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ftbe troubles of tbe fUgbt "Reporter
A Tale of Tribulations
By Maude Conger
Twelve-thirty ololocW I glanced
quickly at my (wntcti, then. Bhovcl it
Into my vcyt-nockct. Only thirty min
utes to get In.att my .copy and I had
rtae junior) W0AtiP'WWH9flh( t sytfty ud,
rVo intorvioH-toKlYtJlch'olJt'to two
rtilumnfl nn-d-.a ktt tyty ln?t Install
ment of a murder Ida! to finish for
McCnrty. our Mice editor, who wan
n the- elck lint, and ivovcml other
minor nitlc,lc which mufct be madxi to
omipy a whiIo 'column.
I tossed my coat and hat Jnto a cor
ner, (hrow myself Into a chair and
pulled out my noteu. Tho Hpeoch was
a long one, -so; long thn-1 'regarded It
with despair vVhllo I mvore gentjy be
ucAth my breath Inwardly debating
what ethical right any man has to 1m
lKae his lone winded" opinions upon an
Ifthocent public n'trtl hnvdworklng re
porter who carca not a jot for them.
Then I fell to Hcrlblilln iu fast as a
man can who haft Uft, only lufcw, mln
uleH before, the bcene of a ghastly
murder and has Juat made his nipld
clt from a down-town morgue. wTho
minutes passed thou, I looked at" ray
watch 12:40, bo far bo good. Tho ju
nior senator was disposed of and now
to tho mufvrjffwji. J The flrHf WfcH "With
a prom Incut' Wo M street urokbr 'who;
gave Bomo.vory Important Information'
concerning, il cental h v uow? deal, in
stock. Th second concerned a man
who wiih known t possess Borne
knowledge, pj, .controversy ( vat; Issue
on the underside of politics.
I hurriedly scanned tho notes, de
cided on! tholatfeer ami hadNgot as Tar
mi ' ' . ' '.'"
"Mr. H was very mcagro In his
Information, ovldently reserving Bomo
ubWMitial HetallSj.nUtioug.h- . when the
door opened with., rush aiyl Carmv
plunged Into tho room.
"I say, Mr. Couvcr, 1 got 'em!"
I wrote oii vyrufyijt lodVras up:
Wljat? tW'D.I'.'b?" '
"Not much thf "whole, gang, Vitrlo
included. Caught as slick as a hunk
of cheese,, (.lad! It, wa greal." TTe
I aubel, breathless.
"Glad of It," J answered, "but I can't
be bothered now. Got to hand tho
c.opy into the Old Man In fifteen mln
utoH," and bent to my task.
("a row threw himself Into a chair.
- "Hut I sdy, dJoa't, ,ypu want to hear
a1)out it?" ho asadi vWaHy. He w.a
Juki a young onp. , ,
"Sorry, but IjdauTt. now. do you hp-.dl
suiLidpate witli a 'd or n:i V?"
"Hanged If1! Know.' e atarl'd ip
nbd be gait stttlkldg'about the (1x8 room.
I endured It liireo nllnutef .P. en I lab1,
drily: i - -
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lie stopped suddenly
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"Oh a I bog pnrdoh. I was think
ing about that haul of mine. Gad!
1 wish you'd seen It!" Then ho placed
himself on tho edge of my desk and
commenced' , beating a nerve-rending
56&B0 orfnro tdp, wlth'hlH fingers.
''Finally I! coold Btand it no longer.
. "8ay Just h6iBt yourself, will you?
I'ni not raado of saw-dust and I've got
to get tHift'ifl, ffght away. Tvo a host
of other thlngH to make up yet," and
with that he vncntedi
I started again. "Let's sec "Since
ho doclard he knew of nothing more,
rhonvte reason to bolievc that, under
tno'fnco ot things, he and id h comrades
have dono more to' Oh, yes, 'done
jnoni to to to establish operatlonK
wth tire pthor factions that any other
members of.tho. party. tyi' U gave
as his opinion "
It was the night editor this Ume.
"For Heaven's sake-, Van, haven't yort
ti.at ready, yel ' ' y
"Ifyon'.ll leave niM aloi". I'll li.ne
litis and a doncn otUerf. -in eUdtt min
utes,'' I grow 1 I, and wltn Huu he Hint
the door.
