In response to his urgent request, she allowed him to read her treasured
manuscripts. The first was a passionate love story in which a young
Spanish officer, stationed on the island of Cuba, and a beautiful young
Cuban girl were the principals. It was entitled "Her Native Land," and
was replete with startling situations and effective tableaus. Quincy was
delighted with it, and told Alice if dramatized it would make a fine
acting play. This was, of course, very pleasing to the young author.
Quincy was her amanuensis, her audience, and her critic, and she knew
that in his eyes she was already a success.
She also gave him to read a series of eight stories, in a line usually
esteemed quite foreign to feminine instincts. Alice had conceived the
idea of a young man, physically weak and suffering from nervous
debility, being left an immense fortune at the age of twenty-one. His
money was well invested, and in company with a faithful attendant he
travelled for fifteen years, covering every nook and corner of the
habitable globe. At thirty-six he returned home much improved in health,
but still having a marked aversion to engaging in any business pursuit.
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