Water Valley progress., 1901-02-23
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well-known officials hand in the ex-
cess Of his emotion. '.'
'Old man." he said, hoarsely, "Tll
never forget you for this, honest In
jun, cross ny heart, l won't. And,
say, you'll at least let me send your
little girl an automobile out of the
profits of the yank-down, won't you:
Let me repay you to that extent, at
least"
"Oh, well, if you insist upon it."
replied the well-known official, ami
ably, picking up the alligator satchel
that he had brought into the room
with him and opening it. "By the
way, l only had chance to run off Is
complete copies of the message with
out taking too many chances.
They'll be enough for you?"
'Fifteenw exclaimed the emer-
gency reporter. 'Why, man, you're
just bird, that's what you area
fan-tailed, pink-billed, green-combed,
triple-X birdl Fifteen! Why, say,
1.-THE amount Of business that I'll do
with those fifteenth"
'Well, I'm mighty glad they'll be
enough" put in the well-known Off
cial, pulling one of the rubber banded
packages of proof out of the satchel.
''There's one of the copies, son, final
ly corrected and proof read, just as
it'll be handed out officially on Mon
day next. There's about $4,000
words of it, I Judge"
The emergency reporter grasped
the copy, hastily unfolded it, glanced
up and down the slips and gazed &C.
statically at the well-known official.
"Dog-gone my hidep' he eiaculat-
ed. 'l'll send your little girl half a
dozen automobiles, whether you
stand for it or not! just you see if /
don't"
Don't mention it, my boy" re-
piled the well-known official, with
pleased expression. "I'll just be tod
ding along now. I know that you'll
have to get hustle on in order to
make arrangements for the use Of
those Is copies of the message And
with parting shake of the hand he
rapidly disappeared out of'the door.
The emergency reporter dug his
hands into the contents of the satchel
containing the Is copies of the pres
ident's message>as if they were snug
gled Koh-i-poors.
"Oh, I Gan just see myself doing
any more work after tonight, can't
II" he muttered, and then he put on
his overcoat, distributed the Is copies
[ of the message throughout the vari-
Gus pockets thereof and went to the
telegraph Office. He hastily dashed
off kilograms to the leading newspa-
pers Of Is of the largest cities of the
country, informing the editors there
Of that he had captured copies Of the
message, and offering it to each of
them exclusively for SIS, 900 in cash.
The clerk who took the kilograms at
the window gazed admiringly at the
emergency reporter as he handed
them in.
"That's just like finding $15, 900,
amt it?" said the clerk to the emer-
gency reporter, who smiled in a su-
perior way and replied: swell, lust
guess yes!"
Then, to quiet his nerves, the emer-
gency reporter went out and absorbed
a high sarsaparilla while he waited
for the replies of the editors to come
in, He played agame Of pin pool, and
then he went back to the telegraph
office. A response to every one of
them announced the editors accept
ance Of the emergency reporters
terms, and urged him to get the mes
sage on the wire at the earliest posi-
bic moment. The emergency re-
porter pulled out his 15 copies Of the
message, marked them with the
names of the leading tapers to which