The Holly chieftain., 1921-09-15
SYNOPSIS.
PART ONE,

PART ONE.
Freud poseessor Of . printing press. ana
equipment. the gift Of Uncle Joseph to
~ nephew, Hsresrt mingsvorth Atwe-
youth. with his ehum. Henry Rooter.
don Of : full-nsdssd nswspaper, The North
Sr,ncs Dy N,aeis set sasa s1 ran
any kind OF participation in the enter
prf.s.. on account Of her intense and nat
ars r:%'n,ns sss 6s de,.: e noss" i fraay
ing 20. However,. > poem she has writ
ten = accepted for insertion in the Orioie,
on . strictly commercial basis cash In
from the insxpsrisacs Of the youthful
publishers In the art preservativo." Her
not altogethsr unreasonable demand for
sepublication Of the masterpieces. with its
break between Mas Atwatsr and the
publishers OF The oriois widsns.
The Sunday Following the hrst appear
sham. pity Fsirehiid, pays pays her .ssh. : visit.
Thsy are Joined, despite Miss Atwaters
openly s.pres.sd dissPProval, BY Master
q ali disconesrted BY ths cooiness OF
their reception, the visitors and Miss
EArchiid indulge In series Of Innocent
...Sy n..@naay g;.THss Amons them 4 one called
sfect to write question and answer,
10th 70 b kept profound secret The
sEssmsnt is duly carried out.
any game With hsr cousin and Henry :.
Hoeter. F1orsnos . piqued BY Miss Fair
dhild's open dessrtion TO the enemy, her
2sstwhils bosom friend APPARENTLY enjoy:
lng hersslf immensely In the company n
ne visitors and leaving with them.
u won't do I'll" Herbert said, more
ar1nly.
"What you take US forf' his partner
added, convincingly.
"All right. then" Florence respond
cd. with apparent decisiveness. "Ill
90 back and tell Uncle Joseph and he'll
take this printing press back
HE will not take 1t back. 1 already
did tell him how you keep pokin,
around tryin' to run everything. and
we Just worried our lifes out tryin' to
keep you away. He said he bet It was
hard job, that's what Uncle Joseph
said. So 60 on, tell him anything you
want to. You don't get yor ole poem
in our newspaperr'
"Not II she lived to be two hundred
years oldi' Henry Rooter added.
Then he had an afterthought Not
unless she pays for II"
How do you meanT Herbert asked,
puzzled.
Henry's brow had become corrugat-
ed with no little professional impress
siveness. "You know what we were
talkin' about this morning." he said.
How the right way to run our news-
paper, we ought to have some adver-
tisements In 1t and everything. Well,
we want money, don't we7 We could
put this poem In our newspaper like
an advertisement; that Is. II Florence
has got any money. we could"
Herbert frowned. III her ole poem
isn't too long. guess we could. Here.
lees see It, Florence" And, taking
the sheet Of paper In his hand. he
studied the dimensions Of the poem,
though without paining himself to read
It. "Well. guess. maybe we can do
IT," he said. How much ought we to
charge herr"
This question plunged Henry Rooter
into state Of calculation. while Flor.
ence observed him with yelled anxi-
ETY.; but after time he looked up,
his brow showing continued strain.
DO you keep bank, Florence-for
n'ckels and dimes and maybe quar-
ters, you known he inquired.
1t was her cousin who impulsively
replied for her. "No, she DON'T" he
said.
Not since was about seven years
old" Florence added sharply, though
with dignity. "Do, you still make mud
pies In your back yard, pray7"
"Now. see herew Henry objected.
Try and be lady anyway for few
minutes. can't your got to figure
ont how much we got to charge you
for your ole poem, don't II"
"Well. then." Florence returned,
you better ask me somep'm about
that, hadn't your
SWell." said Henry Rooter, have
YOU got any money at homer
mo. l haven't"
slave you got any money with
your
sYes. I have"
sHow much IL itf'
u won't tell you."
Henry frowned. II guess we ought
to make her pay about two dollars and
half" he said. turning to his part
ner.
Herbert felt dsferential; It seemed
to him that he had formed business
association with a genius. and for
moment he was dazzled; then he re-
membered Elorenoe's financial capac-