Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07


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NJ Fame, to his mind,
was a medal for
bravery seat IN
the Cabinet; but
an exclusive story
the first column of the first page of "The Chronicle.
The Whr of the great presses was magnificent music to
his ears, and the smell of the ink the freshly printed
sheets was like pungent incense to his nostris.
On one historic OCCASION being without penny to
his name, Curey parted with his watch for fifteen dol
lars Thereupon, feeling like Carnegie Rockefeller and
Pierpont Morgan rolled into one, he proceeded to
fashionable where he ordered epicurean
meal, which amounted to thirteen dollars and fifteen
cents. Majestcaly he handed the waiter the three
vedolar bills with the condescending suggestion that
he keep the change Again. being sent out assign
ment to find show the other half lives" he presented
his weeks salary to poverty stricken but bewlldered
washerwoman, who secretly doubted his sanity. When
his friends demonstrated with him because of these
cesses he smiled in that magnetic way of his and said
that somehow someway he always able to get
much money as he needed. This, of course was only
another way of saying that he expected it to drop from
above, much as the miraculous mamma descended on the
Israeltes in the desert
His associates sometimes twitted him on his bachelor
hood and he retorted whmsicaly that "The Chronicle
his mistress and that she was jealous jade In
truth, he looked upon his paper with that
was beyond the comprehension of of his colleagues
They alleged that he used for his prayerbook. Be
that may it is certain that his guiding STAR
and that it in his mind morning, noon, and night
He was slight and boyiSh; but he did not know the
meaning of fear. He would have fought Battling Nelson
to finish if that persistent pugilst had dared to
insinuate that @The Chronicle the best
paper the habtable globe.
THE rift came at the time of the celebrated Thompson
murder mystery. The richest in the city had
been found dead in his library He lived alone the
house. and there nothing to show how the murderer
if there had been murder-had entered left the
mansion. There was evidence of struggle. The
motive could not have been robbery because not
penny had been taken, and not thing removed. The
detectives found brise behind the left ear but that
they argued might have happened if he had fallen in
fit of vertigo and struck his head against the of
the marble mantel.
Curey assigned to the story, and for three days
running his story daily column of conjectures
The police helpless, and the clever Curey for once
seemed to be in their class. On the afternoon of the
He had been permitted examine the room where the
dead man found, and had picked up some slight
object which he professed clue to the mystery.
He spoke of this in an ncoherent way to group of
porterS in the city room Presently he was summoned
by Wilkins the city editor.
Curley, he said CURLY, @you may take the chrysan
themum show today"
@But.' demonstrated the irresponsible one, am on
the Thompson murder case"
"You were on the Thompson case' corrected the
auocra of the city desk @but Billy Withers succeeds
you this afternoon"
Curley gulped once or twice He could not realize
that he was to be displaced. "Why Mr.. Wilkins he
said with unusual access of dignity "srely YOU
don't mean"
u mean just what I say!" interrupted the other
You We been the for three days and the facts
you've unearthed could be printed my thumbnai
Now Withers thinks he has clue. I'm going to let
him what he do with it."
Curey remembered that Withers had been listening
to his talk in the city roOm
4Withers has been giving you my theory" he cried
hoty; "he overheard me talking. L"
Il don't to listen to grievances" said Will
kins coldy. @Im too busy for that sort of thing"