The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-05

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a IL i We hAve = dAxk SrNeSl
n jIS, 70 have ten thpstxnd vee,S
III y your story ~ mitlcUnare
A. n9el ~ kind Of thine this &
= UNI III seems TO me IA very poor
II II siIt Svsust quite do. MID Tabor 7
IN ~ answered. /. 'Tisnst joke.
ana aayho the best thing you can
do y ~ ~ frank with ms.
/ tsu1k1x I'M to be frank about? 7
Yeu. 90 II. Maclean. thp lar man
thAf 6.xae ia TO talk frankly wanted
10 SelI ~ silver polish. Nxcuse me,
but y0sx have really nothing to sell,
have yssss s
III ianshed. humorously embAr.
rasssd. WHY. no At least, dOnst
w4ant IN eell you anythin'. Doni
yon nnsnettnfes cali yourself Indy
Ne. 1Gaclean." SS
I IN .oisiy mean he hurried on,
that found your telegram on tht
floor Coming for you In the car.
ycA sAid. Honestly. don't you think
VEN wastin' time?"
IAdy gave little cry, and with two
| 49, 49, ~ . M Ind
jerked aside the curtain. IL THU
fellow n ANNOYING you" / began.
The two were standing before me
Lady Ieaning back against the table
~ II III bay. The man Was taller
than I, and thin with vibrant energy
He turned half about at my voice.
"Jumptnw June~bugs!" he cried
&irfiy. ITS crosby!'
mo other, Mac | laughed. What
In the world are you Raging Miss
Tabor About
Maelean blushed. Sec mere
Laurie" he stammered. I'm . news
paper man, youseey WHATS more
I'm thought by some to be = good
one. I've got the goods on this story
and you people ought to come ACROSS
the cheese that lugged the murdered
acrubeas down three flights OF stairs n
Lady hooked at me imploringly. But
the cat was 80 far out or the bag BY
now that / had to use my judgment
II WAL answered. What are you
going to make out Of it,"
Now you're talkin'. Tell me the
story.
Not for publication" said !, with
a glance at Lady. because there
no story to publish. In the nrsf place
you're parking UP INC TGnS esSe, va
it's Almighty little one. IN the sec
ond place, I've fallen 20 low ~ Is
be an assistant professor wisn uIs.
nsfied reputation. Neither Miss Iaool
nor 1 are going TO pe neau-nned = y
make journalistic hon0ay Anu
wc were, you wouldn't write y.
and pondared. Darn you, ne sAaa
Beg your pardon MISS Ieoorr
spose cant, after that. But youi
admit I had the goods ! aonI ses
how can 70 back with nothths. = ne,
send ms out on these Things because
generally make GOOD. you see
Four imagination always WAS YOU
greAteet charm. Get 10 WorA, apa ",
II. Miss Tabor. this human 1nie'
Is Stride MAGICIAN Let me tive nin
q decent introducuon: ne proDAoI'
sighted the matter. This gentleman
for he was p gentleman before ne Pc
came = star reporter, had the nonol
to belong to my class. ana ne sinRl
a beautiful tenor. Naturally ne wa
popular; he may even have frfenas
yet. Well tell him all about II
and then perhaps we'il drown nm
One crime more or less matters III
tie to people Of our dye"
Maclean scowled at me and laugh
ed.
| Well. II all amounts to this. First
I and / frowned III him, Secondly
nobody has been kidnapped; lastly.
lint, story. nffless you are on tn
comic supplement- This Mrs. Garucc
l used to he Miss Tabor's nurse. ant
when Antonio beats her up too ire
uuent. she comes up here for q vaca
1 tion. Well, We were late going To-
her because the car broke down; =
when We got there. he had just smit
ten her over the brow and retired t
| a well-earned nlumber. Then tn
neighbors got inauisitive. and we rnl
away TO escape precisely that imme
date fame you we're planning to CIV
us. That's all will only add tina
branderine revived this wash lady AM
We can prove II"
''Oh. fudge said Maciean, Il can
I write anything out Of that at all. w
had 1t before, III but you people.
hate TO go back without a story. too.
The front door clicked. and hear
Mr.. Tabor's voice In the hall.
wait n nfnOfe - said with