South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-08

into a corner 81 the room hy the
suspicious reader. viii assert tn
time that this not newspaper
story. You will encounter nc shirt
sleeved. OmnisCent city editor. no
prodigy "cub" reporter just of the
farm. no scoop. no story-no any
thing
But II YOU uil concede me the
setting Of the FIRST scene In the rec
pCrtcre room ~ the Morning Bca-
con. ] viii repay the favor by keep
INK stictly 90 my promises set forth
above
was doine -pace work ON the
Beacon. hoping 90 be put ON a sal
arv some one had cleared with
rake or n shovel small space for
Ysie at tho end OF long table piled
h,.h with exc hanCrs. Congressional
Records. and old files There / did
my work write whatever the city
editor whispered OF roarcd or
chuoi led % me ou my di'igent wan
dcrings about its streets. sly IN
cDrno WIS not regular
Ouo day Trip came ia and leaned
on ms table Iripp was something
ie 'hc mechanical department -
5hink nc had something 20 do with
the picture. for he smelled of pho
tc.rrapncrs supplies. and his hands
were always stunned and cut up with
acids Ito ,tas bout 80 and looked
"a Hag ~ his face was covered
wish short curly red whiskers that
lsoked like a doormat with the wei
come left of. He was pale and I'M
III "a III ia e.
ard au assiduous borrower Of sums
range sroal - cents 20 dollar. one
dollar ,vss his limit He knew the
extent az has credits as we'll as the
Chemical National bank knows tho
amount of H2O that collateral will
show on analysis when he sat ON
my table ne held one hand with the
other TO keep both from shaking.
whisky. He had "a spurious air Of
Hghtness and bravado about him
that deceived no one. but was use
ful in his borrowing because IL was
So pitifully and percepubly as
stunned.
Have YOU got a dollar asked
Trip. with his most fawning look
and his doglike eyes that bhnked in
the narrow space between his high
growing. matted beard and his low
growing matted hair.
Il have" said and again L said
Il have" more loudly and inhospit-
ably. "and four besides. And I had
hard work corkscrswisg them out OF
old Atkinson. can tell you. And
drew them continued. 'to meet "a
want hiatus demand need
AN exingency-a requirement Of
exactly FIVE dollars.
was driven % emphasis by the
premonition that I was 20 lose one
81 the dollars on the spot.
81 don't want TO borrow any
said Trip. and I breathed again. Il
thought you'd like 10 get put onto
good story" ne went on I've got
a rafting fine one for you. You
ought no make IL run a column at
least. ItlI make dandy If YOU
work it up right. tn probably cost
YOU "a dollar or two TO get the stuff.
don't want anything out of IL my
self"
became placated. The PROPOSE
ton showed that Tripp appreciated
past favors. although he did not re-
turn them. If he had been wise
enough 10 strike me for "A quarter
then he would have got II.
What is the story" I asked.
posing my pencil with a finely cal
culated editorial air
III tell YOU" said Trip. It's a
girl-a beauty. one OF the bowling
est Amsden's Junes YOU ever saw.
Roscbuds covered with dew-violets
in their NOISY bed-and truck like
that. she's lived on Ions Island 20
years and never saw New York city
before. / ran against her ON Thirty
fourth ST. shed just got I'm on the
East River ferry. ] tell YOU she's a
beauty that would take the hydro
gen out Of all the peroNides ia the
world. She stopped me on the street
and asked me where she could md
George Brown. Asked me where she
could find George Brown in New
York city, What do YOU think OF
that2
Il talked To her. and found that
she was going 90 marry young
farmer named Dodd-Hiram Dodd-
next week. But 10 seems that George
Brown still holds the championship
OF her youthful fancy. George had
creased his COwhidc boots some
wears ago and came 20 The city 90
make his fortune But be forgot 90
remember TO show mp again az
Crcenburg and Hiram got i'm as
SECOND best choice But when DO
comes TO the scratch. Ada-her
names Ada Lowcry-saddles mas
..d rides eight miles 20 the railroad
efation and catches the 6.4- a. m.
train FOR the city. Looking for
George. YOU know-you understand
about womcn-GcorEe wasn't there
$50 she wanted him.
well. you know. I couldn't leave
N-r loose i'm Wolftowu-on-the-H
esr. suppose she Thought the
arst person she inquired of would
say: George Brown Why yes
.cmmc sce-hes sho., man with
fi-ht blue ewes. ain'r hcT oh. yes
vouu find George ON i25th So. right
ncSt GO the grocery. He's bin clerk
I'm "a saddle and harness store. That's
soout how innocent and beautiful
she is You know those little Ions
Ietend waterfront villages lbs,
grecnburC-a couple of duck farm,
Tor sport and CLAIMS and about nine
summer visitors for industries That's
the kind OF a place she comes from
Eut. say-you ought 20 see her.
What could I do ] don't know
what money looks like iu the morn
fng. and She'd paid her last cent of
pocket money FOR her railroad ucke1
except quarter which she haC