The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-15

of mind and dis
posed to be very
friendly. Rush learned afterwards that
his chiefs good humor and accessibility
on this occasion were a lucky accident.
At another time he might have been I'M
approachable, but on this particular
afternoon something had happened to
put him in a good humor and Rush got
the benefit of it.
John Gaspar Plummett was peculiar
man. He was the son of q very able
father, and had inherited fortune and a
newspaper. Asa young man he had been
very wild, and at forty he was not tanned
TO any great extent. His exuberance of
spirits showed itself in the conduct of his
PAPER. He got up the widest schemes
and generally carried them out with sue
cess, thus making The Dawn the best
known newspaper in America and the
best known American newspaper in Eu-
rope. Plummett, without being hand
some, was very distinguished looking.
He had tall, aristocratic figure and bore
himself with great deal OF dignity. 1t
would be impossible for q stranger to
pass him in the street without turning
around and saying to his companion, if
he happened to have one, WHO is that
distinguished looking man." He was
very particular about his dress, and had
a style of his own that his friends tried
TO initiate; but, as few had such figure,
the imitation was not successful. Peo-
pie who knew Plummett slightly fancieG
that his wild schemes were without
method, and that he was a harum scar
I'M. sort of fellow, who did everything
hit or miss, and whose business was at
loose ends. On the contrary, he always
knew what he was about, and he had a
long head for business.
Although he was seldom in New York,
lac watched his paper carefully and knew
who wrote every article in it. He lad
been. looking closely after Rush ever
since he came upon the paper, and was
very much pleased with his work When
he found that his London Office was not
managed as he thought it should be, he
at once made up his mind that Rush
was the man to reorganize it. And he
proved to be right. In a general way he
told Rush what he would like to see
lone, but he did not give very minute
Instructions, us he wanted to see what
the young man would do If left to him
self Having had charge of the foreign
department in New York, Rush knew its
shortcomings and had plan mapped out
FORTS improvement. This he laid before
Mr.. Plummett 1t won his instant ap-
prevail
Rush thoroughly disliked the system
Of interviewing, carried on as it had
been up TO this time; but he saw oppor-
sunities for making it a great feature.
TO run after every fifth class actress be-
fore she had fairly landed in New York
and ask her what she thought of Amer
lea was disgusting to him; but to get a
statesman to talk upon an important
subject, or to get personal memoirs from
distinguished men of letters, he believed
was not only interesting, but a legitimate
branch of journalism. His brightness
and sincerity of purpose made him a
great many friends among the public
men of England, and he succeeded in
getting some important interviews out of
them. In the matter of fo-cix;,n news he
kept The Dawn hours AZ, VI any other
New York paper, and everybody inter-
ested in newspaper work said that Rush
Hurlstone was journalist of mark.
For two years Rush stayed in London.
Two busy years they were. In all this
time he had not seen Helen, but he had
heard from her occasionally. She did
not hesitate to tell him that she missed
him, but she did not tell him how much
she wished that he was back in New
York. If Rush had planned his absence
Us a ruse he could not have planned a
more successful one. The man who in
vented the proverb, 'Out of sight, out of
mind" didn't know what he was talking
about. "Out of sight, never out of
mind" would be nearer the truth. Helen
had never thought so much of Rush as
during his absence. | can't say that he
thought more of her, for do not see
how that would have been possible.
Helen's life was busy one, too; but still
she missed Rush almost rs much as
though she had been an idle woman.
He was not q man to be taken out of a
young woman's life and not be missed.
Rush heard occasionally from Archie
Tilinghast, who sometimes spoke of
Helen, but more frequently of Bessie
Archer.
4 Bessie was getting to be more like her
} old self, and Archie began to hope, as
she now had no crackbrained agitators
on her visiting list. She had tried wood
carving and amateur photography as a
pastime, and now she was amusing her.
self by trying to hatch chickens with a
patent incubator. Rush was very glad
to hear this, for he had feared that Bes-
sic, in her craving for something that So
ciety could not give her, might fall again
into dangerous company. He did not
know her. The lesson she had learned
lasted her lifetime.
At the end Of Rush's two years in Lon
don Mr.. Plummett sent for him to come
over to Paris, where he was living in
great style. Rush crossed the channel,
and hurried on to Paris to learn a piece
Of important news. The managing edi-