The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1900-07-12
!: Jennie Baxter,
Journalist
Continued

''Oh, he has done SO, " said Miss BaN.
ter, ''and did II very effectively indeed.
In fact, your reasons are quite unan
pwerable You fear, Of course, that You
will lose your situation. and that If very
important, and no n in The BuBle
office wishes you 20 suffer for what You
have done. OF course it is all In the
public interest"
'Of course, OF course" murmured
Hazel, looking down on the table
swell, have you all the documents
ready, 30 that they can be published at
any timer"
'Quite ready" answered the man.
"Very well" said the girl, with de-
cision. Here is your $50. just count
the money and see that IL Is correct, /
took the envelope M it was handed to
me and have not examined the amount
myself"
She poured tho sovereigns out on the
table, and Hazel, with trembling fin
gers, counted them ont two by two.
"That il quite right, he said. rising.
He went TO n drawer, unlocked 1t and
took out n long blue envelope,
"'There," he said, with n sigh that
was almost a gasp. "There are the fig
ures and n full explanation Of them.
You will be very careful that my name
does not slip out in any way"
"Oh, nor said Miss Jennie, coolly
drawing forth the papers from their
covering. "No one knows your name
except Mr.. Alder, Mr.. Hardwick and
vnro,lp nn1 I ,,, opurra van thnt I
shall not mention your name to any
one"
The man had not the slightest sus-
picion that his visitor was not n mem
Der of the staff of the paper he had been
negotiating with. She was 80 thorough
ly self possessed and showed herself so
familiar with all details that had been
discussed by Hazel and Alder that no
doubt had entered the clerks mind.
Miss Jennie placed the papers back
in their blue envelope and babe the
anxious Hazel goodby.
Once more in the hanson, she ordered
the man to drive her to Charing Cross,
and when she was ten minutes away
from Rupert square she changed her
direction and desired him to take her
to the Office Of The Evening Graphite,
where she found Mr.. Stoneham busy
with his leading article and impatiently
awaiting further details of the conspir-
acy he was to lay open before the public.
A glance at the papers Miss Baxter
brought to him showed Mr.. Stoneham
that he had at least got the worth Of
his ESQ. There would be n fluttering in
high places next day. He made arrange
Issued a little earlier than usual, calcu-
lating his time with exactitude, so that
rival sheets could not have tho news in
their first edition, cribbed from The
Graphite, and yet the paper would be
on the street, with the newsboys shout
ing, "'Orrible scandal before any
other evening sheet was visible. And
this was accomplished the following
day with a precision that was admira,
BILE.
Mr. Stoneham, with n craft worthy
OF all commentator, kept back from
the early edition a small fraction Of the
figures that We're in his possession, S,
that he might print them in the st
called fourth edition, and thus put upol
the second lot of contents bills sent on
in huge, startling black type. Further
ton Scandal, " and his scathing leading
article, in which he Indignantly de
manded a parliamentary inquiry int,
the conduct Of the board, was recog
nized. even by the friends of that pub
lie body, to have seriously shaken conf
dence in it. And all the other paper
were filed with impotent anger.
Promptly at 8 O'Clock that Afternoon
Q hanson containing Miss Jennie Bax
ter drove up to the side entrance Of TIL
Daily Bugle Office, and the young WON
Al nce more accosted the Irish porter
who again anne out Of his den to re
ceive her.
''Miss Baxter ?" said the Irishman
half by way of salutation and half b.
way Of inquiry.
eyes" said the girl.
"Well. Mr.. Hardwick left strict or
ders with me that if We came. or rattle
that whin ye came, ! was to conduc
ye right up to his room at once"
''Oh, that is very satisfactory" erie
Miss Jennie, land somewhat differen
from the state of things yesterday"
The porter led the way to Mr., Hard
wick's room and announced the visitor
TASK her to come in, she heard tn
editor say, and the next instant the pol
ter left them alone together.
wont you sit down, Miss Baxter
said Mr.. Hardwick, with no trace c
that anger in his voice which she ha
expected. II have been waiting for you
YOu said You would be here at 5, and
like p~unctuality, Without beatin
round the bush, ! suppose l may tax
1t for granted that The Evening Graph
ite Is indebted to you for what it
pleased to call the board Of public COZ
struction scandal2"
Eyes" said the young woman, sea
ing herself. II came up to tell you ths
j procured for The Graphite that intel
esting bit of information.
$50 ! suppose. My colleague, Henr
Alder, saw Hazel this afternoon at II