New-York tribune., 1909-07-18
A Student of Sociology
Continued from page 5

t;s co,r,anior ''And you won't lose anything
bv coming here. SO just keep youT-er- your
coat ont IL LII,
U,HFY had now arrived at the top floor OF the
L b,,iIding. the floor on which the editorial
rooms were located, and Bradley progress
was a rovai one. direct from the corrldors 1ilto
that holy Of holes the Sanctuin OI IIe 4ii1li'05
ing editor himself.
@Here he is. Mr.. Mcdowell, SAID Bradley
escort as they entered, addressing the occupant
of the editorial chair He was on hand Just
as he SAID he would be, and ne had IHe S'iS-
ready for delivery.
The man addressed. no less a parsonage than
the managing editor himself, whrled aTound
in his swivel chair, and 1t took only nan q
glance at him TO tell Bradley that MS moieL
hobo lin Cooper whose praises he hdd IN
tended shortly 10 sing IN the columns OF - ne
Gazette" was none other than that all powerful
autocrlt of newsPaperdom- Horace Ss N4J-
poweIl Here indeed was q pretty Kettle OF tSIi
out Of the sociological pond! Bradley with q
sirL-in, heart saw his sensational series fading
away ike the nists Of the sea before the herce
ravS Of a summers sun.
:. So said Mcdowell. smiling pleasantly at
Bradley as ne took him by the hand YOU
really meant IT, did YOU, old chap
There's the fourteen plunlls- SAID Bradley
pulling the greasy packet OF greenbacks IRON
his pocket again: but | guess YOU won need
EN- now. sir | thought YOU was the real
Well. by ginger,'' calculated NacDowell
fervidlv Il wish | was half as good a fellow
as the real thingi II was fine OF YOU % offer al.
YOU had 10 help another fellow out
"Oh | don't know. Sald Bradley n'ttrtlE.
Il thought YOU waS-weU. anxious . 60 home
and if could help We get there why shOulln
Il 'Tain't often we get a chance % do anytnIrl
really worth dom for other people, and
thought YOU was givin' me mine
.' Well YOU can bet I'm go,1s % give YOU YOUR
chance right now" said NacDowel That
fourteen dollars OF YOURS VIII turn out o be the
best investment anybody ever made my man
Its going % set YOU up IN business. al rlgnt
But l don't understand, said Bradley
looking around the office n pretended Devil
ierrnent What's II all about''
e. owe YOU an explanation, SAID Nl--
Dowell and YOU shall have Z, but urst
want your photograph taken for our SUNDAY
issue I'm going q make feature ~ YOU. the
tramp who was willing to give up All he had O.
save another tramp from lie OF misery That
kind Of fellow Is worth while these DAYS. and #
he turns UP lust IN time - knock the pins out
from under those fellows over IT The Gazette
office with their studies OF conditions n the
shadows. so much the better. We can knock
'e1n out with the real goods You may not
know 1t. but YOU are the biggest beat We ve mad
on Park Row this wear
Thank vou said Bradley Significantly "
was never called one 70 nv face before
MacD5wcus face flushed. "Oh. / don't
mean that kind. he fastened % explain.
mean the 1--we kind Those chaps over IN The
Gazette Office have been drooIing for two
weeks now over their new series ot lower world
sketches. and. by ginger I put on an old Christ
mas masquerade dress gf mine and % out n
Madison Square and tnd YOU IN ten minutes
You're a find. that's what YOU are. and what
vou"u get out Of II Is ten times YOUR fourteen
dolIars-a steady job n our shipping depart
ment If YOU want II. or If YOU don't Z. a railway
ticket u any part Of the civilized world You
want to GO
a Nd So Bradley had 20 have his photograph
taken for The SUNDAY Palladium ta|
eubelIISh an article designed primarily % take
the cream OFF his projected series. q SIT and
hear the general arrangements Of the story that
should rum his own plans discussed; and -
have his advice asked as 70 whether he should
not be made q say some of the philosophical
things that lin Cooper had said the dav before
and finally 10 sign m affidavit that the inter
view had actually taken place.
BY lingo" he uutterct. Il am a peach i
Taken into camp by the enemy az the end Of
the first SSrruish' 80
For an instant he felt strongly inclined 10
blurt out the real truth. and % confess thar he
too was a student OF sociology. Ike Mcdowell
and no less "a person than the author of the