The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-09
NE simply had to be happy when the
"Pallid Child" was about. So, when she
learned to dutter down regularly from
her little room at the top OF The
Mnroue." to the suite Second Floor


her, maybe. not quite as much OF child as she
seemed. - o.o,, -
which they lived Tor had rooms, not to exaggerated
It was THE Morgue' because 1t was all marble.
The Joke about this leach Of the Muek-Rak .ss
-she marble was not marble.
because he was not a hero When first the Muck
Raker had met him. and plying his loneliness had
invited him to share his suite. he had been on the
trail Of a STORY The elevator boy mysteriously
had tipped" him about an army captain ruined for
life by shot through both hips on the charge up
San Juan Hill. few questions had spoiled the
STORY" The gray-eyed, handsome lad had been
crippled, not at the battle of San Juan Hill but
merely in the battle Of fe A cadet at West Point.
three months before graduation. while practicing
dicult horseback feat at monkey drill he had been
dashed against a wall.
Well anyway. when the Pallid Child began to
visit the Crippled Hero the Much-Raker was de-
And in the front half Of the double parlors, the
Pallid Child sat upon the couch her little shoes
q cigarette (gold tipped). and talked and talked
toh. how she did talk. that Pallid Child in a con-
movements Of i: head like "a BIRDS ' '''''' 0
And the Crippled Hero. erect in his wheeled
chair gazed At her IN muse
a sun-gleam in dark waters; at times he laughed
ity which was almost q concern.
After q while change would come in the per-
Torrance Of the Muck-Raker in the inner parlor-
The typewriter would stop with clang. he would
gather up the written sheets lying loose about the
table and. humping them into a compact whole.
would place them in the drawer above his knees.
then, putting clean white legal-size upon the
cylinder OF the machine, he would sit there listen
ing. his hands inert upon the keys listening to the
separating the two parlors.
Then 'click-aty-click, click-aty-clck'' the type
.click-aty-bang" it went with growing assur-
ance land shamelessness); "b-r-r-r-. bang. bang;
And rising presently, the Muck-Raker would go
into his bedroom at the rear of the apartment, and
there. all by himself. would read the page whisked
laugh his fool head or
What he read was something like this:
do you swim? I'd just love to. always want
Atlantic City last year. Frank Halton was teach
Ing R9 %
they just wouldn't. My sister Eva. she can swim.
She DO play the t
plays for me often. On the Pianola. I'm passion
Of COURSE don't like ragtime and such cheap
things But I'm passi gate ,, fond Of good
variations Eight sharps. or fats. forget which.
candy in hs IT.. IN Tt s
BENJAMIN Franklin. candy: Frank Aalton n, sends
wes o aay
most. Well. that candy is awfully rich. Once I
s IT, !, 20
know her. She's awfully pretty-oh, much pref
tier than am. Nope. she doesn't dance show
skirts. Or tights They're horrid. No. the tights.
Some Of the girls. too
The Muck-Raker, a-tiptoe, returned to his type
writer; again he listened to the words floating in
between the portieres: again his machine Changed
and clicked and whirred beneath his enthusiastic
fingers.
No. Frank Halton. that's his name You saw his
picture the other day. Yes. in the locket. Oh.
get sometimes. You must have heard of his father.
haul ork
works in the bank He hates it, too poor boy
Guess It's good for him. though. He has an auto
s IL. s sss great
She's just in love with him. mother. Funny thing
~ nvea 70 On DOWN. wrote 1S
would 60 down with mother. And he never said
another word about it. Wasn't that funny? won
mer. he's going on his fathers ranch. In Texas He
has lots Of horses Mamma =. wants me to go. I
He was having a beautiful time. this Muck-Rak-
er. and useful time. too For this Muck-Raker
didn't mean to be Muek-RakeI all his life He
eathering Material. Human material which he
labeled Documents No. 1, II, and III.
Anyway. has been already set forth. the
Muck-Raker was delighted with the situation.
But when. after seven weeks tour along the
watersheds Of the United States cit had been dis
tnst mn THEIR aege
the United States: and calculated that at the
preseEt rate In Z period OF one thousand six hun
dred and thirty-dve years and three months the
land navy Of the United States would have to be
sailing another beverage. or not at all). the
Nuck-Haker, returning gladsome1y to the Morgue.
found the Pallid Child perched upon the right arm
o. the Crippled Here's wheeled chair. her head
rather close to his and her very soft, he felt
suddenly much Of his contentment oozing out OF
him.
The trouble with the Muck-Raker ID that among
,msny ascendants all moderately joyous and lusty
and free, there slipped In. some time other.
Ancestor with Crouch.
That evening. after the Pallid ohud had Gons