Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-09-29
"I understand that the engagement

Cant you tell me who the young
man IS? l suppose ought to say the
young lord?"
ooh, how did you know it was q
lord?" Mrs. Harmon cried, smiling
with artless enjoyment over the news
paper woman's acuteness. 'I didn't
say it was lord. The next thing
you'll be asking me is where the
dukes country-place is!''
Mrs. Harmon paused moment as
if thinking deeply. Then she said,
absently, "Do you know if there were
any Americans at Grantham Court
last autumn?"
"I'm sure don't know" Lefty re-
piled, cheerfully. The way Mrs. Har-
mon was letting things out" was in
teresting. Miss Upton was getting
points for her story. Engagement
not announced yet-duke-Grantham
Court-splendid!
when do you suppose the wedding
will take place?" she asked, with
piquant directness-
Mrs. Harmon burst out laughing.
'Why, the engagement is not an
nounced yet, and you want the date
OF the wedding! can assure you it
will not be before next fall. That is
sure" Mrs. Harmon seemed to find
pleasure in coming out strongly on
point when she could, even if it were
| only negative one.
'Dld you get Miss Harmon any
| things while you were abroad?" con-
tinued Miss Upton. Mrs. Harmon's
diamond brooch must have cost q
pretty penny.
"Oh, q few little things, yes.
Things l knew she had to have"
Mrs. Harmon had recourse to her
handkerchief for a moment.
'How old is Miss Harmon?" asked
Lefty, with interest. The mother was
SO young and girlish She took the
matter so lightly, and it seemed SO
amusing to her!
''Don't look young enough to be
spared having to tell my daughters
age?" that interesting lady laughed
back; "but Miss Harmon is not II
yet. Don't press me too closely"
''Will it be church wedding? And
will Worth make the gown?"
Miss Upton felt that Mrs. Harmon
was willing enough to have the facts
come out, but did not wish to have
told them.
''You are a perfect inquisitor,"
laughed the lady. 81 ana going to
send you away" she added, rising.
''You have led me on so aud made me
talk when told you that the engage
ment wasn't even announced yet. Re-
member that 1 haven't told you a
thing. 1 can't imagine how the news
papers find out everything. Will it
be in tomorrow's paper? Imeau are
you going to write anything about it?
l shan't see another person from
paper. It's too dangerous"
She was evidently putting an end
to the interview to keep herself from
telling a quantity of things more
which the willy Miss Upton would
worm out of her.
The young newspaper woman"
was pretty we'll content. She had
learned enough in this indirect way to
embellish her information into most
interesting story.
This she did and thrilled with pride
when she saw it in the next days In
vestigator with headline of great
prominence. The Search-Light, The
Investigators bitterest rival, hadn't
word about the thing.
The editor of the Woman's Page
had asked her why she did not get
photograph of Miss Harmon. Lefty
had not thought of it. Well, she
could try and get that later, and they
could print it on Sunday. Miss Upton
was sure she could get it from Mrs.
Harmon.
In hers story Lefty said that "the
young fiancee Of the proud English
title is graceful, sweet girl verging
on her 18th birthday. During the
past year abroad she had received the
finishing touches to her education, and
the wedding will probably occur next
autumn. The family are extremely
reticent about the engagement"
On the day following that on which
Lefty had glowed over her own peri
DDS in all the dignity of type, she came
to the Office bright and early, thin sting
for more Mrs. Harmons. Newspaper
work was fascinating!
Her enthusiasm was dampened by
little note on her desk. She read
in CONSERVATION that her resignation
was requested!
She hurried to the editor of the
Woman's Page and showed the note.
ooh, what does this mean?" she al
most walled 81 don't understand.
''It means that you made the paper
perfectly ridiculous and let woman
get even with The Investigator for a
past story about her." said that lady
with untempered severity. "There,"
and she handed Lefty slip, ''is what
The Search-Light has this morningr'
81 don't suppose you have read the
daily papers, she added, ,sarcastically.
''The Mrs. Harmon that the paragraph
gave you was about lives in Orange,
as you should have found out. That
is the picture of the Miss Harmon