The Argosy, October 1906 — page 168: what you’re looking at

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7 His ini. was a “hanks te — fear he had lost it. ‘Even. the awkward- - jooking maid straightening up his room : (he adn’ t left it all morning) failed to = citable nerves Ge have ined: eS 40 = spring - up and e: oS 3 He was hoping. aye, praying for an in- ae spiration. And in the next minute he had one. ; _ There was suddenly a crash, and the _ young author felt his head come in con- tact with some object; the ceiling took on the appearance of the sky on a sum- -mer’s night; twinkling stars and dancing “palls of fire were chasing each other in zigzag courses to and fro; and the milky ‘way was shining yellow in the glare of so much illumination. That is, this is the way it all PS peared to Cart just then. After he had recovered his uantenty- and «felt the rising mound on the top of his “head with trembling _ fingers, he sprang from his chair ina frenzy. ——— Upon the floor lay his beloved statue of Venus of Milo. It had been quite a large figure when a unit, but at present _ it was impossible to count its various sec- tions. Some were small, some were medium-sized, om none were ie The maid, ‘quaking with fear, one roe over her heaving bosom and the other clutching a “bedrageled feather-duster, told the story. She had simply been overzealous. : =—-Wencht = he screamed and then % atmosphere with eccentricities 68 Spencle he paused. His face resumed an expression of ‘satisfaction. For. out of the dust from ‘the Goddess of Loye’s disastrous spill, ‘there arose an idea! In rapid sequence there flitted through the words “ statue-sculpture- sculptor!” i= __ An inspiration! A theme! A plot! An idea had struck him—though i in an ‘unexpected quarter. oe ~ Turning to the maid, he remarked: | “Girl, reswallow your throbbing and = “palpitating heart. ’Tis not to eat, and will feel better _ in the oo than chase — her from the See = ‘ = the brain of the bruised young author — my ‘once aderat “Goddess of Love, = forgive you your zealousness.” == The maid fled and Carr proceeded t6: jot down the salient ‘points of his story. = Inserting — = sheet of papet= into- his" typewriter, he began: a eae —— A young: ‘scealptor—Jean —— Sees and talks with a beautiful girl i in a dream. ee ee re ae aby diss covering a. Ssaniden wROSE: likeness to his apparition is unmistakable. = = will think up their ‘meeting ister Pa n. ) = Vek Asdel falls in ie with. her, etc. Goes to her guardian for ‘consent to woo her. Is repulsed. Guardian _turn: Se out to. be a sculptor a -also—a famous ones = = = Will have nothing such 1 as in his family. : Concedes the young — _ chance, however, if he becomes enous a in- a year. — This Vai Asdel does, for he first medal, with a_ ide ma competi ‘: the Academy of lpi 2 : later. It turns Se that his: sweetheart’s _ guardian, who had also entered several ee ~ a = < ee ~ works, is bested and has to take, second - SS honors, : Bee eS SS aClmax. ate ee —— = To this plot Cate appended the a =< tion that the finished ee would ial <= “every” =day< for. ‘the statue whicl carried off first honors. Sa As he read over ‘the outline” an inserted ‘the sheet of paper into his. chine, the maid came back, = the a the author on the telephone Poe eee = = a — It proved to be an editor (an angelin Carr’s mind), who had really accepted ZS one of his stories and who wished the aus — thor to make a we office ae awe ‘Hanging up the stairs, secured his h iss tie sere gla