Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-02-01
TAKEN By SIEGE.


self Having had charge of the foreign
department in New York, Rush knew its
shortcomings and had plan mapped out
for its improvement. This he laid before
Mr. Plummett 1t won his instant ap-
proval
Rush thoroughly disliked the system
of interviewing, carried on as it had
been up to this time; but he saw oppor-
tunities 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 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 foreign news he
kept The Dawn hours ahead of 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
as 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 as much as
though she had been an idle woman.
He was not a man to be taken out of a
young woman's life and not be missed.
Rush heard occasionally from Archie
Tillinghast, who sometimes spoke Of
Helen. but more frequently Of Bessie
archer.
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 piece
of important news. The managing edi-
tor of The Dawn was getting too old to
do his work satisfactorily, so MIR. Plum
NETT concluded to retire him on pen
sion and offer Rush the vacant chair,
with salary of ten thousand dollars.
This the young editor was only too well
pleased to accept. Armed with his
chiefs orders. he returned to New York
bv the first steamer. None of his friends
knew of his coming He hadn't time to
write. and he thought it hardly worth
while to cable. The trip home was as
uneventful as the trip over had been, but
Rush's sensations were immeasurably
different.
Before he had been sailing away from
Helen, now he was sailing to her; and
when the vessel reached quarantine he
made a rough calculation to see il he
would not gain time by swimming
ashore. He concluded. however, that
he would be taken for thief or luna
tic If he gave way to any such impulse,
and so remained quietly on board until
the vessel arrived at her dock. Again
he had to restrain himself for he wanted
to drive direct to Helen's house from the
steamer. Instead, he drove to the Bre-
voort. which was his headquarters for
some time to come New York had
never looked so attractive to him as it
did on this October morning. lie saw
plainly enough where it fell short of
London's grandeur; but there was a
homelike look about the place that was
very grateful to man who had been
away for two years. Even the strangers
in the streets looked like old friends.
Rush had learned from daily paper,
brought on board the steamer by the
pilot, that the opera season would not
begin for fortnight, so he knew that
Ielen's time would be comparatively un-
employed. He also saw by the same
paper that "our distinguished prima
donna, Miss Helen Knowlton," had ar
rived in town from Saratoga, and was
occupying ''her charming little house in
West Twentieth street." He first sent a
telegram to his mother. telling her that
he had arrived, and then he set about
unpacking his trunks and preparing to
call upon Helen. He divested himself OF