Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-04-05
NUMBER Ia.


,inbt that he was the man whom fate
had selected for my husband The room
wa- almost dark. but could see his cat.
Ike eyes shining Close 30 my face. !
screamed for help. you came. AMI was
.,v~i- she sank shuddsring among the
FASHIONS "lmake np excuse for myself.
I acted the part of fvol and ] WAS pun.
Ihed for my folly. bat trcmble 10 think
what might have bcen the consequences
II you had not brcn there
Rush told her how he had been search-
INK for weeks for the murderer of Rose
Ellington. but that ho never dreamed
that o'IIara and Costello were one and
the same, and he could not help reloic-
ing that the man ~as to 10 dealt with
M AJrling Ia hi. deserts For taking .
,vung lady into . vile den. however. he
,ould not h. punishs,l Rush might have
horsewhipT-d him. bat that would only
have lei to public scandal Rush re-
gr,tte,i that Bssie should have had such
an experience. bat he felt that Il had not
l.en lot. as {, would end her longing
for the occult" When they arrived NJ
Gramcrcy park Rush lcit her at ber
door To her father and mother she
made full confession ~ what hal hap
Isncd. but. except Rush. M one Ella
Knew ~ th. adventure In East Fourth
strc, until somo years later. when shs
made a clean breast of u 10 Archie.
After leaving ISssie Rush vent down
% tile TOmb-. where be found JOhnson
and Martin With Costello. The latter
va. cOmmitts-l Ia await trial. and Rush.
brimming over with the excitement of
the day. hurried Ia the Office ~ Tho
Dawn. where be- told the city eiitor OF
hi. succcss and at down 30 write out his
story. lie wrote steadily until be had
turned cut enough copy to tillhalf apago
q the papcr. including. 81 course. a
quarter of a column display head
which the city editor put over the story.
II was a capital story. lie rchearscd
the career ~ the popular actr,-s, telling
how she disappeared from the public
gaIe and r,mainel unhcari u until the
fact u her death b.cams known. IL was
said that she died In . miserable tcnc.
mcnt In Newark. y. J. How sbe gOt
there no on. knew. nor what caused hcf
death. Some thought IL was from NAL.
practice. others. that she hal taAsn her
own life. others. again. that shs had
becn murdered.
Then Rush told the romantic story ~
the man now IN Jail accused u her
murder. how under an assumed name
ho had lived double life. and at the
time % hi. arrest was the mot popular
painter In New York city. With half tho
young women ~ wealth and fashion
waiting to sit 10 him for their portraits.
Rush was wrought up 10 q high pitch OF
excitement. and his I~n flew across tho
papsr. lie threw IN Just the right
amount of ! ght and shade. and made .
story that was cOpiel far and vide.
Be-sie Archsrs connection with the AZ
fair be. % cour-e. never mentioned. nor
did be- even hint that there Was lady In
the murjerrs oOmTany when be WAS
arrested. ~ IL was. the article made Q
profound sensation. II IL had been
known that Tillinghast Archers daugh.
ter Was with Costello in Mime. Tannys
den. s.riety would have had q stln
choicer morel to discus.
When q copy ~ the paper containing
this story reached the proprietor u The
Dawn. In London. the Duke u lellefori
va. brrakfasting with him In his gor.
gruu. hOu-e In PARK lane. What do
YOU think u thaty- said Plummeti. hand.
ing him the IaI.r Theduke bad known
Ro-e Ellington well. ami hc glanced care
fully over the article.
LISA damne,l good story, and damned
well told
.,fter breakfast Plurnmcit cablci 10 the
managing clitor to give Mr Rush ilurl.
stone a cheek for i've hundred dollars
AMI make him foreign editor on a salary
~ s.,cnty.dve dollar. week. Isnsh
VA. delighted that his work had pleased
his chief. was thankful for the i've hun.
drrl dollars (which. by the Nay. John
borrOwel and forge, to rrturnl, but be
was rather 'aggcr,i by his appointment
to the fopin clitorship, AMI - er'
prcs-.-i himself.
~ Dawn man !, supposed 20 10 equal
% any sit ItiOn. saiI the managing
editor. The fact that you are not par.
ticularly well posted on foreign matters
does not prevent your beooming ~. You
will L. goDl enough 20 report for duty
al tho foreign desk on Monday. This Il
"Wednesday. You have an intervening
time Ia enjoy yourself IN.
Rush was tOo anxious to do himself
credit In hi. new Position to odeyote the-e
few days to enjoyment; - he spsnt
mos, II the time In reading the Tiles OF
the foreign exchanges: for during the
past few weeks hi. attention had been
matters
fro ~ corrISrxD.l