The Red Cloud chief., 1905-04-21

ly dry, through the curse of his re-
portings of that day.
When he had gone the editor laid her
hand ON Fisbce's arm Dear" she said.
do you think you'd take cold if you
went over to the hotel and made IA note
of all the arrivals for the last week and
the departures too? | noticed that Mr..
HAIRLESS always filled two or three
sticks, isn't it?-with them and things
about them, and somehow it read very
nicely. You must ask the landlord all
about them, and If there aren't any, we
can take up the same amount of space
lamenting the dull times, just as he
used to. You see, I've read the Herald
faithfully. Isn't 1t n good thing | al.
ways subscribed for it," she pattcd
Fisbee's cheek with her soft hand and
laughed gayly into his mild, vague old
eyes. ut won't be this scramble to fill
up much longer. | have plans. gentle
men, and before long We will print
news; and we must buy plate matter
instead of patent insides; and | had n
talk with the Associated Press people
In Rouen, but that's for afterwhile.
And | went to the hospital this morn
ing before ] left. They wouldn't let me
see him again, but they told me all
about him, and he's better, and I got
Tom TO go to the Jail, and he saw some
Of those beasts, and l can do a column
of description besides an editorial about
them, and | will be fierce enough to
suit Carlow, you may believe that. And
I've been talking to Senator Burns
that is, listening to Senator Burns,
which Is much stupider-and | think |
can do an article on national politics.
I'm not very well up on local issues
yet, md T. She broke Off suddenly.
There, l think we can get out tomor-
rows number without any trouble. by
the time you get back from the hotel,
father, I'll have half my-my stuff
written-'written up l mean. Take
your big umbrella and go, dear, and
please ask at the express office If a
typewriter has come for me-"
She laughed again with sheer delight,
Tx Il child, and ran to Il corner and
got the cotton umbrella and placed it
In the old mans hand. AS he reached
the door she called after him, "Wait!'
and went to him and knelt before him
and. with the humblcst, proudest grace
In the world, turned up his trousers to
keep them from the mud. Ross Scho-
field had never considered Mr.. Fisbee a
particularly sacred sort of person., but
he did from that moment. The old
man made some timid protest at the
girls action, but she answered.: "The
great ladies used to buckle the Cheva-
Her Bayard's spurs for him, and you're
a great deal nicer than the Chev-
You haven't any rubbers. | don't be-
lieve any of you have any rubbers".'
And not until both Fisbee and Mr..
Scholield had promised to purchase
oversloes at once and in the meantime
not TO step in any puddles would she
let the former depart upon his errand.
He crossed the square with the strang-
est. jauntiest step ever seen in Platt-
Vile. Solomon Tibbs had Il warm ar
gument with Miss Selma as to his
identity, Miss Selma maintaining that
e." figure under the big umbrella-only
the legs and coat tails were visible to
th'hh ""S mat VI IL Stranger, pTODdDl
an Englishman.
In the Herald office the editor turn
ed, smiling, to the papers remaining
vassal. mir. Scholicld, | heard some
talk in Iiouen of an oil company that
had been formed to prospect for kero.
sene in Carlow county. DO you know
anything about it,"
Ross, surfeited with honor, terror. and
possessed by Il sweet distress ut ind
Ing himself tete-a-tcte with the lady.
looked at the wall and replied, "Oh,
it's that Eph Watts f~oolishness.'
ID you know if they have begun TO
dig for it yat;'
"Ma'am?" said Ross.
"Have they begun the diggIngs YETI"
mo, ma'am, l think not. They've
got n c%ontrapshun fixed up about three
mile south. | don't reckon they've be-
gun yet, hardly. They're gittin' the
machinery in place. l heard Eph say
they'd begin to bOre-dig, | mean,
ma'am; ! meant to say dig He
stopped, utterly confused and unhap-
py, and she understood his manly pur-
pose and knew him for a gentleman
whom she liked.
"iou mustn't be too much surprised"
She said, but in spite of my ignorance
about such things / mean to devote a
good deal of space to the oil company.
1t may come TO be of great importance
to Carlow, We won't 20 into ii in to-
morrow's paper beyond an item or SO,
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