The Washington times., 1916-08-27
The Adventure of
The Stone God
, WONDER what would have been
Donald Jordan's fate II Howard
Barnes, our city editor, had not

Barnes. our city editor, had not
= noticed an inconspicuous item IN an
exehanse7 I wonder what p.n'. wou,9 havo iave
story il James Barton. reporter. had
failed to make good on the seemlngIy
simple. but really very difhcu't' ASSIGN
Before tell you the strange story OF
.',rhe Stone God" want to explain
newspaper custom that is everywhere
Each morning the city editor Of every
looking for suggestions. He blue-pencils
those which seem to him to OFFER prom
iss Of a story and bases assignments on
them. ..,,
vou no seems ms sne to 'se be The love tale Of Dor
othy McRay. Jimmy calls 1t the ven
geaY,ce Of Buddha the city editor
headed his story British army ofhcer
meets violent death.
Il depends on whether you think love
or. mystery or the passion for re-
wsnge the greatest element In the
strange tale which began when this
letter. was brought to me at the close
Of my days work.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
NY father has auarreled with the man
I love. Would 1t be right to elope7
DOROTHY MORAY.
30 Pelham road.
New York city.
This letter came in at the psyche
logical moment when It was bound to
claim attention.
was ready to close up my desk for
the evening when Jimmy Barton came
into the office looking puzzled and dis
couragcd. His usually fluent type
writer gave click or two and then
stopped.
SO I decided on a little home mis-
slonary work and invited Mr.. Barton to
come home with me for dinner Just
as We were leaving. the letter of which
! have told you came. l picked II up
carelessly enough. glanced at 1t. and
1t dropped to the floor just when
Jimmy and / were finishing dinner in
9 uiet corner of the English grill. .
the sayaPe Ptekfa Seavy lnaish nna 0wnsd watnF
Looks more like a love letter than a
letter about love-" he complained.
1 read 1t idly and started to put 1t
back In my pocket. 1t seemed an or
teyfere between parents and children.
1T is a love letter-and you're most
tmpolite 10 accept attentions from one
man and carry on correspondence g
Jimmy In tone I knew was meant
to parody my attitude.
I was not In the mood for banter.
SO showed the letter across the table.
SAnmio Ieao 't-ehBeTly ne reTeau IL
then he leaned across the table
and spoke in a queer. breathless voice
Fate seems to be writing another
story f9r US to work out In collabora-
road s r. iook. 20 ~ v ~ ,,n an
Wa On the tracT - Uoe,hun e IL W. W
Have YOU fifteen minStes to snarei
I'd like to tell you what looks to me
liHs IKE ,,.nt.. part. of this girls story. viii
''In our own lanpuape Nrs Rar,on
I'm the best little listener in this neigh.
borhood," I laughed lightly.
But for five strenuous hours after
Here IA Jimmv's storv inst os be told
Il to me.with ss much or Jimmv's ,. nic.
t,,rasnmo .nd vi,. siann p'u
wotSsn car Snd rememhes @ p.rn. as ,.ndst ert
me a ,oit this morning when he % cav.
. mnss sos ioonea , iike s,h paoy ass'sn,men
ior 20 week cup reporter. Here.
uns chpp,hs ne hao oiue-pehciieo ro'
me 20 to,Iow
theihead OF which read:
is Indian Prince from Biltmore.
Raio All label Arrives at Calcutts..
mbrong, Tho r,oi,sr ,vns - tha i,ar
,:,nn, thIs haea e mas hiye ,,O nd sm1 i.e, nen
eiisa across i in Barnes scrawi Inter
WST TINS ieiiow, ,u. ,-.
..SLooks IKE ilne assignment doesn
TIT grinneo Jimmy. wen. tnis
what 1t led to. l had a shave and
shine to doll up and get into the Bit
more class, and then j marched over Z
the hotel. The clerk was polite enough
but ne Informed me after he'd gotten n!
cap-down over the telephone. that Al
Jaibel. Ra5o OF Calcutta, was not givinl
interviews.
II Atood at that desk and did SOM
heavy thinking. III this chap didn'
want to give interviews all the NOR
reason j. Barton wanted TO lntervie'
him. Whiie l was thinking up a wa.
Dame Fate played into by hand.
Along comes a straisht-haired. darl
Sompiexiohed p0y VINO haa the map o
East inoa all over MS broadwa'
ciotnes' -. .,.,. a.
ne sot py When eouiont T. 10
an.eI ms InaJesty a. 'aioe. Sot wMor M
& VIZ pJne VI hss "s. siSi.or Sa,s
cor,as aiora to ssco -, th,s Eost 1nHT1.ss Has
cban 30 tn Ai,.s enar,man i""'a
SfSosH ali 90, that Iitt,a u,,,,,
,rai,s riyht eiorg ana nsaEs arc,,nd
corner of the Corridor when the M .
lakes the honored guest To the doo
of npartment No, ass " '"e "''
THAT East Indian plays right int
my hands like a bush ieag,eT' Whs
did he do but forget to tip the bow
What does Jimmy do but hand the bo
n dollar bill! What does the boy d
but lead Jimmy as per request. straigh
into apartment "a. which was consid
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