Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-02-01
NOVeliZed by
FREDERICK
R. TOOMBS
From the Great Play
of the Same Name
by Joseph Medill
Patterson and Har-
riet Ford. - -
COPYRIGHT. 1903. By JOSEPH
MEDILL PATTERSON AND
HARRIET FORD.

with that cub tonight. 1t will give
you something to think about, and you
! can show him as much in a night as
he'd learn in a month alone. Mr.. Dill
lon, allow me to present you to Mr.
Sylvester Nolan. Mr. Dillon broke me
into the business" said the editor to
the newspaper owners son.
Sylvester drew a ponderous wad OF
bills from his pocket and offered the
top one to the old down and outer"
You want to handle my friend Po-
WOW with gloves" advised Sylvester.
He's just full Of temperament"
The old newspaper man Indignantly
refused the money which young Nolan
held out to MIN and plunged out Of the
office.
The poet stood a mute witness to the
proceedings.
Go after him!" commanded Brand.
Thank you, sir" and Powell darted
frightenedly after Dillon.
Who is that old joker?" asked Syl-
vester Of the editor.
He was the best reporter that the
Advance ever had"
Whats the mater with him?"
Booze"
TOO bad! Well, fellow ought to
learn to control himself" remarked
Sylvester pompously. Now, Brandy,
old boy, l want to ask you just one
more favor tonight, in reference to a
little actress friend Of mine, Miss
Gueneviere Mckenzie"
"Oh-come-don't"-
Run her picture in a prominent
place, won't you?" Sylvester handed
Brand a photo. Miss Gueneviere Nc
Kenzie. Don't you know her? Shes
in the second row at the Tyroll, and
it's a darn shame. I've got a libretto
for her later on. Can't you help her
out and get her small part now?"
"Pm afraid that is hardly in my
line"
You'd be doing favor to the show,
for she's good enough to be a prima
donna. She's been kept back by jeal-
ousy. Told me so herself. When will
you have 1t in-tomorrow?"
Il scarcely think we can do that
sort of thing in the Advance. We don't
print pictures of chorus girls unless
there's some good story about them
lost jewels, barred from hotel on ac-
4 oo,,ot of doc di1yorno orr
Sylvester broke in relievedly. "Oh,
she's been divorced"
| Has she! When?"
Last year."
That's dead. Wait till her next
She doesn't go in"
| "Why-why-won't you do it?' stam-
mered the young man, who, deeply ap-
preciatins the fact that he was his
fathers son-yes, indeed-failed to
comprehend how any employee on
the Advance could refuse him anything.
She's the cutest little girl you ever
saw, you old sazoot You stick to me,
and I'll give you an interest in this pa
per some day. Why, she was in
That all may be-" responded Brand,
rising to end the conversation, but the
Advance doesn't issue passes to the
stage entrance"
Sylvester's jaw fell in his astonish-
ment at this unexpected blow, and af-
ter vainly endeavoring to find appro-
pirate words for reply, he went out
of the room.
Brand was impatient because Of the
precious time that had been wasted
He had work to do and little time In
which to do it, and it was the most
important work he had ever done In
his life.
He sent tine Office boy to bring the
two reporters, Howard and jeff
Speaking to Miss Stowe, the central
Of the Advances private telephone sys-
tenn, he said: do not put anybody else
on this wire until you hear from me
no matter how long it takes. Under
stand? Connect this phone with edi-
torial room and have it connected
until tell you. Now be sure about
this. Understand? Again he repeated
as it concerned the success Of his en-
tire scheme, Don't break the connec-
tion until tell you myself"
The two reporters came In.
| Now, boys, understand what l want
you to do. You've got to take, WORD
| for word, a conversation I'm going to
have here. Go in room 4. You, jeff
take the receiver"
Yes, sir"
And you, Howard, take the exten-
sion. Thus you will each hear what J.;
said. Keep it glued to your best cal
and take down every word you heal
tonight between Judge Bartelmy anc
me. The judge will sit in the chair al
the right of my desk. l will be in my
own chair. The telephone will thus bt
midway between us. Whatever word;
he and l say will be said almost direct.
lily over the mouthpiece Of the phone
Now, you see what am going to do
Brand took a lead pencil from nj:
pocket and began a proceeding which
tine two reporters, accustomed as they
were in their business to ingeniou:
strategy, failed at first to understand
Then the scheme dawned on them
Brand took the telephone receiver from
the hook, and the metal arm immedi
ately snapped upward, establishing TIT
connection. Then he inserted the poin
of the lead pencil in the small aperture
under the little metal arm or hook ant
deliberately broke 1t off. The tin!
wedge thus held up the hook. Brant
now hung up the receiver. and the pen
Gil point prevented the weight of TIT
receiver from bearing the hook dowI
and breaking the connection. The con
nection was made continuous withou
the slightest indication that such wa
the case. Every word now spokei
within a reasonable distance of tn
mouthpiece would be conveyed to tn
telephone and the extension telephone