The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-05-29
It was a good story-the story which

III ucI eulplOyeCS wei, ana MT. Ma
gee. as he read. felt a thrill Of pride
in her. Evidently the employers had
felt that same thrill. For in the cap
lions under the pictures. in the head.
lines and in II first page editorial. none
OF which the girl had written. the
Star spoke admiringly Of its woman
reporter who had done Il mans work
who had gone to Baldlmte inn and had
brought back II gigantic bribe fund
"alOne and %unaided."
''Indeed?' smiled Mr.. Magce to him
self. \
In the editorial on that first page the
triumphant cry Of the Star arose to
shatter its fellows in the heavens. At
last. said the editor. the long campaign
which his paper alone of all the Reu-
ton papers had wagcd against II cor
rupt city administration WAS brought
TO a successful close. The victory was
o How had this been accomplish
cd? Into the Star Office had come ru-
mors a few days back Of the proposed
payment of Il big bride ut the inn on
Baldpate mountain. The paper had de-
cided that one of its representatives
must be on the ground. 1t had debat-
ed long whom to send. Miss Evelyn
Rhodes. its well known special writer.
had got the tip in question: she had
pleaded to go to the inn. The editor,
considering her sex, had sternly re-
fused. Then gradually he had been
brought to see the wisdom Of sending
il girl rather than a man. The sex Of
the former would put the guilty par
ties under surveillance off guard. SO
Miss Rhodes was dispatched to the inn.
Here was her story. 1t convicted Car
gan beyond a doubt. The very money
offered As q bribe was now in the
hands of the Star editor and would be
turned Over to Prosecutor ORA yton at
his request. All this under the dis
Quieting title. "PrisOn Stripes For the
Mayor"
The girls story told how, with n
companion, she had gone to Upper AS
0ueYan Falls. There was no mention
Of the station waiting room nor of the
tears shed therein OH a certain even
ing, Mr.. Magee noted. She had reach
ell the inn on the morning Of the day
when the combination was to be
phOned. Bland was already there.
Shortly after came the mayor and
Max.
You got to get me out Of this" Ma
..o> LoruI MAJ ,lno1;,v nx,o,. ~ ,.rn ~,
shoulder.
keep still" replied the mayor
roughly. He was reading his copy of
the Star with keen interest now.
rive done your dirty work for years"
whined Max. who puts on the rub
Der shoes and sneaks up dark alleys
hunting votes amOng the garbage,
while you do the Old Glory stunt on
Main street? l do. You got to get
me out Of this. 1t may mean Jail. l
couldn't stand that. I'd die"
\ horrible parody of a mans real
fear was in his face. The mayor shook
himself as though he would be rid
forever of the coward hanging on his
arm.
Hush up, can't you?" he said. ''Ill
see you through"
You got to-" Lou Max walled.
Miss Rhodes story went on to tell
how Hayden refused to phone the COM
binatiOn: how the mayor and Max dy-
namited the safe and secured the pre-
ciOus package, only to lose it in an
other moment to Il still different con-
tinpnut nf fhn inn. hnu, Hay1nn had
come, of his suicide when he found
that his actions We're in danger of ex-
pOsure-'a bitter smile for Kendrick
in that reflected Magee-and how
finally, through a strange series of ac-
cidents. the money came into the
hands of the writer for the Star.
These accidents were not given in de-
tail.
AN amusing feature of the whole
affair" said Miss Evelyn Rhodes, was
the presence at the inn of Mr.. Will
liam HallOwell Magee, the New York
writer OF light fiction, who had come
there to escape the distractions Of a
great city, and to work in the soil
tude, and who Immediately on his ar
rival became involved in the surpris-
ing drama of Baldpate."
I'm an amusing feature" reflected
Magee.
"Mr. Magee." continued Miss Rhodes,
will doubtless be one of the states
chief witnesses when the case against
Cargan mt to trial, AS will also Pro
fessor Thaddeus Bolton, holder of the
Crandall chair Of comparative litera-
ture at Reuton university, and David
kendrick. formerly Of the Suburban,
but who retired six years & to take
up his residence abroad. The latter
two went to the inn to represent
Prosecutor DraytOn and made every
effort III their power to secure the
package of money from the reporter
for the Star, not knowing her cOnnec-
ton with the affair." ;
well, MI. MageeY' asked Professor
Bolton. laying down the paper which
he had been perusing at a distance OF
| about an inch from his nose
"Once again. professor" laughed Ma
gee. reporters have entered your life.'
Tho old man sighed.