The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
4 CHAPTER I-Continued.

N moved Inc trIcUnUne illulGtLtoi ti''N 'A'
f1orctl the foreman printer.
IN 81; rev moments IL lean Scotchlinu
= jtl5tls shirt sleeves one or the most a,l-
tocratic and Important people connected
with Tho 4I,npci'--camc Into the room. geS
VI n want MI absolutely reliable linotype
h opera tor I3,rncss," snd Om,nancy "1Ic,
will have To set tip some special copy
FOR INC after tho pnpcr's gone TO press.
& It'll take hini5t brcaktast-tnc. want
man who will not talk. The thing Is
z private and important. And II lnust be
ii man who can Bct np from The Greek
font by hand also There arc some quo
tntIons In Greek included In the text.
.'Wcll, si,r," said tho MIN. with
strong Scotch accent, ~ cnn find sc n
guild operator to stay I'll np"rnnE. but
FL ABBOTT his aIlcncc-tif It's or great moment
] wouldn't snS. nn1 nboot his aptitude
for setting np Grcek type liac nae doot
whatever. There's no Il limo operator III
56tlic building wlin cnn do IT. Some OF the
& mon ut the case might bit tnntll be
i kccpnE two men Is IT vera important
1 Mr.. Ommancy?
More important than anything | have
4 ever dealt with.
n ."rhcn ven please jist give the copy
into my own hands. SIR III do the
limo and tho case warrl myself and pull
-
see the copy but me.
THANK you. Burmese" said the editor
3#'I'in very
I'm very much Obliged. shall be
here TIL morning. / slial go out In an
hour and be back by the time the ma
chimes arc running down stairs. Then
the composing room will be empty and
you can get to work
''I.ll start directly the plates have gone
down TO the foundry and the men are
H off, Just keeping one hand to see TO the
K gus engine
And, Burmese, lock up the galley safe
~ when you come down with tho proof. -
"rl do It.. SIR" and tho Eren mail--
4 Indispensable and earning Ills SIX hun-
drcd Il ycar--went away with the precious
"A papers I'll
THAT Is perfectly safe with Burmese, =
X said Spence. as the foreman compositor
retired. t"'IIc will make no mistakes,
either He Is a capital Greek scholar,
corrects the prpof-rcaders themselves
often"
.Yes.n answered Ornrnnney. u know.
* ! shall leave everything III his hands.
I Then late Tomorrow night, just before
the forms go to the foundry, 1 shall
shove the whole thing In before any one
knows anything about 1t, and nothing can
g viii know about II beforehand. and he'll
he ready TO break UP n whole page for
this stuff. or course, as far rs leaders
+ 20 and comment, ] shall be guided very
much by the result OF my Interview to-
night and others to-morl ow morning
shall send off several cables before dawn
TO Palestine and elsewhere.
Once more the editor began to pace
up and down the room. think Ing rapidly,
decisivclS. deeply. The thin. fragile body
& was informed with power by the splendid
brain which animated it.
'rle$srathcr langllld, silent man was
utterly changed. Here one could see the
strcng til, and force Of tile personality
which dire@4fd and controlled the second.
perhaps tic first, most powerful engine 4
8of public opiniqnin the world. 1hc mill
3iionaircs who paid tllis freil-looking,
youthful sman an enormous sum 70 direct
.Btlicir paper for them. knew what they
4 were about They had bought one OF the
finest living executive brains and made
1t Il putentnte among its fellows. This
man, who when he was not at the Office.
or holding some hurried colloquy with
one OF the rulers of tho world was asleep
Ina solitary fiat at Kcnsington, knew that
he had an accepted right to send Il mes
sage to Downing Street, such as he had
lately done. No one knew his face--no
nnc OF the great outside public. His was
hardly oven a name to be recognized i'm
passing. yet lie and Spence and Folliott
Farmer could shake q continent with their
words And though all knew It, or would
at least have realized it had they ever
given It a thought. the absolute self-cf-
faccIllcnt Of journalism made IT Il mat
ter OF no moment to any of them.
While Engiishmcn read their dicta and
SunconsciouSly Incorporated them into
their own pronounccmcnts.. mounting
them in street, market and forum, these
men slept TIL tho busy day was over.
and once more, with the setting of the
SUN stole out 10 their almost furtivc and
yet5trcmcndous task.
Every now aud then Ommaney strobe
y to tho writing table and made rapid
motto on a shoot OF paper.
At last he turned to Spence
m am beginning to have our line of
action we'll marked out in my braln," he
said. '''rhc thing Is grouping itself very
we'll. | nm beginning 10 see my way.
Now, about YOU. Spence, or course, this
thing is yours. Atnny rate, you brought
II here Later on, Of course, Wn shall 4
show our gratitude In some substantial
way. That Will depend upon the ,psot
OF lilo Whole thing. Meanwhile YOU Will
.ln quite wasted IN London ] ,lnd Farmer
and Wilson can deal With anything and
everything here,
F1s"Of course would rather have yon on
tic snot, but ! can use YOU far better
elsewhere
said Spence,
"You must go to Jerusalem ut once.
Start for Paris Tomorrow morning at
nine you'd better go round TO Noir
chambers and pack up now and thcn come
back here TIL it's time 10 start. You can
sleep en- route. I shall be here TIL break
fnst-tlme. and can give you final In,
structions.'
ITO used the. telephone once moro and
his secretary came in.
''Mr. Spence starts for Palestine to- !
morrow morning, Marriott, no said, ''llc
is going straight through toJornsalcm as
fast as may be. Oblise mo by getting out
a route for him ut once, marking al tho
times for steamers aud trains, etc, IN "a
clear scheme for AIr, Spence to take with
him. BE very careful with the Conti-
mental tlme- tables indeed. II you can see
any delay anywhere which Will be likely
to occur, go down to Cooks early In the |
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