Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-26

The pair walked a block in awk ward
silence, for Clarence Holt was rather a
bashful fellow, and the situation was
a novel one. Ethel Allen was the first
to break the ice.
Have you been a journalist long?'
The young man laughed outright at
the question.
Il make my start as a reporter to-
day"
The young lady laughed, too.
Before another block was gone Eth
ell Allen vas telling something of her
self and her family, speaking mostly
of her parents.
Papa was very well off once and in
a prosperous business. BY a bit of
sharp practice, which l cannot under
stand, a partner Of his in a transaction
managed to make the money and
leave papa in the 1urch, a roken man,
just at the time that he thought of
retiring.
"As the saying goes, there was q
great come down for the Allen fami-
ly, and father had to go clerking and
begin life all over again. In all his
distress he managed to educate me. /
am fond of music, blessed with a voice,
and here l am, a member of the chorus
of Cupid"
"Why, indeed, Thu is a romance in
real life" said the reporter.
ut may be a romance to you, but it
is a realty to me-" said the girl, with
a tinge of sadness in her voice.
The Allen family had already dined.
and the chorus girls father enter
tanned the reporter in the parlor with
a precise account of the financial ruin
| md tho liraot ~ tlot 1aI fo -
Clarence Holt made copious notes, and
informed the defrauded merchant.
I've got the whole transaction
down to a dot. Could you favor me
with the n;kne of the villain that
wronged you?'
THAT would be libelous, you know,
and would involve your paper in liti-
CATION"
"Oh, yes" exclaimed the new re-
porter. Il sec that would never do;
the story is strong enough without the
name"
Clarence Holt had been invited to
dine, but had declined. 1t was not his
dining hour, but he wanted to see Miss
Allen 'for a few more questions"
When the girl of the chorus ap.
peared be forget all about the ques-
lions, but he said, instead, how pleased
he had been to meet her father, who
had suffered such wrongs at the
hands of an unprincipled scoundrel.'
There was fire in his eye as he added
But I'll sh ow him up in a way that
will make him vince"
There was an unusual demand for the
Sensation the ne xt morning, such ar
extra call that the man in the count
ing-room at last had his curiosity SC
much aroused that he asked:
"What IN akes the Sensation go Sc
this m~orning?"
"Why, al mt you on to it?" said {
purchaser. you'll hear from it soo1
enough. Just read this article: 4
Chorus Girls Romance Just skip tn,
first Part of it and get down to tn,
digging up of a skeleton, an exposure
of how old man Allen, the girls ia
Their. was done out of his fortune. TIL,
whole town has got it, and thereIl b.
the deuce to pay in your office. Yo1
hear me?'
When the bus mess manager came il
he was frothing at the mouth like
mad dog and the language that h
used was dreadful.
"Send the city editor to me-" h
oSA LIN SIA1 IN dI14hS0
Angry voices were heard in the man
ayers private room, but the senio
!, Holt was doing the most of the swear
ing.
When the city editor arrived he wa
summoned, n he responded prompt
and appeared before the council.
Holt, senior, was the spokesman
: Thrusting forth the paper, he de
manded:
/ ''Who wrote this artic1e?'
Your son." was the answer, eth
best first attempt I ever saw; yo
should be proud of it and him"
The rich Mr.. Holt, the man wit
money to burn, sunk into his chair an
. gasped for breath; after awhile h
: managed to stammer:
. "That-is-all."
Y A prolonged hush fell over the as
sembly; it was an awkward spell Q
silence. With an effort the rich NJ.
Holt spoke as if in apology:
1T was a business transaction, thu
was all. got the best Of the bargain
nothing more. If I robbed Allel
where is the law to punish me?"
Everyone present knew how skill
fully he had kept within legal bound
and cut of the reach of the law.
AS he stumbled out he turned an
whispered, horasely:
"For Gods sake, gentlemen, not
word of this to my son."
Clarence Holt had been told that tt
article was a success, and thereaft'