Evening star., 1933-05-28

With Iindy at her heels, the girl burst into
the city room of the Express.
I'm back I've got the dope, and the Mes
senger man is still cooling his heels In Beaver
Basin' she announced crispy to Mr. Avery,
the city editor Here are your pictures, and
I'll have the copy coming at you in two
minutes"
I.indy found chair and watched with ab-
sorbed interest while the city editor sent the
pictures to the dark room to be developed, and
Betty, still wearing the big leather coat and
the helmet seated herself at typewriter and
began to pound out copy As fast as she wrote
it, boy grabbed the short sheets of paper and
rushed them to the city editor. A moment
later they were their way to the composing
room, to be set in type.
DEITY wrote furiously steadily, for many
= minutes. Finally she arose from her chair.
stretched then turned to Lindy with smile.
"An right" she said. "In buy the lunch.
and then let you go back to your job"
Together they went to a restaurant, where
they discovered that they were ravenously
hungry BY the time that condition was cor
rected, the first editions of the newspapers were
on the street Eagerly they bought them and
compared the accounts of the disaster appear
ing in the Express and the Messenger.
I'VE beat the ears eff them" Betty said glee-
fully "All the Messenger has is few meager
details which they got from the pilot that
brought those injured people back. On, won't
Sgd Gray hear about this!"
Indy tried to get away then, but Betty in
sisted that he accompany her back to the ofhce
Her purpose was revealed when she took him
up and introduced him to Mr.. Avery, the city
editor.
tod, Mr
explained. "You read my story about him yes
terday Well, today he jumped into the breach
and enabled me to get this story after sgd
Gray had left me stranded at the airport
Then she explained the events Of the morning
in detail
Mr. Avery listened with great interest, and
with occasional admiring chuckles When the
recital was concluded. he graSped Iindy's hand.
Were mighty grateful to you, my boy" he
said heartily "And we'll see that you are
properly repaid There will be a check down
here for you one of these days"
| INDY finally escaped and rushed back to
l. the airport, where the ships arriving from
Beaver Basin kept him busy all that afternoon.
1t was not until almost that night that
he was able to leave, and at that hour, sgd
Gray had still not returned from Beaver Basin.
A week later, Betty Kerr brought him some
interesting news
"Syd Gray has lost his job" she announced.
''I understand Mr.. Magen reported the whole
affair to the publisher Of the Messenger, and
he said Gray had gone a little too far. He
said it was all right to be diligent in getting
a story for your paper, but trickery, attempted
bribery. and trying to wreck plane were not
the sort of thing that the Messenger would
stand for"
But as for little Betty Syd's rival" she
went m airily "the boss rave me- a raise But
he did more than that He said I was just
about the best reporter he had, and that If
any guy called me sob sister In his pres
ence, he'd punch his nose"
Gee, that's great!" said Iindy. Then he
thought Of the check that the Express had
given him That wasn't so bad, eitherl
THE END.