Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-23

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had cooked his hat over his eyte rs eN.
ac,ly The proper angle. and was pun
Ing away AZ a knowing pipe u the pro.
per bulldog variety. and yet. though
surrounded by these outward appear
ances " a fullblown journalist. h. still
| felt In his secret soul very much out
uf the busy life that surgcd about him,
and decidedly and unpicasantly green"
lie was Wishing with all hs heart
that he had the courage to 70 NJ and
Join the merry group around Miss
Evans desk. or The more noisy ono
gathered In the corner where the sport
Ing editors held sway. hui somehow he
took I, out lnwishing, and just fat Htlll
~ Greyson's dcsk--he was too rev yet
TO have a desk u his own. and was COM
scaueneiy wandcrcr aud "a slj1urner
In the reporters room.
lie had got wonderfully tired ~ the
endless lnsistcnt ringing of ine tolc-
phone bells. the dittfactiuE clack "
/ typrwftefs. the crisp rustic % The scat.
tered papers on the noor. that cracked
beneath the many pasalng feet. and The
/ rHaHolpH hum ~ voices all about him.
when HN at nnp. hc became aware ~ "a
Eudd 10 iuil IN ihr racket ~ a brcleh-
lraH once boy broke wildly from the ~.
ne room whore ihe telephones were and
dashed to the assistant city editors
desk. In that moment Of unw0ntci
Stiffness he heard the one word "nrc.
and then hair uuconHclously brought
down bis feet with a crash. and Joined
the group Of excited mon that rushed
w 20 hear particulars.
Tho assistant city editor was already
on his feet. piunlng u firc badge under
the coat ~ one NJ the star reporters,
" hn stood with his head thrown up aud
his feet moving restlcssly a. though he
could hardly walt for tho last 90 hlH
chiefs short, trrac directions 10 come
20 an end. In another second he had
dashed through thr swinging gate that
GUARDED tn reporters room from the
intrusion VI u TO curious pliflc AMI
the men behind began 10 ask their
| questions. n WIS u biz IRE already.
and promised 90 be- bigger \ larEc
apartment house had caught. no one
could tell how. anu before they knew u
the IRE had gained fflghtful hehdwhy
lives ana property were both in dam
Ear. and ne the excited Office boy win
/ tho teif rhIue receiver Hlutd TO one trd
; ear. nred further PARTICULAR out Into
ihr room IN queer dlsjointcd sentences
the men grow more and more excited
and gathered around the deak In The
hopc ~ being sent. The assistant cdi.
tors nervous fingers beat . tattoo on
, his dock az he looked from face ~ face,
lie had already sent Marvin, the most
daring. and Kelly IN most cautious
~ the mon around him. and he was
: casting about IN hlH mind Tor thiEd,
while she reporters watched HIN. TO
, fan back nFtunishtd as he called out
sharply "iinrrington'"
. NON Tor the moment the assistant
city editor had entltcly forgotten that
, there were two men In the ohlcc u that
name-1ne q well known young reporter
with enough nerve ana daring and as
cre.iau IN his handsome head 60 make
; him famous sn his time. ana fhe Other -
the slender, nervous. half scared look
! Ing ydungstrr whi had been On ihr
paper for only two days OF his week 4
I trial
lie had also forgotten ;hii he him.
! relf had sent the hrri of the two out
90 Inquire into q reported change In 4
! department. % the city government. and
could MT expect that gentleman back
I until the small hour Of the morning,
but that the second. very excited ana
, anxious. was standing Just In thr
shadow " his tall desk.
a Isut be- remembered u the next sees
ond, for the "bthrr one" appeared trum
out that shadow. HE face flushed with
HurprlHe and excitement, ana his eyed
glcamlng. For a moment she editor hos
hRtrd.
This was not thr man he meant "a
4 rrni-th.H one was ru,lrrly untrlrl
but there were swO others there already
/ besides The man rrEuiiriy detailed o.
thnt plllct district. trl=Well, a. ne saw
the wager liFht ln the young mas face
somehow aim rrlullrcalon came ~
him of the time years BEFORE when he
100. had stood nervous and longing and
. b,f scar,-i. beside thtt very desk. and
taken his fret real assignment from
another editor. who mad seemed a.
great anI ave lnsIsrlnE 10 him then
an h. doubtless seemed 10 thlH chhp
hero. and Cor mrnani 80 forgot III.
editorial duties IN ~ Slnb''hS' ana
did not take back his call.
Instead, he nodded and hurrleily
beckoned the wrong Harrington near
Here" he said tersely. hurry up
as The Venetian, and mayD. you can
get boost out Of the story" and pln-
man away. already half repeating OF
Hurry No need 20 tell him that. His
hat was on. and be- never stopped ~
his overcoat. though the autumn isFhl
was cold and chilly
lie even let the light coat he wore ~
open as he sped along. 70 show M
great badge that CLEANED In all ~
glory lust above hi heart, AMI 90
years sfierNard he remembered ,h
minute rs the pf1udrnt ana happiiH
OF his life.
The ride ~ town was endlesafhe iful r
seemed 10 crawl. and when Al lis his
ptasliu n rraehed. H. nung himself
4 .sgn fhe stairs Tecklessly, and tore ~
the f,reet rsAfd she nerrrly gar7ns
lighs and thr yelling, surg.ug crowd
forcing his way through, h. hardly
kt.w how, dodging, squirmins, shof'
Ing, an at last he stood "a the nre llne
ard fhe blue coated arm OF the Ia ~
was held before him.
And then came another supreme mo-
ment. when the llght fell ory the las
cleaning badge. the restraining arm
dr0uped before him na 10y magic aa'i
Tor che nrig time he found himself a
privileged man Inside the IRE lines
The fir, had gained frlghful head,
way. II was bursting out % the brqs,i
windows N Rrert licking tongues OF
brightness, that lraped ~ the houses
on either side as though hnngering IN
more, while straight Into ITS CLOWNS
heart streBned the shlmmering rush
u water, th<lt caught the lighss and
shadows ~ the IRE and furned then
inro dainty. glowing bNa OF aphrkIns
color.
There were four engines IN all. and
Harrington could see the blue coated
nremen swarmlfg an over che IRE es'
cApfs and scrarnbllug across the roofs
and dl,vn Tor q momenf Marvin CANT
| tuta view. nUalk and amtttfN with the