Show by 0 E ULNESS coper MS by the authors shiny company dear aiss stanley please find cheal tor your story the price of fame we will gladly consider anything ele that you may care to submit yours truly the arcadian tha recipient of this letter could hardly believe her eyes it was ahe first remuneration she had received for her work during long years of struggle her successful effort was the story of a woman who had faced love to win fame in her chosen profession in which she succeeded she reaped health fame and honor but her heart was not satisfied the man whom ale had rejected but still floied was no v bound to another she had paid the irice of tame the day on which agalha stanley received for her story she read in the society column of a daily paper the following mr reginald Lora tiler the newly appointed editor of ane arcadian is said to be worshiping at the shrine of miss florence lippincott Lippin cot a prominent society belle of the city in which he lives i A mingled expression of surprise and asin came into missi stanleys Stan leys eess 4 never dreamed was the editor who accepted my story she soliloquized did it merit pub li cation or did he act from personal motives I 1 wonder could he read the authors heart between the lines so how ha must mock it s lama I 1 to suffer a like fate with my heroine it can only be in degree not in 1 ind tor is not mine the price of ame reginald lorimer and agatha stan ley had been playmates schoolmates and trends As they grew to man hood and womanhood their friendship had j developed into love when agatha was nineteen her father d ed 1 abing a large family in poop circumstances and it fell to her to ibok of the family some time after ff stanley death bonmer declared bs love and asked agatha to becotte his wife reeling that her duty was at home and al though it nearly broke her heart she rejected his offer she gave nim no hope for the future and so they parted time passed rapidly lorimer hd h d gone to a distant city and entenni ent enns the field of journalism had made rapid strides miss stanley had taken up litera ture as her life work but her journey was long and disheartening at length however her persistency was reward ed one manuscript placed seemed to clear the way and her subsequent ef torts were accepted with requests for more still with success standing brightly before her there was an aching void in her heart one beautiful morning in early june agatha was sitting by an open win dow writing she seemed unable to concentrate her thoughts from her work to the grand scene outside and then to tl e feelings of her own heart As she sat dreaming of the old days hei attention was attracted to a man coming up the walk toward ohp house he rang the bell and as agatha opened the door an exclamation of surprise escaped her lips for there before her stood reginald lorimer it was the first time they had met in three ears miss stanley allow me to condrat by an open window you on yo ir icesy it js merited thanks but air lorimer higher praise is due to ou beca ise of your advancement J s wish you happiness I 1 am ti li grateful lot for byoir p aise which is flattering and for loir sentiment of fr but I 1 would ask 0 o can success alone make us happ miss stanley colored sl gl aly and answered it depends on wl at one is si in happ ness itself is the of artiev ernests bit its ac qui rement is de i pon in vario dire t s mr laughingly possibly I 1 have earned the good will of some budding genius by sending a welcome check rather a slim source of happiness though I 1 m afraid un leab it should be you miss stan ley why ma more than athers you haie helped iier L bould think that a ceran miss ought to t miss I 1 do not know that I 1 have done anything to merit he good graces haven t youa this would seem to contradict you she said handing bin I 1 should think tact a certain miss lipp acot ought to have f place the paper in which she had read the item con arning him when he had read his mirth waa uncontrollable finally regaining corn u he said well well that is news to me whoever wrote that notice must have been under some strong cental ballu hallu ci nation the idea of associating my name with that of miss lippincott Lippin cot whom I 1 have met but a few times no frivolous creature like her for a taid chap hi e myself A sensible women Is what I 1 want agaba miss stanley do you know why I 1 have come here to daya simply to tell you hat I 1 have waited patiently for a dit ferent answer to the question I 1 once asked you the outward obstacles then in the way are now removed YOU are on the road to independence Is there any other barrier 9 have I 1 waited in vain and must I 1 too pay the price of tamea the story that sold has also told |