Show ka M nan had made A T her man J S by LEETE STONE al S VOR fon two years nan smith had tried L to lire fire mark tully with high ambition ue he was tile the easy to discourage sincere and talented type that needs a definite overture from success to spur jilin him over the high hurdles down tile the track of persistent effort she had finally persuaded him to go to new york now a story I 1 nan punctuated the climax of one of fascinating cina ting fanciful yarris yarns with enthusiasm write that tonight tully yes dear dean he answered moodily staring at the dames from the hearth fire in nans cozy parlor in the little city of sioux hend bend nan was sure tully would topple into the bed the moment lie reached his room sleep until almost time for his train to new york and have to he be scrambled on board by a kindly conductor for n cent I 1 RO go nan darn it I 1 lets be married on the money ive saved from the tha bugle job and keep that job if I 1 can write at all I 1 can land from here just as well as in new york cant 1 I 11 oil oh tully my dear im hoping hopin 9 new york will till fill you with tire and fight you need strife 1 I 1 want you to go BO over the top tell me wh cherell erell you finish as reporter for tile the bugle why tully at fifty le be smug and satisfied and through 0 K ann child liate hate to leave yau you all nan smith sat up late after tully left slie she was a girl with front daring born of a struggle she loved a man of true ability who shunned the arenas of life so she sent him blin to the greatest arena of them all new york A slim chance perhaps nans blood danced down from prairie schooner lighters fighters idled town down fr from I 1 n i a pan panorama orania of picturesque southern planters dominance was linked to charm having arrived tit at the grand cen rat iral tully took a farni grip on his typewriter well spanked in the interests of prairie erudition hin putted patted the lie hip pocket contained hi hla s capital and eagerly sought the hall bedroom where lie ws was to start his ascent of parnassus situated finally tully worked hard tie lie wrote mornings wid and demoted afternoons to seeking a market for his feature stories with will editors of all the papers lie he hoped the quality of his stories would eventually secure him a regular staff position at the end of six weeks his money was nearly gone and lie he had no job but he had tried liard hard competition offered by clever staff men in the feature field was too keen to be met successfully in so short a time editors were busy men there were a score or more applicants for every vacancy back home nans heart sank at the courage shown to cloak discouragement which slie she sensed in letters she had nursed a for far fetched idea for giving film a boost a long time now was tile the moment to the time had come for a possible smile from lady luck meantime N nemesis was snapping at heels one morning found him staring in deep thought at a small sunbeam that palpitated on the to ragged 9 carpet of his garret room foont knovic ng at the door roughly the superintendent in entered your rents three weeks overdue mr tully ill have to have the room or the money tomorrow listening to the departing footsteps as they met pact pach descending stair with the dutiful clump of authority tully murmured with the smile that always won him friends 63 oh well things might be worse I 1 footsteps in the hall again and a voice drawling registered tetter letter for mark tully trilly signed for the missive feverishly nans name typewritten in the upper corner of the envelope tully whisked the letter open and shook out the contents A check fluttered to the floor ile he snatched it up and saw that it was made out to him him for a hundred dollars from a good magazine mystified he muttered some mistake I 1 and searched for a note fr from orn nan which surely must be somewhere e in ahls ahls folded chir carbon tion copy of a manuscript which the torn envelope revealed ile he found no apparent word from herl so tylly in a maze of wonder straddled his chair and commenced tc read the manuscript it was waa titled for the love of mike a name that rapped d familiarly nt at his arnin nearly every phrase and line of the story fell into line with his dim recollection atlon but I 1 write it I 1 how flow boniel annie he breathed finishing the story ther then hla his eye caught a line of longhand lon chand lc ir nans handwriting on the lower inar gin of the 1 last ast page tills this Is the story you told me th that froal last evening I 1 just typewrote typewrite type wrote it from memory and love iove annals lia taken it IL its nil all yours buck up and I 1 try ry agnan gil in tully sat with the manuscript crumpled in his ban hand for ninny m moments 0 lost in the mystery mastery and infinite resource of nans love for him film sly my st story oryl I 1 to bo be in print tin and paid for and nan did 11 it what a girl I 1 it was the touch of fire that made a lighter fighter of mirk M irk tully something soft and in its ills temperament was hardened nan min had made her man |