The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-01
: =:: 0. HENRY STORY %s


was always doing appalling things
like that. and coming off unrcathed.
"its a code" said vcsey. ANY.
body got tho keyY"
Tho office has no code" said
lloyd. reaching for the message.
vesey held to L.
.rhen old Galloway expects us to
read n. anyhow" said he. HES
up a tree. or something. and he's
made this up SO as TO get II by the
censor. It's up 20 us. Gee, I wish
they had sent me. too. Say---we
can't afford to fali down on our end
Of II. 'rorceone. preconoerted rash.
witching'--h'm"
vescy sat down on a table corner
and began To whistle softly, frown.
ing nj the cableTram.
Lets have ~ please" said the IN.
.. We've got to get TO WORK on H."
81 believe I've rot line ON it,
said Nesey. give me ten minutes. .
He walked to his desk. threw his
hat Into - waste-basket. spread out
flat on his chest like = gorgeous
lizard and started his pencil going.
The Wit and wisdom Of tho Enter.
prise remained in a loose group. and
smiled at one another. nodding their
heads toward vescy Then they be-
gan TO exchange their theories about
tho cipher.
II took vesey exactly rs minutes.
lie brought the m. .. = pad with the
code.key written on II.
II felt the swing of Il N soou a. I
saw IT," said vesey. "Hurah for
old Galloway. He's done the laps
and every paper In town that prints
literature instead OF news. Take a
look at that"
Thus had vesey set forth the read.
ting OF the code.
ForeEone--conciisio
Prcconcerscd-arra
Rash-act
witching-hour Of midnight
Gocs-without saying
Muff1ed-report
Eumor--hath II
Afine--host
park--horss
Siient-majo rify
4 Cnfortunate--pc destrinnss
Richmond--in the field
MISREPRESENTATION
Crsns--white Way
Hotiy--contested
Brute--force
Sciect--few
1 Mooted--aueasion
Parious-timcs
Bewxars--descriptio
Yc--correspondcnt
Angel-unawares
Observation-Disclosures
sMr. ve~~y asterwArd explained
that the logical journalistic compile
ment OF the word unfortunate" was
once tho word victim" hut. since
the automobile became 10 popular.
the correct following word II ''pe-
dexfrians" OF course. In Callovay's
code u mean, infantry.
tits simply newspaper English
explained vesey. I've been report.
Ing ON tho Enterprise long enough 70
know u by heart Old Galloway gives
word that naturally follows II Just
a. We usc EN- in the paper. Read
Il over. and you'll see how pat they
drop into their placea Nov. hsre's
the message he intended us 20 get"
vessy handed out another sheet Of
paper.
Concluded asT~neement 70 - af
hour oe midnight without saying
Report hath Il that . hrrs body Of
cavalry and an overwhelming frrce
Of infantry viii be thrown into the
field Conditions whita Way con.
tested by only small force. Qucs.
ton the Times description. Its cor.
respondent In unaware Of the facts.
Great stuff-' cried Boyd excited.
iy. "kuroki crosses the YAiu to-
night and attacks. oh. we won't do
a thing to the shcets that make mp
with Addison's essays real estate
transfers. and bowling scoresr'
Mr.. vesey.- svid the IN. e.. with
his jolly,ng which. you should regard.
as-a-favor manner. you have o,st =
serious reflection upon the literary
standards OF the paper that employs
you. You have also assisted ma
tsriaiiy In giving US the biggest beat
Of the year. win let you know In
a day or two whether you are to BE-
discharged or retained at a larger
salary. Somebody scnd Amcs TO
me-"
Ames was the king-pin. the snowy
petalied marguerite. the starbriEht
iooloo OF the rewritc men. He saw
ATTEMPTED murder In the palms OF
lgreen-appie colo. cyclones In tho
summer zephyr. lost children In cv.
lery top-spinninE urchin. an uprising
OF the down-troddcn masses In every
hurting Of a derclict potato at .
passing automobile. when not re-
writing. Ames sat on the porch OF
his Brooklyn villa playing checkers
with his 1o-ycar-oid son.
Ames and the war editor shut
themselves In q room. There was q
map In there stuck full Of little pins
that represented armies and d.
visions. Their fingers had been Itch