The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-09

evolutious IN the Windwafd paa
sage And meanwhile Mr. AiFef
non UofHun. uehlnR hia brains b.
discover the source Of his advaf.
aary'H dispatches, gave way - de
apalr One day particularly ~
citing telegram IN the Herald mov
o. him 10 show the white flag Of
defeat
let M call a halt b. said In a
Ions letter 10 SIR Morgan
You started II. replied the lat
ter. briefly. aud the merit day the
liefhlda fwt page looked like n
circus handbilI
Then came the most trying time
81 all. for war seemed uenr. indeed
From the English news agency NJ
0uruon received columns Of die
patches beginning We learn. and
1t Ia announced upon excellent Al
thofity His cable bills swallowed
bis profits and cut wide hNatha into
his capital and mean while his Ityai
appeared 10 flourish a. the green
bay tree But with the traditional
d0gg.dneaH ~ the true born Hriton
he huna 10 his small type. hla We
undorBtand" phrnAeoloEy. his be-
lated cables aud bis insufficient im.
aElnAtlon Finally. finding himself
utterly unable 90 rival the lurd
senaationaliam Of Mr.. Harris Nor
gan'H dispatches. be undertook the
hsrculsaB task Of exposing their
msndacity. DaY after day be read
and efead the Herald'a kilograms
IN search OF blundefa. and With
pleading frequency he found them
Once. in fact. he auCeoaded IN com
pIetely disproYlnE a story regarding
the purchase IT mules IN bulgaria
BY the Spanish minister Of ua
Next morning eiated - bis victory
he opened the Herald with a smile
Of exceeding c0ntentment Across
the nrHt page. Ia county fair hand
btll letters A. large a. the eharac-
tern upon a HiEnboard. Wa the De-
gend War Declared %
It's a bloody falasho ODD said
Mr. GorHon 70 himself with
smile The dispatches say nothing
Of ~"
And then. like a lawyer annlhi-
latlng bis rivals case. he seated
himself II his desk and peuusd
vigorous and highly sarcastic "a
pose Of the Htafy'a untruth We
are aEreeably surprised he began
TO note thai our contemporary has
established a mental trlepafhy "a
bic line bet wceu this colony and the
land of aur esteemed brethren. the
YANKEES After he had carefully
folded Il neatly. h. called bis blart
copy boy and dispatched H . the
composing room with "a order that
Il be ST 40 In minion and triple
leaded- Jns' ~ the copy boy with
drew n messenger rushed uHHfhlrf
With n thin blue cable envelope
LsiaurelY opening the end Nf Cor
e8n drew out the iuchaHed "flimsy'
and spread u before him This f.
What he read
~ bulletin.
London. Tuesday. 2 ?. -Times.
Kingston.
War Declared today. Two hun
dred words follow Il r.
Four times Mr. Goraon rad thia
crushing document
1T means ruin" he sighed
ruin absolute unless
Suddenly be rals~d hia head. for
an inspiration had seined him
Would no; Morgan listen 20 rea-
Honf
The Herald heloursf % the hon
ct Mr. F1ta James Fitz Hurh. Nor
Ean'b interest Wa merely that Of an |
empiuye Ills Scoops Increased /
The papers profit. but hey did not /
add 20 his nalAfy Foolish Yunth /
Would he not listen % rranonf
I could afford 10 give him = hun
dred guinea. thought Ar Cor /
lon
lie may knock you down. " xhia- /
pefed a small voice behind him
I'm riah lt. he decided Al last
The HerAld's business office vas
IN little one story brick box AZ ,
he corner u Harbour and Queen 4
itreeta. The editorial rooms and f
printing department we're a block 4
nuffheafd on Queen street A be I
passed the former place. on bis way .
10 the latter. NJ Gofrou saw q huge f
Bulletin on the hpursida slEuhoard /
thus 10 read The Heralds eKglu-
i've announcement that var b. de-
'lafed betsecn spain and the
NJ Gurfon hurried on 10 the i
house wherein the Heald Waa man.
lfactuns-d AZ he turned into the
TART doorNay leading 10 the edi-
nfial ruoma Mr Harris Morgan f
.uahrd into bis arma
Hello cid MAI" exclaimed Mr.
durran. dragging the proprietor Of
he Times alouE with him. VIE
sehfHT"
You are on a journey suggest
I Mr. Garaon fssbly.