Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-11

nau desk ana telephone. Adjofn-
ing the partition. which shut him oG
from the composing room and on the
outside Of 1t. was desk used by the
copy cutters, who cut the pages of
manuscript-after they had been past
ed together-into takes" A take Is
one of the sections into which a story
Is cut, so that several compositors can
work on different parts of the same
story simultaneously. resulting in the
saving Of considerable time In setting
1t up.
The typesetting machines clicked or
rapidly the words. sentences and para
graphs of the Bartelmy beat" and
the other stories which had to be
crowded into the mail edition" Brand
was in his little room at the right.
reading the proof OF the introduction
of the account of the accusation of the
United States judge, which introduc-
ton he had chosen to write himself
McHenry. the deposed managing ed
flor and now Brands assistant. was at
the forms with the makeup men.
A boy. rushed In with cut for Nc
Henry. The busy editor squinted at
it and waved the boy to one side.
why do they send US this baled hay
when we've got live one?" he said
dlsgustedly.
Downs came in from the city room.
That Clinton street fire is getting
better every minute" he said to Nc
Henry. I'VE ought to have at least
four columns on it,"
McHenry glared at the speaker.
Are you crazy. man." he exclaimed.
do you think we use rubber type?
You'll have to keep 1t in three"
Downs was dissatisfied.
"All right. This shop is going to the
ID" he answered, shaking his head
negatively. He went out of the com
posing room.
McHenry went over to one Of the
makeup stones.
Where are the cuts for the Chicago
and Bryan jump heads? l can't find
them anywhere" he asked.
Here they are" answered one Of
the makeup men.
"All right They go there" He point
ed to a space in one of the forms as
a boy handed him another cut. Nc
Henry held it up to the light and hur-
ried into Brands office with it. He
laid it proudly on the managing edi-
tors desk
That's a wonder, Macw pronounced
Brand
McHenry agreed.
Yes you can almost count the
money in old Bartelmy's hand" he ex-
claimed, and be peered closely once
more at the metal slab.
Brand medtated Il moment.
Pm going to change the makeup on
that page" be decided. Put this cut
at the top OF the page. so that when
the papers are folded on the news
stands every one that passes by will
see Bartelmy offering a bride Of S1O,-
900 to suppress the truth about him
self is your story all up yeti?
Yes. It's in the form"
Then 60 finish it off and send it
down to the stereotyping ROOM"
McHenry turned away.
Wont this make the Patriot sickT
be said as be left. They'd give the
shirts off their backs to beat US on, a
story like this or to keep US from
doing it to them"
AS McHenry went out of the door
into the composing room Sylvester
Nolan dashed into Brands room from
the hall through the other door. The
lad was .plainly excited. his face show
ing an amount of animation that, for
him, was Il decided novelty. His eyes
flashed and his breath came in short
hurrying.
Where's my father. Mr. Brand?
Where is he?" he gasped.
Brand suspected something of the
Nolan sons errand.
I'm afraid you'll have to find him."
was the only information he chose to
impart.
Young Nolan drew close to the desk
at which the managing editor was
working.
Judge Bartelmy wants him." he eI-
claimed. The judge. the Judge! Don't
you understand"
Does hep asked Brand with ut
most unconcern.
Sylvester grew impatient at his IA
theirs employee who dared assume In
difference toward his fathers only son.
Il want to know where he is" he
demanded.
We'll. can't tell you" Brand rose
and stepped away, with Sylvester fol-
lowing him.
II understand that you are going to
publish something about the judge
that's beyond the limit" said the son.
Possibly"
well, this things gone far enough"
No