Show A Sin novelist yo not long ago the paris news newspapers recorded the leathand death deat hand and cremation ot 11 julea Staple aux a writer of romances which were published as feuille tons at the foot toot of the columns of french country journal journals Staple aux was baswell well known to the literary ry men of paris who describe him as one of the brightest of but probably the worst storywriter story writer in france the badness from a literary point of view of his stories was well known to Staple aux himself who took jokes on the subject good natu A newspaper once engaged him to write a se serial rial as a feuti leton it ran daily until the subscribers began to stop their papers in large numbers when one day the pro P krietor dietor of the journal came to the autler author of the unpopular romance look herel he exclaimed tour your story has been running six months and bids fair to last forever the subscribers are am in rebellion well said Staple aux innocently I 1 will give you just three days day 0 o wind the thing cupl just think pi pt it the th countess Is at clermont jean duroc Is away off in martinique cherbata Cher baty the spy Is on the point of being arrested how irow in the world am I 1 going to bring all this to a wind up in three chapt chapters erst 1 I dont know said the publisher but I 1 give you warning that I 1 shall cut you off short in three daycl i ho went away at the end of the third installment thereafter the publisher was pleased to see the words the end written ina in a trembling band hand lie sent the number to press joyfully without reading it and when the paper came out was astonished to see that the last paragraph read as follows we shall tell in another story to follow this as a sequel what became of the coda countess and how the adventurous jour journey of jean dl youths lis companion |