The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1900-12-28
JENNIE BAXTER. JOURNALIST
BY ROBERT BARR
H. An Unlocked For Encounter.
BY ROBERT BARR
(Continuod.)

N''HtinUOu'D
well, this IL jolly, " no said.
Yes, murmured Jennie. ats YER
nice. I always did enjoy foreign travel
especially when II can be done Il
luxury; but, alas. luxury costs money
doesn't III"
"Oh, You don't need to mind 70,
are rich"
THAT is true. l had forgotten al
about It,"
81 hope, Jennie, that the fact Of m,
travelling on a train do luxe has not dc
luded you regarding my wealth.
should have told You that I usual,
travel third class when l am transport
ing myself in my private capacity.
am wringing this pampered eleganc,
from the reluctant pockets OF the Brit
ish taxpayer. When l travel for British
government, l cay, as Pooh Bah said tc
Koko in The Mikado, DO it we'll, my
boy, or words to that effect"
Indeed, " laughed Jennie, II am in q
somewhat similar situation-the news.
paper Is paying all the expense OF this
trip, but l shall insist on returning the
money to The Bugle now that l have
failed In my mission"
Dear me, how much more honest the
newspaper business is than diplomacy
The idea of returning any money never
even occurred to me The mere sugges-
ton freezes my young blood and makes
each particular hair to stand on end
like quilts of the fretful% porcupine. Our
motto in the service is, Get all you can
and keep all you get"
But. then, You see. your case is diff
ferent from mine. You did your best to
succeed, and l failed through my W
choice, and thus l sit here a traitor to
my paper"
swell, Jennie, - said the young man,
picking up the dispatch box, which he
never allowed to leave his sight, and,
placing 1t on the table, you've only to
say the word, and this contentious let
ter is in your possession again. Do you
regret your generosity ?"
ION, no, no, no, no! I would not
have 1t back on any account. Even look
ing at the matter in the most material
ist1c way, success means far more to
you than 1T does to me. As you say, l
am rich; therefore / am going to give
up my newspaper career. l suppose that
Is why women very rarely make great
successes of their lives. A woman's ca.
reer 30 often is merely Of incidental in
terest to her; a mans career is his
whole life"
"What a pity it is" unused the
young man, that one persons success
generally means another PERSONS fail
urel If were the generous, whole soul
ed person | sometimes imagine myself
to be. l should refuse to accept success
as the price of your failure. You have
actually succeeded, while l have actual
ly failed. With a generosity that makes
me feel small and mean, you hand over
your success to me, and l seltishly ac-
cept it. But l compound with my con-
in this way. You and | are to
be married then we will be one. That
one shall be heir to all the successes Of
each of us and shall disclaim all the
failures of each. Isn't that a good
Excellent, replied Jennie. "Never-
theless l cannot help feeling just IA lit
tie sorry for poor Mr.. Hardwick."
"Who is he-the editor2"
"Yes. He did have such faith in me
that 1t seems almost a pity to disap-
point him"
"You mustn't trouble our mind
about Hardwick. Don't think of him at
all. Think of me instead"
sV am afraid I 40 nrl L,-o -z r.
time past. Nevertheless l shall get
at Liege and telegraph to him that l
am not bringing the document to Lon
II will send the telegram for you
when we reach there, but if l remember
rightly what you told me Of his purpose
he can't be very deeply disappointed. I
understood You to say that he did not
intend to publish the document aver if
he got it"
"That is quite true. He wished to
act as the final messenger himself and
was to meet me at Charing Cross sta
ton, secure the envelope and take it at
once to its destination"
II must confess" said the young
"' "A'A q po"iiucitu tADTGsSlOu, |
THAT don't see the object of that. Are
You sure he told you the truth"
sob, yesl The object was this. 1t
seems that there Is in the foreign office
crusty old curmudgeon who de-
lights in battling Mr.. Hardwick. This
official forget his name; in fact, l
don't think Mr., Hardwick told me who
he was-seems to forget The Daily
Bugle when important items of news
are to be given out, and Mr.. Hardwick
says that he favors one Of the rival pa
pers, and The Bugle has been unable SO
far to receive anything like fair treat
ment from him, SO Mr.. Hardwick want
ed to take the document to him, and
thus convince him there was danger in
making an enemy of The Daily Bugle.
AS l understood his scheme, which
didn't commend itself very much to me,
had no intention of making a
bargain, but simply proposed to hand
the document and ask the foreign
office man to give The Bugle its fair
share in what was going"
"Do you mean to say that the official
in question is the man to whom l am to
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