Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-04-17

back in his office to pick up the odds
and ends Of work-for the task of get
ting out the News had fallen to Aunt
ABBY and his mongrel printers-he met
Harlan. While Wiley had been on his
whirlwind campaign. Harlan had kept
to his petty lawyering with Donley. He
had no fight to make. The county
committee took care Of that His sort
of politics needed no noise nor appeal
it was not a part OF the Cambridge
Virginia traditions OF his family.
Harlan came in on him one
night OF October. Wiley had been hurt.
for 1t seemed. since his return. that
Harlan had evaded him. Others had
noticed it. Arne Vance had truculent-
ly attributed it to politics-Harlan was
going the way Of the old gang. was he?
Well. Arne had grimly forecasted it.
strong for Harlan.
Curran and Harlan faced each other
now with a dumb recognition of the
hurt In each others eyes. The old glad
faith-where had it gone?
Curran had been at brief troubled
analysis Of 1t all. ever with the turmoil
Of his battle. And Janet's serene aloof-
ness, yet steadfast ardor for his sue
cess. They think I love her." he had
muttered %restlessly. time and again.
"I-why. it's ridiculous! Twice her
age. and-lordy! getting bald as I am
and everything about me-a trifler
with women" And then he studied.
well. that kid! God bless her! Moth
ing ever hit me 80 hard. I wish they'd
understand"
But to save Mr.. Curran he couldn't
make out what he wanted any n to
understand. He was in some bewil-
derlng struggle. he told himself-and
could not understand himself!
He stood across his desk from the
fnnnarflvrh0 h1A mr. TY0xy TIor
Ian had grown these years! Ills mans
bulk and dignity. his outgiving Of
power and personality. Wiley had en-
We'd 1t. even with his great hurt love
for the boy. It was curious how things
come to one mar without price for
which another struggles lifelong in
vain. He tried now to come back to
the dear familiar ground with Harlan.
and Harlan would not have it.
The younger man was unfolding a
paper from his pocket. And suddenly
a fear 0 through Curran THAI it had
to do with that hushed story Of La
deau's. They had kept it we'll quiet,
Ian, his voice cool. tense. spoke of an
other matter:
Wiley. did you sec this from the
Chicago papers?"
Wiley took the review Of last weeks
opening of "Tlle Girl and the Burglar"
AAO SSAAAC0 a SAOuS vi d111dZOI1lOI.I. ne
woman who had been doing the leading
comedy business had been taken i'll
the first night. and a girl from the
chorus. who had understudied the part,
had played her role. Aurelie!
Saved the first night" gasped Mr..
Curran. And I've been on the road
and never heard a word of it,"
The grim young man silently extend
ed other clippings. The reviewers were
surprised, felicitious. Cohan & Snitz
had got by" with q musical comedy
that had been on its last legs until the
Chicago opening. And a new face-a
girl with a funny personality had
and laughed with a happy audacity. A
refreshing person who had no Sngenue
tricks. no footlight mannerisms-noth-
ing except laughter and ignorance of
convention. The reviewers suddenly
recalled that this was the newspaper
Was 1t two years ago? No one cared.
Only. to that fact Conan & SMITHS pub
licity bureau seized as only a drowning
Hebrew manager a seize on q drawn
Ing $4,000 show. They flung 1t broad
side; they screamed it on every fence.
The star roared and resigned. It did
her no glory. Conan & Snitz would
have deified their office boy IL he could
have saved 1.-THE Girl and the Burg
lar; and here an unknown western
girl Of their chorus had all the press
with her. and all the public by some
happy-go-lucky nerve
MI. Curran laid down those clippings
been?" he gasped again. "Asleep!"
Read on" demanded Harlan.
Aurelie had been interviewed by the
Times. She said she was from Rome,
Ia, but adored q bull pup and lobster
Newburgh. She was interviewed 70,
Il fhA TovoDNA~tn C,,~aa,, Al--A
PIGMENT; specially posed photos and 9
sketch by "Max"-and said she liked
all the Johnnies and used their notes
to stuff q pillow for the bull pup. Mex,
day. declared the veracious publicity
bureau. she, received eight pups from
eignt miliio1aires and fifty mash notes
more; THE dear kid" he murmured
Eight million pups and eight million
millionaires - I'd not care!" HI
looked up to meet Harlan's eyes
And two months ago she wa:
living in New York-cooking oatmea
over q gas jet! She's a humdinger!'
genealogy. In 1742. Ebenezer Van Har
married Agatha Ann Bunker, linden.
tured servant. The Mrs. Van Hart.
Of today never read the paragraph OF
page % about Agatha Ann one tim,
humdinger.
Harlan broke out w~rathful1y. wiley
You rejoice at itl"
= reckon! The dear kidlet. her g,
on Just 1oyously! All she's done! III,
moAey she's rent back to Lindstrom'
to pull 'em through! And now She
fBot Uncle Mich's patent Les paid for
at last. And Uncle Mich sent Pete
In g ask me to come outeyA regula
party to christen Mich's lSg-that
what Aufotle said we must have-witl
flowers ana laughter and overybod,