The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23


The G1ob e missing word contest
is over, and the above is the list of the
winners. Miss Filiatrault penned the
first correct answer picked up by the
contest editor, Mr.. McCool was a close
second, and the others followed in the
order named in the above list.
The readers of T h e Globe lost no
time yesterday morning in starting the
search for the missing word in the
Lost River story. Before 10 o'clock
the answers began to pour in, and at 80
the contest editor was compelled to sig
nal for assistance.
The first sign of the contest editors
trouble was noted at eight and three
quarter minutes after 4, when a lone
man, who was holding down the front
steps of G O office, seized one
of the early bird newsies by the collar
and purchased a paper.
Look for the Lost River"
The sleepy policeman waiting on the
corner for his relief heard the mutter
and his suspicious were at once confirm
ed He knew that the man in front of
him was wrong" and pulling his club
he started for the man responsible for
the mutter
you've been here long enough, an
now you've got to tell me- announced
the policeman, as he clutched the collar
the front steps.
''Tel you what?'' demanded the man.
What are you hanging around here
for?"
The man with the paper in his hand
turned over the pages, and without a
word pointed TO the Lost River story
The policeman was a, reader Of T h e
G o b e, and asking pardon he joined in
the search for the missing word
81 got if - declared tho man Uyb0 bo
waited all night.
What is it? asked the COP.
Its Bob said the man in don't
diSDute-me tone.
You're right" confirmed the police
man.
Failed to Guess Right.
But he wasn't. He pulled out an en-
Velope and in a bold determined hand in
formed the contest editor that the miss
ing word was Bob He added a post
script suggesting that h e G lob e ask
something hard for him to answer and
then he went home. When he turns out
this morning he will discover his mis-
take.
But the man Who waited all night was
not the only one. For fifteen minutes the
contest editor reached into the big pile
of answers and pulled out and tore open
envelopes before he collected a list of
ten fortunateS. Three or four hundred
Of the searchers knew, just like the man
who remained up all night, that Bob"
was the word. Several hundred other
searchers guessed all the way from words
of three letters up to the longest word
that they thought should have been nut
was not left out of the story.
The lucky ones who located the space
where the word "Blessng''-the right
word-should have been numbered many
more than the ten winners, but the con-
test editor was compelled to stop after
he had sorted out the ten winners
AS promised by T h e G e, the con-
test editor went to work without fear or
favor. The envelopes containing the an
swers were dumped in a heap on his desk
and then with all envelopes looking alike
to the editorial gaze, he reached for the
first guess.
1t was wrong, but the pile still looked
big enough to hold a few correct an
swers, and the contest editor continued
reaching. The answer sent in by Miss
F'iliatrault was the first correct answer
reached, an, encouraged the contest ed
itOr continued his work.
After some eighty or ninety envelopes
had been torn open ten winners were OF.
the list and then the work stopped.