Again I continued " 'Ah hih op'.ukmi
lhat live govern i'-olect is a Mi't.
deadly enemy to .Mr. S - Howcer,
Ir. B assoriil tha no one was
aware '" A knot it at the d'.or.
"Gome In!" I shouted at the lop f
my voice. Tl Vns "Spike, the rall-b-)',
ollkio-boy and in general' b't.
"Ef yo' plci.se, iah. dah'F a gemn-an
vvhat would like to see vo' --." He got
ho further. My answer. If not exact
ly polite, was, to say the leasi. dec id
fcdly explicit. Spike grinned.
"Yes, sail. I'll tell tie gemman. 'ah.
Iuttj' wa'am place, sa'i." and the
black head vanished.
Again I glanced at my vatch. Kiijht
minutes, yet. Could io it? With an
etTort which only I was- able to appre
ciate, and at th) 'ate of nejtlipdivd
'words a minute t hastily wound up the
fiist interview an. I stait'd on tho m xt
'hen just aboi.i half '"riisheil. I lelt
my pencil-point wlv. In v.iln I
6earchel for another pencil. With a
muttered imprecation I pulled out my
knife and managed to cut myself two or
epding one of the smaller articles,
thro times and broke the !ead beveral
others before I could resume my work.
i kit my temper rising umieasi.itly
and my hair, too, for that matter, but
I wrote on and or. until, wln-n about
there came a call from the tube.
"What you want?" I yelled down.
"What's the matter v.ith you?" came
back In the Old MnnY musical oke.
"Don't you know it's time tjr that
copy? Wliy in !loavoo' n.ime don't
you hurry?"
Hurry! With a gioan 1 l lined ba4r
To my des!7. My lualn was nr"u whirl
and for all the money in the worll
I couldn't have told what I was writ
ing. And to top It all, lhat ol'ke boy
who was cleaning up the next iom
anil malting all the noise in the uni
verse in the effoit, began to sing:
"Dar's ol' Sim Simons and young
Sim Simons, nit' young Sim Simons'
son.
"Will young Sim Simons be aV Sim
Simons when ul' Sim Simons is gone?"
I ran my hands through my hah and
tried to think whether it was the girl's
mother vho eloped witlr the voung man
or the young man's father who ran off
with the girl. And when I tould ar
rive at no satisfactory conclusion, l be
gan to wonder, dully. If my brains vvora
oozlns out and if It were that which
made my head feel bo wet. Finally,
however, I pulled myself together, fin
ished the article and began on my last
copy. I could still hear the ofl'cc-boy
banging the chairs about in the other
rooms as ho worked. Then:
"Dab's ol' Sim Simons an' young
Sim Simons an' young Sim Simons'
son."
Came to me from the next office,
yelled with all the gusto of a healthy,
darky, voice.
I could contain myself no longer.
"Spike!"
A curly head popped In at the door
and a broad grin greeted me.
"Yes, Bah!"
"Spike," I said, solomnly( impre'i
Bively, "if you. sing that again, IT.
blow your brains out."
The grin broadened.
"Yea. sab! All right, Bah," and disappeared.
T Treovwt t lomj sigh-. "Three lines
moro and I am done. If he'll keep still
one little mtmrto, I'll try to live to
bless his memory.
A full sixty seconds passed, while
not a sound broke the stillness. Two
words moro and a call from the tube:
"Van! Von! I Bay, are you ready?"
With a mighty effort I articulated:
"Yes!"
In a moment the last two words
were added, a boy came after my copy,
and It was gono. v
I sank back In my chair and closed
my eyes. Then, from the otner room
I heard, In a low, chanting, darky
voice:
"Dab's ol' Sim Simons, and dah'a
young Sim Slmorts and young Sim
Simons' son.
"Will young Sim Simons be ol' Sim
Simons when ol' Sim Simons-is gone."
"It's lucky," I murmured, as my head
sank wearily on my breast "It's lucky
that I left my revolver in In my oth
er pocket." MAUDR K. CONGER.
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Wnltmnn. The club now has a large
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