The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-13
BY James w. Egan

|ets1t w. .keh
nlithe as bee on a rosebud and
smoking a cigarct you'd walk mile
TO get-and 10 miles 20 set away
from = the Fresh Reporter strolled
into the office. AT noon he had taken
30 for lunch and was Just returning.
IL was gas n. m.
Hey, you expressed the city
Editor. who wasn't smoking any
Kind Of cigar~i. and who wasn't
blishe.
Reg pardonf" said the Fresh re
porter. polite as hcllhoy looking for
a dime And fully an sincere.
Ever hear Of ehap named
Washington Irvingg" began tho
city Editor. heavily. Hes tho
man who"
Who wrote the celebrated story
of Rip Van Wrinkle. an old bazxard
who step, 20 years without the aid
and assistance OF either the Fauntlr.
roy or Cowcn park cars. Go ahead.
do your stuff. only remember that
Rip didn't have 10 stand In line at
the Pig'n whistle FOR his lunch"
Neither do you" retorted tho
City Editor. who himself had
been = reporter In his younger
and happier days. "you got NOR.
alibt~ than u veteran baiipisyer
or a smart husband. hut don't
pull 'cm on me. Now that you're
here I got Job for you. Been
saving something good Some-
thing nice. ! want you 10 call on
Hans Damn. the police Inspect.
or. and ask him
who started the Chinese war. !
SUPPOSE or whether single men
make the best bachsiorsf~
Sometimes tina Fresh Reporter 10
terribly 40.
Your. just twice as dumb a. The
bird who thought Florence. Italy.
was movie actress" tho c. y. OBJ
served. coidiy. Here's the ida. try
20 let u filter IN. An eminent medi.
cal authority alleges that surgery
and science viii cure the criminal
mind nine time GU, OF 10. or 10 times
out Of %. orwell. what difference
does II maksf At any rate. this au,
shorlsy contends crime lr largely
pathological--arc you following me-"
The Fresh Reporter was winking
az Wanda, the wanderer.
''Mef should say notr' he
chirped. brightly. 'if you expect
that. you'ii have 20 pu, tho path In
pathological for yours unwsIlingiy.
what do you pathologicais
what's thatT'
Think I'D be city editor N I
kn~ws" ssreasticaiiy commented
that worthy. why. II m~an.---
oh. never mind. I'm not going
20 have any reporters getting
smarter than I ann. In a nut
sheli, tho idea Of this medical
sharp Is that operation. and
scicutifie treatments viii seur-
tho criminal. Look al the thou
sands Of inmates Of prisons. Fer
hap- N something were taken off
their brains--"
Something lar' inferpo.ed the
Fresh Reporter. You should soc
the haircuts they give those yeKEsr
Get out OF here cried the CITY
Editor, giancsng wildly about for a
durable typewriter. You find In.
spcctor Damn and learn his views on
this stup~ndous topic. Never mind
what YOU think. &c, his IDEAS. And
likewise out % my sightr
And. az he fell hack exhausted. the
Fresh Reporter migrated. softly hum.
ming the cherus % TIL the Sands ~
the Desert Grow Cold the ghclk Win
Be Hot stuff"
Following this snnppy introduction
headquarters. Room iis. Tho Fresh
Reporter is facing Inspector Hans
Damn. The Fresh Reporter IL sanok
sng cigar lie brought IL IN with
him.
While tho inspector listened pa.
tientiy and sundry Seattle citizens
Impaticniiy cooled their heels In the
reception room without. tho Frcsh
Reporter tried 10 bring TO tho police
official tho City Editors vital mes.
sage. minus pathology.
Can the surgeons knife cure
crimc7" he quizzed. "is the will 20
do wrong merely the manifestation
Of cankerona growth that science
and skill might uproot7 Is"
''Oh. dear" sighed the inspector.
- ~uppo~e you want 20 roast the
police department again News
paper men love that. n must be
one Of those csnkerous growihs.
too
but listen. Inspector Just imRg.
Inc we could remove something from
the head OF every criminal in this
country. What would be tho result7''
You'd probably gIut the ivory
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