The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-10-20
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table In The reporters room.
Dad you get thai sioty. C.rlttonf be
ssked.
C.rleion's not 10 yet. Mr. Howard, one
OF the men replied. He
Bot the door shnt With bang, 10 open
miuale later. whe1 the same worried
voice Inquired
where's Budi Oh. suppose be i'nt
10 be isund ehher Did sny one ever
know him 10 be on hand when be ".
wsptedf Here, Bad, as the erimy laced
galley and general utility boy in question
came 10 With bic proofs, 40 eoFn to the
foo, Of 4 street aud fod Cirleton There's
wreck Of the Point, bat II son, do us
.uy good unless be gets here with thss
copy pretty soon. We go TO press at three
O'Clock In just two hours Bad
He stopped with bali smile, for the
boy was already half way down the stairs
on bis way to the street. None Of ns
knew erscliy why be gave the weird,
shrveled specimen OF bo,hood the name
OF Bad. Possibly it was because OF the
certainty we felt that be would never be
come q blossom. lie was thin should
cred, shrupkened cbested little fellow,
small even for his twelvs Yesrs, with
sharp featured unchildish face and the
.neesiiou OF eternsl Group in bis voice.
He had drifted into the Office one stormy
night about year before the time OF which
write. and although his request f.r
place had been promptly refused, he had
calmly stayed on, aud became fixture.
He was not communicative about himself,
.nd we we're not particularly curious.
One OF the women prooiresders discovered
before long that the gray rat under her
desk was not q more constant hsbitue oi
the Office than was Bad. He spent the
hours between the time the paper went to
press aud the arrival OF the day men ct
eleven O'Clock sleeping on pile OF mail
sacks in 3 dark corner OF the engine room,
but from that time 90 he was alert and
ready for business.
As "upderstudy for Frank. the regular
galley boy, be was fast picking up
knowledge OF printing and had occasional
iy displayed = surprising amount Of IN
formation regarding the general makeup
OF newspaper Strongly imbued with
the ides .hst ell things wele secondary IN
importance anl must be subservient TO
its requirement nothing pleased him 80
much ss 40 errsnd Of the kind just given
him by the city editor and We all knew
he would return on time il be was alive.
Carleton was new man on the paper
q little green at the business, but with
"oose for news" and sense OF honor aud
eternal fitness OF things. coupled with re
liability OF statement Mr.. Howard had
looked over his staff that night before
si ,ing the assignment. Get to that
wreck, Carleton, be said, testify.
You are the only man here who can
write |, up without having the waves roll
mountains high. And the new reporter
had torn q thick section from the block
of copy paper aud hurried away. Bud
found no difficulty in locating the wreck,
sltbouph he could see its dark spsrs out
lined against the sky much better by run
ming along the water front as far - d
street. The storm. which had been rag
ing for three days and had finally caused
the disaster, had subsided . tribe, and
the grea, black hulk seemed resting easily
upou the waves. On account OF the hour
there were but few spectators -only the
burryipg life crews, the patrolmen. and
the inevitable group OF wharf rats. Bud
observed, with delight, that not another
paper had 9 reporttr on the scene he
o,kea sround for Carleton, and someone
told him that the "chsp" that had been
writing there for long time. sitting on 90
overturned sms all boat, had OF last rigbted
The little craft and set off fer the hall
submerged ship.
He hsdn't ough,er either, the man con
timed. This water sin't IS peaceful as
II looks. We had bad pull Rettin 10
the last trip with the passengers, spd the
wind Is rising higher every minute.
II was tue ths, the clouds had begun
to roll again, while the lightning threw
evtr sharper and mere jagged isDss across
the sky. The crew on shore made hasty
preparation to put out There were s'ii
macy people aboard the wrecks NUMBER
oi them women snd children. Bud was
the frat one in the boat.
Come out Of that, youngsser, SAID .
sailor. Be quick With you
I'm going. cried the boy. I've got to
Carleton I've got TO Il tell youl
The ssilors hand was on bis collar. but
Baa cIuue TO the sest with desperation,
the m scles 10 bis little hands standing
ont like . glsdiators.
I've got TO get something for the psperi
and his voice rose 10 shrill scresm. Inc
man lifted him ont, sst him not unesotiy
down on the We, sand, AMI pushed of the
hat. With . free cry the boy was alter
him, clipsipg like monkey to i,s eide
The ssilor loosened the boys hands and
be dropped backward into the water lie
.c,smbled 10 the shore, and stood choking
With impotert rage. strange osths pouring
from bis lips and bis frsil hands beating
the sir.
The Wind increased In violence. The
hinder terrific, and the beavens were
.u, with broad white blsdss The nish'
grew ever blacker bu, he could see by
, ,bs the flashes tbs, The life bos, rolled