The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-22

IA foundation stone for the new
w million dollar wing he was
adding to the t'lagg Home for
cav, ..s,outs on the hills above Green
cich Oh. Ncw York Republic sent Sam
war; {, cover the story. and with him
Bst'..E to take photographs. 1t was
crisp beautiful day in October. fun
n sunshine and the joy OF living. and
,-ou ,.. great lawn in front of the
,,rie ,.u could see half over Connect
nt 4rI across the waters of the Sound
10 oyster Bay.
t.pnu sam Ward. however, the
beaii'... 4 nature were wasted. When.
The night previous, he had been given
.,, y... eminent he had sulkcd. and he
ras o.u sulking. Only year before
no had Graduated into New York from
, small upstate college and a small
np.S,.ie ncvspaper. but already he was
"s-i," man. and Hewitt, the city
: editor humurcd him.
"Nhcu | was "A reporter" declared
.be e.t, EDITOR. II used to be glad to get
, dan IN the country
"Er.alisc you'd never lived in the
COUNTRY" returned sam. "lf you'd
vasi,I iwcntv-six years in the back
woods as ! did you'd know that every
minute YOU spend outside of New York
you're rohbinc yourself
The city editor sighed. How young
,ou are
|. sam Ward sat at the outer edge OF
ne crowd of ovcrdressed females ard
verified mon. and. with a sardonic smile.
stoned To- FlaEg telling his assembled
ieuds and sycophants how glad he
vas they were there to see him give
sway million dollars.
Aren't YOU going To get his speech"'
| lsked Reddng. the stan photographer.
Get his speech" said Sam. They
ave Piukertous all over the grounds
% see that YOU don't escape with less
| han three copies I'm waiting To hear
he ritual they always have and then
4 lin going To- sprint for the first train
Sack To- the centre Of civilization
There's going to he fine lunch. 4"
aid Rcdding. and reporters are en-
pscted | asked the policeman If we
we're and he said we were"
Sam rose. shook his trousers into
place. stuck his stick under his armplt
and Smoothod his yellow gloves. He
was very thoughtful Of his clothes and
Y
"you can have nv share" no said
II cannot forget that | am fifty-tiyp
minutes from broadway And even If
were starving would rather have a
club sandwich in New York than a
THANKSGIVING turkey dinner in New
Rochelle"
He nodded and with eager athletic
strides started toward the iron gates
hut he did not reach the iron gates
.e the instant trouble barred his way
h Trouble came to him wearing the blue
Il ambric uniform of a nursing sister
~ Nth a red cross on her arm. with a
white collar turned down. white cuffs
urned back. and a tiny black velvet
bonnet. \ bow OF white lawn chuCked
her impudently under the chin. Sh,
lad hair like goldenrod and ewes as
tlue as flax, and a complexion of such
Aea'th and cleanliness and deviness a.
Blooms only on trained nurses
NJ She was So lovely that Rpddinr
II swung his hooded camera at her AS
swiftly as a cowboy could have covered
her with his gun.
Reporters become star reporters ne.
cause they observe things that Other
et L appear that they have observed
hem. When the great man who j.
being interviewed burts out that which
: indiscreet bur most important. the
ID reporter says: That's most in
'presrinc. sir. I'll make a note Of that
md So warns the great man into 81.
Ance But the star reporter receives
ne ind Screet utterance as though e
ored him: and the great man does no,
snoW hc has Numbered until he read,
o, II the next morning under scream.
nr headlines.
other men, on being suddenly con-
lrontcd 10y Sister Anne. which was the
o~lcial title Of the nursing sister. woull
\ have fallen backward. or swooned. OF
! yazed AT her with soulful, worshipp!ue
ewes: or. were they that sort OF beast
vous have oglcd her with impertinanr
approval Now sam. because he was
star reporter. observed that the LADY
tefore him was the most heautifu
"ounr woman he had ever seen: hui
m one would have guessed that he oh.
served ,hat-least of all Sister Anne
He stood in her way and lifted his hat
u md oven locked INTO the ewes of bin,
a. 'mpcrsonally and as calmly as though
he were his creat-aunt-as though hi,
s,ar, Was not beating 80 fast that 4
otokod him.
"I am from the ReDubHc." he said