The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-10

whet Is tthe matter with Jim?" ask
ed the night city editor, raising his
eye shade, =
Il don't know" answered the copy
reader.
Goes around as IL he'd been eating
dope; bumped into the boss while
ago and never stopped to apologize" !"
Perhaps he's mapping. out the front
page for that Hargreave stuff" laugh
ed the copy reader. Between you
and me and the gate post, ! don't be-
iieve Inere ever was man by. the
name OF Hargreay."
%. thre was a chap by that name,
all right. He's dead. A man can't
swim 900 miles In rough water, life
buoy Or no. They ought to have fun
eral services and let it 90 at that"
But what was the reason for that
fake cable from Gibraltar saying that
Orts was alive? don't see any sense
in, that"
"rhe. man who pulled 1t of did. /
Shink. for my part that both Orts and
HargreaYe: are dead, and that the man
picked up By the tramp steamer Or
lent was riding some other balloon
You're wrong there. The descrip-
tion of it'proved that 1t was Orts' ma
chine Q, Jim probably hag got a
mans size yarn up his sleeve, but he's
g long time in delivering the goods.
He'sSb beginning to nope good deal.
Women back of. It. somewhere.
Haven't held down thiss copy Job for
twelve years without being able to
make some ,tolerable gueEses. Jim's, o.
star man When he gets started,
nothing can stop, him He covered
the Chinese Boxer rebellion better
than any other. correspondent thero.
1 wonder how old he is n
|: 20, should say about thirty-ono
or two. Here he comes now. 'Lo.-
|Jim!" -
Hello! Where's Ford? lie gave
me a ticket to the theatre tonight, and
i want to punch his head. Whats
drama coming. to. anyway? Cigar
|ettes and booze and misEnnted cou.
|pleBs Can't they find good enough
things out Of doors? Oh know. They
cater to a lot Of fools who believe
that what theyi.see is an expression
or high life In New York and London.
ltkhaa.Rfha, ?ll shr bgtwaly raotattn
And It's rot, plain rot It's merely
the scum on the boiling pot And any
old housewife would skim It OF and
click f. into. the slops. 'Life2 PIfflei"l
Whats, the grcnch?" - -,
Looking for the dramatic Job "Ns
"No. I've Just been wondering how
far these theatrical mAhagersl can 60
Without slittings the golden goose '.g
Norton sought his desk and began
IrnmInnRin2s aiming the drawers. He,
@s: NJ. s, sfss
merely passing away the time. = by
snd by, when the IastiIiie no longer
|sesxed, che pulled his chair over to the
|5ssindaW and sat down. stating ct stars
such as Copernicus never, dreamed or
Ships going, down to sea, ferries
swooping diagolally ;hither and
thither, 4 the scloclIwprlI signs; but he
took no note io4 these marveis of light.
Not at nonie!" ne fnuttered.s
p He had called. written. elcphoned.
No, mse. e The door, remained shut,
answereds the telephone, and the let
ters came back. He began to think
very deeply concerning the PerigoR
''syqerlian. q Had she Llayed ttfekf
Had that fainting spell been Juil-:
combe for his benefit as we'll as Flor
9 Is;..s..e - - @ asa .,s s!.ae. nsa =
|nr0of. The thing sha. haesl4a MIN
equally with this was that all attempts
|sagainsf his life had mifaohio
|ceasad: NO safes thundered down IA
front of him. and no autos tried TO
|cafvo him, "a fssd. i Tho, only thiIg that
Ikept him active wns. the daily csl E Or
s1ons1 by wire. MISS Florence was
wen that &as all apnes. was petnit-
Ted 70 3 81 !. .s5 &: e
issstiaSssy Norton spurnea shis shair
land walked oser to the falenhpne
booth. was midnight He might or
Imighf not be able to get Jones: Bot
slmost 2. instantly VOICE |s said ssVhat
ssoneE?s.Sa Z
rYes. who is it?,, 49, &
'ssyortun. .,,SS s .
why you, called up not Tan min
Euhteg ago.
..fs0s IL, y.
IS was your vote as piaiE % day, =
what did want r. keen -alI az
oacss, y =. - ~ i &,
the reply siiIss NOT s,S;
Esy..s. are certRin Il was nct yeil7 3,
testsTvaii 1 fiinniArf and iii cali the ,egi5
sitor. flg VIII prove ito you that Itge
Ih5en lhrt for an hour, and that this Is
iffIe ilYaE call I've made M Sbhie otitl
ihaa been ilapoEiRg on you, Wkst cid
tsiieys ki5k y6li TO 60 l's sit 50
ffsYon dared me t6 come; DOWN tS SsthS
icalce ht once. and I requested Sol to
3colh6 70 the house. and Son sal .soli
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& am here only 10 ksat ser.
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