Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-11-09

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the summons ,,ith eagerness and some
trembliDg. Elat would she be sent
ria2 be
one on which she could be brilliant
with easel
Miss Uptor," said the editor Of
the Woman Page, holding a small
slip. of printed matter in her hand,
''here is report that Mrs. Harmon's s
daughter is going to marry distin-
guished foreigner. Mrs. Harmon and
the girl have been travelling in Europe
Cor year and are just back. The
girl may have caught an English
duke or something, as these Harmons
are so rich. See her, find out who
the man is, and write up all you can
get about it. If it's true, the woman
will be glad enough to talk about it. "
"Where does Mrs. Harmon lwe?"
asked Miss Upton, taking the ''cut-
ting
ooh, I don't know" replied the
editorial lady with n touch of impa-
tience, as she shipped out another
paragraph marked with arblue cross
from the paper before her, giving four
quick clicks with the Office shears.
"You'll have TO get that from the di-
rectory or the SOCIAL Register. Miss
Jameson!" she called, sharply, taking
the freshly cut slip in her hand and
looking past Lefty with an all of to-
tally dismissing her from her mind.
Lefty withdrew, got the directory
and looked for Harmon There
were so many Harmons that she con-
cluded she had better try the HSocial
Register. The "Mrs. Harmon
whose daughter was to make brilliant
marriage would be there, and several
of the directory Harmons would not.
She took down the names OF half a
dozen Harmons, with the addresses.
She very much wished to ask the So
ciety editor which ""NIrs. Harmon of
this citN''Athat was all the slip said
was the Mrs. Harmon of her list; but
she felt it would bemore creditable to
find that out herself. So she arranged
her list in the order of their resi-
dences as she would have TO take them
on her way uptown and sailed brisk
ly forth. :
Miss. Upton had determined that
she was not going to befa "lady Jour-
nalist" or 'a lady who writesTor the
papers," but newspaper woman.
This title seemed to her honest and
direct. and digni6ed. A newspaper
woman" would get sooner to writing
those long, illustrated, signed stories"
in the Sunday paper than either of
the other kinds of writer's would!
She called at the first place on the
list and sent in her card by maid
who returned with the request that
Miss Upton would state her purpose
there, as Mrs. Harmon was very busy.
1 city did not wish to- announce
herself to servant as newspaper
woman"-she could convey that-in
formation with better results if she
did it personally: Some people mad
prejudice against reporters. Now.
she said simply, 81 am from the'Daily
Investigator" f"
"Mrs. Harmon never sees newspaper
people," said the maid. @sTf you'd
said that at the start I could have
told you, for those are my general or
ders."
"I should like you to tell your. mis-
tress that this, is about something
which she is interested in and that 1
will not detain her long," said Lefty,
with aggravated dignity.
The maid reluctantly obeyed, or at
leaok disappeared for ashort time.
THIS she came back and said, sMrs.
Harmon begs to he excused"
Lefty was little crestfallen. She
did not believe the maid had been
near her mistress again. How very
mean in arich woman with plenty OF
leisure torefu Sc even a;reception to a
girl seeking to earn living