The Washington times., 1908-06-21

rr-o6liLg Ia -le Esr- a--. Tle ,dIti1lH
1i other evening newspapers were be-
ing distributed az the same ..-e. 1u-
their front pages C0l-a-1H- nothing
more exciting than the last caa-arrln
Of the revolution ia Rus .l. li.r-alla
bought Wire and lee| t-e story
breathlessIy.
Billy Foster. Billy Fosters story
I am sure Of it, Ana a .H-L- On.
what a beat. I'd know his touch ia
story a thousand mile aWaE
5EarceIlafs cheeks Became eesv hril-
Kant and her eyes danced.
AS she read on ana 5a da1a taa
sold two columns which Billy bad die
.ated. spread out in biz cypa with
screaming heads and sEbaeaas. the
stony Itself gripped her powerfully
"Oh, 7 wish I were on the daily
staff once more and had G. chance at
thisr" she walled TO her editor. as
she raced into rle office. "CE. ISN'T e
big? Isn't Il bs7
''Piz-head6d. dumb Wire luck. "a
usuaIr" growled the Sunday editor.
All very wei 20 CRY that when the
Wire beats the town, but les a poor
excuse" ssld Narcells warmly She
hurried to her desk and spread the
paper out before her. she wanted &c
think and could not. A hundred dis
connected things rushed through hes
excited mind
BILLY VII bs UP 20 see nae tonight
was one OF these thoughts, ana ssa.n
-he flushed wildly. His laughing.
landsome face arose before her mental
.. to- and she murmered adectonats-
Il. Dear old bOyr' Thsn another
SAGE Of Philip Holbrook- ''Oh, dear
meg thought MaEC8la- twisting uu-
.amslrJabiy 10 her chair,
NJ -hOught that when the matter was
c.Ged everything would Ia4l mo
order at last. i know what prom
l--- 60 say 20 either Billy OF PM
when the great beat was secured. and
certainly this 90 EneAL bear. But
" -y-0ut this Is really only tbs Begin
ming Of the great b6ati' she suddenly
thought, and her heart began 10 r1roo
very hard.
''TIis murder Is a most rema-lla Die
mystery. Billy's story shows. o. iI8
face that he came upon IL By acct
don't. Ii certainly would not be Fair
% Phil 70 let mere luck decide me
thing. NOF' Aarcella.s pretty mouth
shuI 10 a determined line.
'Ie those boys think IA worth ngili-
ins for, they must night fair and starr
fair Now. If one OF them should dis
cover who killed John = Ci0ugE and
secure beat with that racJ-thaL
would be the beat
ali that day her duties were sadly
ne elected as she seized upon copies OF
each edition OF the evening papers as
tEev were flashed hourly or oftencrs
from the laboring presses that pushed
10 their utmost TO supply the interested
millions Of the big city with the latest
developments, theories. and pictures
of the great Clough mystery, And
hour by hour the story Grew in
mystery. ia wonder, IA interest
The next edition OF the evening pa
pers GfLer that in which the Wire
had beaten ell rivals so Elgnally con-
tanned page after page OF the story
MarcelIa read every word o. al the
papers After q little while, however.
she neglected the Other. papers % read
the Budget and Wire alone. Il was
obvious that each OF these papers was
doing its very utmost 70 beat the
5ther-and incidentally the raak OF tho
evening papers. MaTcella ggas awars
that nobody but Hoibrook would be
selected 70 hands the story Tor the
BIdgct and that Billy Foster was IN
Command Of the Wire brigade OF re-
porteEs, photographers and artists
Copyright by the Frank A ALrnssy Co.. I5a7
(Tc Be Continued Next suHday.)
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