The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-11

A SCOOP SUPPRESSED!
by William Forster Brown.

"A room gvlna pppu n foot and a
small fracgtra fac, rypprl bv "a hal,
II totialcd rcd hair appeared In iht
aperture. Hello, MrCrackoua" gollf.
Grated the owner. ahrtliy. searching
tba room with hls ayrF. "Db aay.
Mac. Crab wants ypv B~g4tatra-rlgNf
off,
tall man Brpdlpe aver ttn edge rf
the l,trrr.i tqt,c r,.. t,.,fy .J,.i,.
a rail ,f rvs,v,t,,no ,.,p fufo M.
mnuth ,i q yawaIp, ltsae tghn cat In
she wall opposite 'All right. Mickey"
he said, ,hfyrful5y. tell him I'm COM
Ing.
Wander what the oll man wapt4as
s~oIiI,oriz,t tho rerorfar aa to b1r.
rieaI mour,ea fbe ,ycso,y stot.s gnr
wbrn rrattra. Njobotc yrncrallsgtreo
and cdltnrlr-rsinf NJ me "~rolsgrar, "
,orp.g rnndcgrsrlaa IA 4y.ra,rs hi.
urIygte nmra-bov after d Yan,rt,r fl
usg ,,r7f g,r .,n ,,p,.5 t~,1a.,tr,l T.,
move with fprcd. ~ must be- a spe
eial assignment Of some sort. hope
10 goodness Il hasn't ANYTHING to do
with the Kosher meat riots. tw0 DAYS
sud q night 1T that business ia abot,
enough for james MrCrackcn. Esq
Harris EwOrc ihIR morning that II | sent
in apy more capy fun III ErlRermau
and Feirsltgtriu. he'd sno me fer the
q and i type he woro out, anyhow #
turning the knob Of the onrr door.
'heto@ hoping IT'S something oHt OF
the rnt,'
The thin. nervous farn Of rrahfrra
Nichols. c|,rnrcui and miatueasll},e as a
steel wedge. pecrrl over The rlrr Of q
pyramid Of litter aa The reporter halted
by tho eide Of the dcsR. oh er-you.
McCrackcn?' he said, briefly. "slt
down" McCracken complied. "Fors-
tHr's sprhined his knee" went on the
editor, rapidly, lies just 'phoned me
from tho Emergency. Youth have TO
go down to Clayton Point and do the
launching. OF course. that isn't much
of a trick by itself nov cub on tho
staff could do 1t, aud ! shouldn't have
Hent for you IL that was all but II
isn't. Miss Grover, the mayors daugh.
ter, Is to do the cbristeninE-she'a a
frandniece or something Of the Capt
Grover the boats named fnr-and hcr
father Is going to make a speech ut
The luncheon hftofward. | Fixed 1T for
Forster to have a place on the staging
when Miss Grover cracked the bottle,
Grover VIII be there, too. Here's Fors-
terB card Tor the Whole business,
II ana all. I've written your namo
In place of his.
what Won are To do--the wbola
thing In q nutshell--js TO cultivate
Grover, See II by hook or crook YOU
can get him To drop some hint ms 10
what he Is going 10 do about the South
Side Railroad franchise. He's close
monthcd. but he is mighty anyious for
reelection. and II n cAeyer man that
knows his business cant get something
out of him this afternoon it1l he n
wonder,
"yvitb at m, ovrt,oro,t onoars tta
honor paid his daughter. and n chance
10 pNEr for votes In his speech !
Groycr'll be in a mood 10 loosen M II
he ever ls. Thpre'lT be plenty Of cham
pagne. too, to HELM thIprg ALONG. If
yuu hustle YOU ran pet the LA train
and b. in the ward nj g.2o rhnps All "
Nichols dfvcd into the nile of paprr
md McCrackcp walked ONT Of tha nf.
fee,
For orc, ,o,,as,,rtn .n, san.. ,o
aansI, hon s %,ll., "', ,,s |"u U,'>',| ="
- ave wa" '''''" ',"'" v NO
recognize that fact CLAYTON politics
had been ON the boil for six weeks over
the franchise hin and tho kew of tbe
situation lsy IN the mayor,s hands 30
far John Cruyrr hpd ha med lntaryIaw-
ers and pp2yIo1 cyep tho rronirort