The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-01-02

the usual hour in the afternoon, and |
supposed that he had gone to pastures
new. was mistaken, though, for
when the last mail was brought from
the office at night it contained the fol-
lowing, written in shorthand, which
several of us who had smattering of
the art, after infinite trouble, finally
deciphered:
DEAR P: I've struck pay dirt, sure! /
was passing that aristocratic old mansion OF
Welbys on Stanley avenue this morning
when a servant ran out and yelled to the
stable boy to go TO the doctor, chile. quick;
ole mans bleedin to def o. that Mis- Julep
The boy addressed evidently did not hear, for
he did not make his appearance. You know,
before got into the newspaper business, /
took course in surgery in London, and, in
the servants scared look and obi that Mis-
JULIE! my reportoria instinct scented news;
so turned back and went into the house,
telling them | was physician who had just
arrived in the city with the intention of
establishing myself here; that, in passing the
house, heard the servant instruct the boy to
go for doctor in haste, and, thinking the
case might be an urgent one, had come in and
would be glad to serve them, if / could do so,
until their regular physician arrived. They
took 1t all as straight goods and / soon had
the old gent as easy as could be expected.
Then they told me all; only daughter Julia
had been left at the SeaShore for q few DAYS
In charge of misunderstanding gambler makes
mash-an elopement with bridal
tour to Canada-old folks Frustrated with
grief, the excitement and shock causing the
old man to have a hemorrhage- won't
you just stay and care for my husband until
he entirely recoversp asks Mrs. W.; we don't
want this to get into the horrid newspapers,
and if you'll stay not another soul need know
it. WEI make her leave that tOretch and send
her to Europe, and, if possible, try to remain
respectable yet. Now, won't you stayY /
promised to remain for a few DAYS ANYWAY
III S a and
here, as fer as the thing has developed. will
write it up and drop the copy on the lawn
under the east front window; send some one
there at eleven tonight to get it. will stay
here incog. and put copy every night at same
place as long as can work the thing to advan-
tage in that way. The Welbys have just ar
rived home and probably haven't ordered any
of the papers sent to the house yet, so they
won't get onto our scoop and set about inyes
tgahng how it got out-at least until get out
OF this. We will give no names, and thus pre-
vent the other papers from doing anything
more than rehearSing our account from day
to day / write this in shorthand, which will
prevent any one from reading it if it miscar-
ries, and, ready to mail, throw it on the side
walk from the window, hoping it will be
picked up and posted and thus reach you. If
named tonight MCCARTNEY"
cit ten-strike for Macr' exclaimed
Jim, the society reporter, "and if he
works it right the old Mercury will
have to whack up handsomely on it.
1T Ii make no less than three columns if
he makes the most of it.
sent Watson, the Police Court re-
porter, to the place and at the time in
dictated in the letter, and he returned
about midnight with the copy. 1t filled
nearly four columns, and we head-lined
it in style that would have made the
proprietor of mining camp journal
forever hide his face in shame, almost
exhausting the resources of the job of
flee we were running in connection
with the paper The following will
give the reader as good an idea as to
what feature we made of the scoop
as can be conveyed in ordinary body
type:
"A SENSATION INDEED.
" AN EVENT THAT WILL SHAKE POLITE So
CIETY FROM CIRCUMFERENCE TO CENTER! THE
ROMANTIC, THOUGH LAMENTABLE ELOPEMENT
OF A WELL-KNOWN BELLE! GAMBLER WHO
HELD FULL HAND OF HEARTS, AND, PLAY
ING FOR HIGH STAKES, WON! THE COUPLEIN
CANADA AWAITING A RECONCILIATION, WHICH
SEEMS FAR FROM BEING CONSUMMATED! FULL
PARTICULARS OF MOST INTERESTING AT
FAIR !8rHE MERCURY, AS USUAL AHEAD OF
ALL IT'S CONTEMPORARIES!
We got out large extra edition on
the strength of the affair and the way it
sold made the managers face radiant.
The evening papers on " mentioned the
matter, and that, too, sarcastically,
plainly showing their interest in it as
we'll as how piqued they were at their
inability to find out even who the par
ties referred to were. We knew, though,
and greatly enjoyed their discomfort.
All names had been left out and the
other papers, as well as individuals,
who had opinions concerning who the
lady was, found themselves totally in
the dark when they came to make in
quiries and thus the mystery surround
ing the matter constantly increased.
The next night Watson again went to
the Welby residence and got another
mass of manuscript giving detailed ac-
count of the family's negotiations with
the runaway couple. There was also
a letter from McCarley saying he was
living like lord; the old gentlemen
required but little attention and he was
spending most of his time in the library
reading and writing. The old folks
had taken fancy to him and said he
should not leave the house until Welby,
whom he had created so SUCCESSFULLY"
his wife said, had entirely recovered.
1t ended ''I'll stay here as long as there
is any news to be had. The old people
are so broken up over Julia's escapade
that they hadn't thought of sending for
newspaper yet, and l don't think
they will for few days-when they do
I'm out of here!"
The second days installment of the
"great sensation" as the newsbovs
yelled it, created almost as great an in
| terest as the first, and the MercuYg's
circulation amounted to astonishing
| figures. The thing continued thus for
four days. Mac made the most of every
point, and after the fourth days batch
of news had been printed there was
something over one hundred dollars
coming to him on his work. The other
city papers were sorely chagrined over
their failure to get even the slightest
clue as to whom we were talking about,
and pretended that there was nothing
in the affair at all-that it was only a
clever scheme to perpetrate on con-
iiding public a gigantic hoax. We
knew who the persons were, though,
and zoe could afford to laugh at and
pity our less enterprising rivals. Oh,
yes!
About noon of the fifth day from the
timel McCarley first stumbled on his
scoop, boy with message was await
ing me when arrived at the office. 1t
proved to be from Mac, and l opened
my eyes considerably when l read it.
Like the first letter received from him it
was written in shorthand. ~
DEAR P-Fve got clew to the most sensa-
tional thing that has yet come TO light in CON
nection with this Welby fracaS. Nothing
definite yet, and it will take considerable
| bribery of the servants to get at what want
| Please send by bearer all the money due me so
| that will not be hampered if l find lberality
| in this direction necessary. / write this in
| shorthand, and it will be impossible for the
| bearer TO find out what / send for; so if you
| put up the money in package so that he will
not suspect what it contains, he will return
with it all right. Nice"
put up the money as he requested
and the boy made off with it.
That night, as usual, Watson again
went to the Welby house, and from the
note we received in the morning we an
| ticipatnd SOmnthinU intaDca1v- IN taract