Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-04
giad to see me and little excited with
cocktails and prospective greatness
"If this story IL nuhliShad tomorrow

glaU to see me and little excited with
cocktails and prospective greatness"
IF this story is published tomorrow
morning what effect will it have?"
There will be no election. Small.
Edwards and Dick will abandon their
scheme and deny the story; public
opinion would be too strong against
them. Our paper is lighting for Judge
Allerton. He Is its heaviest stock
holder"
If you telephone your editor. Dick
will not be governor, will he. He will
lose. as many a man has lost. because
he trusted woman"
But my paper
what about yourself?"
This Is my work-my profession
when you were a little girl you
were the prettiest. sweetest little girl
in Middleford Dick Huston was the
worst boy in town. DO you remem-
Der? There was only one person who
ever had a good influence over him,
and that was you. Little as you were,
you made him quit swearing and beat
ing small boys. He has not forgotten
what you were to him then. A man
holds in his heart always through the
cruelest of life's disillusions the pure.
innocent child he first loved. she be-
longs to the time of dreams. state of
fdealism we once lived in, but from
which most of us have departed. Dick
had lot of sentiment He is about
to attain the highest place in the state,
and he is feeling very deeply He
talked to you tonight because you were
the dream girl
Dick has no conscience. no political
honor. He is bride giver and
CRATER. | have my fight TO make-a
hard, unfair one. Why shouldn't | use
this opportunity to make good? No
mercy and little justice has been
shown to me. I'm feeling things, too
more things than Dick is. I'm feel
ing five years of poverty aud loneli-
ness AID hurts and Establishments
and slavish hard work. ] look sue
cessful. | wear the clothes, and I've
learned the manner. But it's n bluff
Some day 1t won't be: some day il
will be real. | want success. | in
tend 10 have it. I'm only an assistant
society reporter, sent down here to
write up state meeting Of woman's
clubs because the regular reporter is
Ill. This story will throw me ahead
years beyond assistant society scrib-
bling
She stopped abruptly, then went on
In gentler tone:
Bob, l used to envy you, and now
1 do more than ever. You always had
the best of everything-new shoes and
such nice hobbyhorses. Life has gone
on so easily for you. You inherited
your fathers money and prestige. and
success came ready made, gilt edged
and tied up with pink ribbon"
'Dick has never married. You can
be the wife Of the governor Of the
state"
1.-THE wife of a moral degenerate-a
boodler"-
He laughed happily and drew her
hands up to his lips. ''Oh, sweet
souled, contradictory child, cut it out
and come home with me! l want
you
~ won't. The hardest part Of my
struggle Is past, or Will be when this
story reaches our editor. You think
I'm doing wrong in taking this oppor-
tunity. If give it up you will assume
the responsibility Of my future. Is
that what you mean? You were al
ways a sentimentalist, Dick, and the
truest, best But 1 shall stay and
fight 1t out and succeed. / shall use
Dicks story and take the benefit. l
won't go home with you to be lazy and
comfortable and good and happy"
Happy" he remarked to the hands
he still held against his face. Happy"
The curtains Of the alcove parted.
lady" announced beIlboy. "cen-
trail has your party on the line"
Tell central--tell central" she be-
gan, "the call is-the call is cancelled"