Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-05-09
By
Austin Parker

copy, No thanksl I'll tell the COPS to
call the hunt off"
his lace fell and he looked as though
Id sentenced him to be shot. "You
you?" ~
NO" I told him. but I'm poing 70
pun some OF the punch out of the
Transcript yarn"
He frightened at that. Then there's
the funeral for the next day." he said.
| called the police station again and
told Robinson to lay off. / said that
he could tell any. n who asked. with
out quoting me, that it was known
where Betty was and that she was per-
fectly safe.
That's a bloodthirsty cub of ours
remarked Packman.
How'd you like to be back on the
street again. running after stories?"
asked him.
He looked out of the window and
down Samset street.
i might Just as well break the sad
news he answered. I'm fed-up with
my JOB and l itch to get back to the
city. But I'm not going to leave Won
in a hole. I've been hoping that Fred
Tyne would develop enough to take over
the city desk-but l dunno. He's still
a cub. Too much ginger and vinegar
in his works to take news calmly"
That was bad enough news for one
day. But l couldn't blame him much.
l knew how tame Planet seemed to him
after newspapering in New York for so
long. If it hadn't been for debts and
the kids health. which were our rea-
sons for clearing out of the city. /
would have turned tail almost my time
during that first year and gone back to
the game l felt was my own-reporting.
OF course, in the city my life had
been just one w%hooping big yarn after
another. Then l began to find that
working in Planet had its own compen-
Sations. One nice thing about it was
that l had a chance to get acquainted
with my wife.
After I had worked on the Record
for a year | began to get a feeling
about Planet that was not unlike the
feeling I got when l first read Balzac's
Human Comedy a sense of life 60
ing on and on toward some dimly out
lined goal, changing only in its out
ward aspects and in not many Of those,
Maybe we can get Fred toned down
enough for the city desk" I said to
Packman. But don't put the idea OF
New York in his head. Tell him it's a
lousy place 10 WORK"
Tyne came into the office shortly
after Packman went out to dinner. He
said he had brought Betty in from the
country and left her at my house.
How about this Betty story for to-
morrow" he asked.
We'll" I said. and how about it?
What's it worth?"
IF the Transcript had fallen hard fol-
the disappearance stuff we'd have 9
fair yarn. AS it stands l don't think
it's SO hot"
Neither do l." I agreed. Write il
for just what it's worth. The news
no frills, no flowers" I went out tC
let him think it over for a while. Wher
l got home Dorothy told me hat Betty
was having a hot tub and that she wa.
a perfect darling"
She turned out to be about as pretty
a girl as I've ever seen in my life. Shit
came through the hall and the light
caught in her reddish-blonde curly
hair, made it flame for an instant. Tit
effect was b~reathtaking. Her face wa!
oval and her expression very grave
Il wish I could tell you how thank.
full I am" she said in a low voice.
I told her that she needn't try.
If you were in my place, you'd wan
to try" she answered. That boarding
house was pretty terrible"
1 think my chief emotion was one O
horror at the idea of any n SO prett,
and so likeable being showed into tina
Home for Friendless Girls.
That night when I came home Dor
othy was still up. We looted the re
frigerator and fixed some supper. Bett,
had gone to bed.
What are you going to do with her?
I asked.
you've got mel" said Dorothy. "Bu
We'll have to take are Of her. She
such a dear person." She smiled. WAN
to know something funny?"
I said I always wanted to know funn
things.
II think that your cynical Mr.. Tyn
is more than a little bit interested il
her"
Don't be silly!" I replied. "She moth
ing but a yesterdays news story t.
Tyne"
Continued Next Week
Copyright: 1929: BY Austin Parker