The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-29

deal from you" Then as the boy aD-
peared with the paper. she thanked
them for their courtesy and was gone
il a moment
BY George, she's a beauty ex-
claimed Whistler as she vanished from
his admiring SAFE.
Isn't she. though?" responded Greg
DRY. And how sweetly she comph-
mented US on those extras. Say a
woman has no magnanimity. Why,
man, feel real mean about taking the
wind out Of her little editorial sail ike
we haveg'
A few minutes after eight Kate.
glowing and triumphant marched in
the Telegraph rooms.
Fifteen minutes before the Times left
the press the newsboys We're thronging
the streets. CRYING "T-e-I-e-g-r-a-p-h
E-x-t-r-al All about the capture of
Norton and your cashr' and i'm ten min
utes there was a crowd in the streets
which nothing but a fire or the capture
of thief could bring together in so
short a time. The newsboys reaped a
harvest. Men whose money Norton had
taken made frantic dives for the paper.
flung down dimes and quarters and
rushed away without change. The old
fellow that shook his cane at the Tele-
graph sign board hailed a boy for a
copy. "Ain't We afeard she'll pizen yer"
said the irreverent youth, remembering
rap across the knuckles which the old
man had given him the first day he sold
the paper.
Il don't care q dern, God bless the
giTlsl HuTrah for the Telegraph" the
old fellow yelled throwing his hat in
the air and waving his cane frantically.
I'D have gone crazy if that news had
been half a day later. That scamp had
everything I own" And he picked up
his hat, tossed the boy a quarter and
went home to tell his wife 10 dry her
tears and think no more of the poor
house.
Telegraph Extra" said the Times Of
flee boy, tossing the sheet on the table
and disappearing. The editors started.
stared al it blankly for an instant, then
read the headlines. For "a moment the
silence between them was tragic, then
Gregory broke it with Il long shrill
whistle. $50 that's the work that
little Delilah had to get out this morn
ing!" and he fell to fiercely chewing
his mustache. Whistlers only reply
was a "COnfound it, 50 full of con-
Centrated ChagTin that it could hardly
force its way through his clinChed
teeth. If either could have blamed the
feeling of each might have been found
but both having been equally anxious
to accommodated the little DeliIah"
could only sit in silent misery and
blame themselves for their own IN
doing
They were sitting thus at eleven when
the news flashed over the wires Unay
| a rich vein had been unexpectedly dis
| covered in the Diamond It had the
| effect of an electric shock. Here was
a chance to save themselves. They
rushed to the press room to give orders
/ to get the type ready for an extra.
/ Then they felt that they had butted
| their heads violently against a stone
wall when the foreman said:
! What's the use? We amt got a
! scrap of paper and won't have till
| night. Took every bit for regular copy
| this morning"
He was ignorant Of the chivalric
| loan.
At l o'clock the Telegraph boy
| brought back the borrowed paper and
the press was soon clicking away.
! But the editors of the Telegraph had
/ had a taste of victory that only made
| them eager for more. They had their
! paper out half an hour ahead to be
/ able to meet the Times extra" "halt
| way" so Elinor had said.
| 1t met it more than half way. The
Telegraph boys had swept the ground
! clear before the Times extra" could be
! gotten from the press.
The town went wild. In an hour the
! shares of the Diamond were as much
above par as they had been below, and
| the Telegraph was riding the crest OF
a wave that carried her so far ahead
| of the Times that it was doubtful
if the latter could ever again take The
| wind out of her little editorial sail"