Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenlooked more respectfully at the agitated group and thicklysprinkled exclamation points that adorned the page.‘Guess she does! She knows just what folks like, andgets paid well for writing it.’Here the lecture began, but Jo heard very little of it, forwhile Professor Sands was prosing away about Belzoni,Cheops, scarabei, and hieroglyphics, she was covertlytaking down the address of the paper, and boldly resolvingto try for the hundred-dollar prize offered in its columnsfor a sensational story. By the time the lecture ended andthe audience awoke, she had built up a splendid fortunefor herself (not the first founded on paper), and wasalready deep in the concoction of her story, being unableto decide whether the duel should come before theelopement or after the murder.she said nothing of her plan at home, but fell to worknext day, much to the disquiet of her mother, who alwayslooked a little anxious when ‘genius took to burning’. Johad never tried this style before, contenting herself withvery mild romances for THE SPREAD EAGLE. Herexperience and miscellaneous reading were of servicenow, for they gave her some idea of dramatic effect, andsupplied plot, language, and costumes. Her story was asfull of desperation and despair as her limited acquaintance469 of 861