Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21


paragraphs translated from German article
on airships,-"1 see that The FREELY scin-
tillates around the Tree of knowledge
The editor relaxed sufficiently to smile.
That IS a good description of its weekly
flights" he said
" You don use many cuts"
N-no. They are expensive and hard to
obtain tor such subjects as We favor
Don't you think it would be good notion
to brighten it up a bit,-put in something lively
and more in keeping with the name2"
Il have no opening for new matter, If that
is what you mean" and the editor stffened
again.
But you have the say-so as to the con-
tents, SUPPOSED"
"Oh, yes The selection rests with me-"
GOOD. I'm sort of interested in a young
lady, Miss Helen Wynton by name. She,
lives in Warburton Gardens, and does work for
you occasionally. Now, propose to send her
on months trip to Switzerland, where she
will represent The FREELY You must get her
to turn out couple of pages of readable stuff
each week, which you will have illustrated by
a smart artist. with cost, of, say twenty
pounds article for drawings and blocks.
pay all expenses; she gets the trip. and YOU
secure some good copy for nothing. Is it
deal?"
The editor sat down suddenly and combed
his whlskers with nervous fingers He was a
weak man, and too liberal beer diet was not
good for him.
Are you in earnest. Mr. Spenser2" he que
ried in bewildered way.
Dead in earnest. You write the necessary
letter to Miss Wynton while / am here, and l
hand you the first twenty in notes You are
to tell her to call Monday noon at any bank you
may select, and she will be given her tickets
and a hundred pounds When | am certain
that she has started l undertake to pay you a
further sum of sixty pounds l make only two
conditions You must guarantee to star her
work, it should help her some, and my lden-
tity must not be disclosed to her under any cir
cumstances In word, she must regard her
self as the accredited correspondent of The
FREELY If she appears to be trife ratified
by your generosity in the matter of terms, you
must try to look as if you did that sort of thing
occasionally and would like to do it often"
The editor pushed his chair away from the
table. He seemed to require more air. Again
l must ask if you actually mean what you say!'
he gasped.
Spenser opened pocket book and counted
out four flve-pound notes out of goodly bun
die 1t is all here in neat copperplate," he
said, placing the notes on the table. Maybe
you haven't caught onto the root idea of the
proposition" he continued, seeing that the
other man was staring at him blankly.
want Miss Wynton to have real good time.
also want to lift her up few rungs of the jour
nalistic ladder. But she is sensitive and would
resent patronage; SO | must not figure in the
affair at all. have no other motive in the
back of my head. I'm putting up two hundred
pounds out OF sheer philanthropy. VIII you
help"
There are points about this amazing pro-
posal that require elucidation, said the editor
Slowly. Travel articles might possibly come
within the scope of The FREELY; but am
aware that Miss Wynton is what might be
termed an exceedingly attractive young lady.
For instance. you wouldn't be philanthropic
my account.
You never can tell. 1t all depends how
your case appealed to me. But if you are
limiting that intend to use my scheme Tor the
purpose of winning Miss Wynton's favorable
regard, must say that she strikes me as the
kind of girl who would think she had been swim
died if she learned the truth In any event,
l may never see her again, and it is certainly
not my design to follow her to Switzerland.
l don't kick at your questions. You're old
enough to be her father-and mine, for that
matter. Go ahead. This is Saturday after
noon, you know, and there's no business stir
ring.
CPENSER had to cover the ground second
~ time before everything was made clear.
At last the fateful letter was written. He
promised to call on Monday and learn how the
project Jared Then he relieved the claimants
anxiety, as the alley possessed second exit,
and was driven to the Wellington Theater.
where he secured stall for that nights per
Torrance of the Chinese musical comedy IN
which Miss Millicent Jacques played the part
Of a british Admirals daughter.