“I stood in this very room talking to
the man who was then President of the
United Suites. It was Mr. Lincoln.
Senator Doolittle from my State brought
me up here and introduced Inc. and told
Mr. Lincoln I had just come from the
rebel prison hospital in Riclllllond. where
I had been for three months will: a gun-
shot wound in my left shouldct'. To my
great amazement. President. Lincoln
asked me to take off my coat Inas-
much as l was a soldier and ho the (‘om-
mander-in-(Bllicf of the army and navy.
I promptly but woudcringly obeyed
orders. "Yoko oil your shirt. please.‘
said Mr. Lincoln. and I pulled off my
shirt. ’l want to Hon your Wound.’ ex‘
plained the President. and lu- stood me
up by that window and lookedcloscly at
the spot whore the bulb-t had entered
my shoulder. lie was as sylnpathctlc
as any Woman could bc. and said all
manner of nice things to inc. I suppose
loin the only living man who was ever
asked by a President of the llnilcd States
to tallooll‘ his cmttmlll shirt in ll.o White
liollse.”~~ ( 'hicugo ’I’imcwllcrold.
Divorce In normal».
DiVorccin Burmah is Irma. It can be
claimed by either purl y for any good
reason. such as incompatibility of tem-
per. and carries no slur with it. No
lawsuit is required. They go to the
village elders. in a town to the elders of
the quarter. and a divorce input is
drawn up that defines all arrangements
as to property and children.
The law as to property is this. Each
retains his or her own pmperty. and all
pmperty acquired jointly during mar-
ried life. as by trading. is divided
equally. But the claimant of the di-
vorce must leave the house owl all the
household goods to the other. If it be
the woman. she may remove her loom;
it it be the man. he may lakc nothing.
Thus there is a certain penalty on claims
lug adlvmce. but it is not a large (me.
~Blaclmoml's Magazine. '
Dy Contrast.
“I didn't think your sermon this
morning was upto your usual standard.
Alfred." said his wife.” the two were
on their way home from church.
“1 know it wasn't. Caroline," replied
the Rev. Dr. W. "it want“ h
Writs. leap-streamers .. '
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been”... _. 7
spll her story for.
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The completeness of our mortmenta can
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GROWING Ill INTEREST!
The increasing interest taken in the
cuumc sunn-
is phenomenal indeed. A few “the , '
ago the school was II I. introduced in
this city, and from time to the
present there has been a constant
in public favor of this wonderful
hold necessity.
lllt lillllltlll Clllltll
Many ladies who scarcely took an no-
tics of the school at first are today urea!
tigating it. realizing that the ability to
correctly superintend the cutting and
making of garments for family use ll,
both a pleasure and a valuable saving.
Probably no line of household work III.
been so shamefully neglected as the art of
cutting. and strange as may seem,itia
nevertheless true that nine-tenths of the
cum: llulics of today have no correct
uowledge of the scienceof cuttinginl
correct manner, the garments that adorn
their form.
A lady‘s crown of glory is a nice and
comfortable garment. cut {in such a man-
ner thot will give her a grand and stylish
appearance.
.Seli intcrest and future prosperity. in-
dividually and collectively. strong, in-
vite on to attend the Cuttln Schoo.
Al are invited to call am investlgltd
our work.
School Tue-(lav. Thursday and Satur-
day, 2t05aud7t09p. In.
The National Garment caller to.
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Hones Blllllll for Ila Winter
at our stables on Water street in the
city. or at our East Norwalk or Wei
Norwalk farms.
Good Warm Stables.
Iarge yard for exercise. mu 0h
nulhmrotectedouthree dds-bk“-
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attendance.
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