Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-01-09
A DOUBLE SCOOP

BY ~eENEVlEVE uLmAR.


cicd hr had. lie was daully unNl9g'
10 win the good graces of her Iutie'
the Hon. Rupert Waters, iuds', -
mayor aud present owner uf The L'a!lI
,;azctic. lHuShlon WAS II live,t. ulstn
date little city and hoasyed lwn aaiiA
newspapers. hot rivals, fighting raeI
either every inch of The way aud aee!l
ing things locally NJ fever hest.
BlinL ]lunverS was the star rrNJgte'
OH the Field and ono in n while rili7d
upon Elva, which IIcane deemed an
Invasion Of home territory. ItahNer,
was u Northumberland journalist.
while I,eane was Il mere novice, The
laller was striving hard Ia hold las
position on the Gazette and win a htt-
ter one. FOR that meant th" good viii
of the judge and permanent position
near ie Elva. The policy Of l'nlNer>
was obstructive. He did all he "uld
10 keep Deane from scoring q scoop
or getting even his honest share Of IN
news. This was e~Ncmplified u ia!
when both young reporters stood ~
the platform of Il junction. 4 po ~
elan of national fame WaS 10 reach
there ut = a. H., wait eight minutes
for a connection and ~ on his way.
Both reporters We're to grt u brief in
teryIew within that precious four hun
dred and eighty seconds lime, The
Field cared little for the item, rs the
politician was of IL party a~ntagonistic
10 It's principles. For the Gazette II
would he quite Il feature.
In his usual fresh way. ana knowing
the ropes and full OF assurance Dan
vers got the ear of the politician IRIS,
Pe~rsistCnrly he held his rL--,c bA the
side of the annoyed ~functiouury, simply
wasting the Time tU keep ncane from
getting in Il word cdgcWiSv. So net
tied WAS Deane that aS the neX train
pulled in. he Jumped aboard, deter
mined ii ii luuk all day he would Sc
eufe That coveted interview. At fist
the politician resented further infringe
nent oh his time, hut Deane felt that
he was making the play of his life.
Mr.. Ashton he said, "my future rs
q reporter and possibly my life'S zap.
plnes> depend upon your indulgence.
I am going to sppesl 10 the >entimen-
tai side Of your broad human nature"
You interest me-" acknowledged
the politician. and Desne told his
whole story The politician smiled.
spread ninseI and although it rcof
eight hours TO make connections
peane got back 20 Rushton al dusk.
chucklins over s two-column interview
that Was worthy 81 big headlines ana
told something
or course ! don't know what | have
lost OF he usual local sr1sl. but | can
soon catch up with that rnminRted
Deane and started for the central pc,
lice Office 10 hnd IL deserted.
why, where's the crowd he In.
quired OF the night clerk.
"All on on the Fidelity bank case"
"The what" faltered Deane, with II
sinking heart.
"Where You been-asleep? All the
force and three extras On the Field
sre working up the biggest bank rob
berry that ever happened In Rushton.
Ie kvaa inst nj dark A mnEEAH man
Oyerpowered the Waterman at the
Fidelity, grabbed a satchel with over
one hundred thousand dollars In y
and made of. The Waterman is sure
that he winged him as he put down the
alley, but money and man haven't left
. trace"
Deane reached the bank 10 find q
gathered there. but that was not
the present center Of interest. The
of the law were securing
the district In every direction. Dan
Vers and his extras, provided with ID
tomobiles, were follow Ing down clues.
Desne got the primary facts of the
rase and rather disheartenedly paced
the alley. Turning toward the
main street, IS he passed an old IN.
lsed barn he paused. A grOan, quick,
pasmodic, caught his hearing. He en-.
,ered the lower dlsmantled story. He
dashed his electric torch about. Sons.
hing slistened where a broken lad.
Ter ran up a sidewalk.
Blood y muttered Deane, and as
Then again he Mashed The
light. There, lying face mp and stln
lpon The hay, was Il man, a gaping
,ound In his throat. At his side was
satchel. At a glance Deane took In
ne sItuatiOn-here was the thief aud
lis booty! ii
The man, wounded. had crawled
ere hours since. He had just died.
sentiment Of help Was useless.
)eane became the aStute reporter Ia
he presence OF q tremendous scoop.
lie thought quickly. lie examined
atchel and clothing. He took a Nash
mt of man and environment. HE
oyered up the body with the hay. he
ees the satchel with him to the Office
nd called up the home Of his chief.
Behind guarded doors those two
'orhed over the greatest newspaper
-iumph ever scored IN Rushton. The
ariiling story OF the young reporters
russome discovery, the revelation Of
tdantitv of the bank robber. pie