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AlOrrd Noyoa.

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t>» the K-conrt paar. her hoper i that eomethlpa «med: on the Blth. tbejr »mi ! »ro«*. For a moAent he »e«t’ . out altOEvthe’-. Thep the found I'ated. Juat then Barbara Sung I >*. In a corner at the bottom of' her head back, blinked her aye* , the atock quotation column. It I and urode manfnllv toward her

Idaak.

! There ahe gklhemd up her 1 pum- mtf Rtorea and looked around to* her hat. In a

POET COXING

. _ t done, at

like you.

"And. by the way. can tkat word -|ournali«B.‘ It'll pot yon outside the pale. In a moment, if the pane hear* you nay It. They might even *ir* forth raucou*

laughter In your flushed. What*

Alfred Xoye*. EngHsh poet and former prufi-reor of poetry at Princeton Unlrer*lty. will give a wrle* of lectnre* at the public auditorium. becinnlna November 1. under the auspice, of the I’irtteralty Ettenslon Club. Th* waiter brought the sand-

which >uat then. Barham stared at the sandwich and pushed It away. Then ohe pushed the coffee away too. She stared at thi Pkjce. but the word' of the article were blurred. Then she went through the pages rapidly efaln. looking for the story about the enmatalk that w*s 12 fett tali. It was not to be found. • Again she went through the sheets, this time looking for the death Dotlfr* that She had toiled over. There they were, bravelv displayed beneath a bold, black bead—“ObltuarW." The names with their aheave* of consonants made a brave showing. Phe gulped her coffee and paid her bUI. Knterlng the office of the TeW graph agnln. she found Wells

Bob was by her side. "Going home?" be asked notvchalhntly.

■Tee a rstlle-trap *

Barbara flushed, s rong with It?" she a

theatres a a mean* of

film distribution. tnsuianee la coat-

ing the Stale of New York orer ce.epe.eee a yen- through indua- | trial accident haaards. I lord Motor Cm, produced MAKS cam la October. Weekly pay-

I?* 1 T 111 i , ? ,1 ,lM,! V w ‘ ,u “ • dude that come. Alt of erttafe Meteedee. If you aren't proud." | with literary aspiration* make, a Barbara favored him with n bee fine for Journalism, with a

die. all the brighter for the tear* trembling yuat behind It. "Of course I'm not proqd.” she aaswiUnd. "Out I live too Ikr--clear out in Overbrook. Tkyik

you Jurf the same.

Bob rtttaggad. "What's at*Unee to a ear like mine? 1 could land you at Ttmbueiuu. ff you aaM the

word. Come OU."

Outside Barbara round h haphatard racing ear parktd at defiant angle. Sh. climbed In. her been Bomewhat lightened by the raiuarnderte lato vbteh Bob seemed .o have received her. Barbara liked men. rnjoyed thetf admiration. »a# interestr>: in their

Th. incident of the obltucry »s lading. The mad to Overbrvok tan over hilly ground, whet* the trees mustered In vivid October, uniforms against the sky "October ought to cure anything. oughtn't It?" Barbara ask-

war to hit At I*:’ youth wbi and copy that "if U W.lts re stor of li

The No r. Well* draft . U* ly It

had

when lunc

I

body a

food, and i along and

She bus

. eh. deal Telegraph feel a pro

I of work are yotMcS Mft hired me." she art • aid aasnething sbotfr

dresw-d h-r: "Mhe, lUwley. this h« Munis 1‘attinbam. 'lie say* you have published n story In ' •fleet that be Is dead."

CHAPTER IV

T IB black-browed giant I Into mhihHIty. "What

think ,

after you've called me dad Pstnnhaa Mopped a moment for breath. while tmrbarp in rued

and found none worth .’.taking. The city editor was staring at

her white face.

He turned a conciliating eye toward the man. "Weil. Mr. Pattlnbara. it wa* unfortunate that Mire Hawley should have made that mistake, she has not Wn doing this work very long. It

waaa’t laii-n.ioonl.

'Til tell you What we'll tin. W*n publish a corrretton tomor- - ~ lloa will that do? Make

"Yea. aid Bob. "The air Hw|f U like champagne. But what Is there to cure, in -this* eaaa?" "Well." said Barbara. "I got a name wrong this morning. It was only a small mistake and I mad.- it H-cauae tbr office was ao noisy 1 simply could not get it right over the telephone, no matter how hard 1 tried. Ba I Jur-

at It.

capital J.

"We aee 'em by the hundred, coming In to look for ako^aon low -voiced positions, writlng'edl-

■orifiSVIHI 11

terprelation of politics la print, grinding out avllc-laag bonk reviews or polite article* on the

■And. if Ike managing ed has a up late the right before, sometimes he hire* 'am ta a hum of folly. Then-' they get Introduced to net Journalism.

he wot

i i»an came in and >

down every morning with a boiled shirt and they carry - leatherbound notebooks and silver peo•H*. a»d gad! how they do highlone the newapaper men around the world, by means of Journalism. They Join civic luncheon comralaalon* and belong to the Uule Theatre. And they typewrite by the touch system! •But. first of all. they’re out to reform the newspaper game and newspaper uen Into JournaiThey'd make It a rule for every reporter to wear a monocle

II they could.

"All this—If they last, laually they don't, more than a week or two. By the time they have used a few words like mtacegenatlon' and 'lerglvwmtlow.' and rebuked a printer or two for making up a page la bis shin Mart's

—the I

Telegraph, oi

owthtag.

Bob whistled. Then he taur.b | L ' Wow : not so bad. for tbel 1 •ff 'Ur^on the street. What ^

what be> dost, and be kirks 'em

tblaj

Pattinbam beamed. "Fine." be a-ld. baring large, white teeth,

you rat, asj sreoutf-hand aad old nig* are my

dally."

Wells bowed the visitor aad turned to Barbara. "You

. ** n ' *« an li.une asylum r

! commlued a mure | ad have been ao «

Barbara

room. Self* for the elr

In the

Bab langhci • ><st what that cm Mrik artkw*. ao

ins otncc. - ! auifl. helpful ,

fiovihed thtre should he a war.”

-J not sure what th- Joke was Just then she Beard her name

iBed the trout 1WXI.

his '

if

afraid old WHI* would have fired you MIm Hawley. He butt much for women a. the paper, anyhow. And I can t say I blame Urn. The last woman re port ei on the Telegraph waa on the scene ot the biggest murder of the year, and fainted instead of calling up

the city editor. •

The one before that got Into ik kind of a mixup with a lawyer whose office was on her

Thai's why."

that vacantly. Sbr wsa tryiac to fiaure out what connect too there

was between ne' Aciency and duds. again at Bob furtively.

HU fac

"But be'a

gratefully.

Barbara, though reUevrd.-was still speechless with shame. She was not quite sure what her mistake had been, but she cotrid not bring hereetf to ask. 'The man who died spelled hi* name with a g'," aid W. 11*. with • note of weariness in bis

voice.

• Tm sorry." said Barbara. A heavy fatigue wa- errepfing over her body, deadening her thoughts. ~» that she could not trust ber•if to speak, not know lag what in coherency might I wore from her

U»s -.

Well* looked a' her face and!earnest. Knew you wi.^„, _ turned abruptly away. dabbler when I first saw you. Over In the wire new* rorner.(But when It comes to 'giving Bob Jeflries was watching her! your life to If—don't try '

'Well* says. 'No more wot

The dumb ones cause trouble and «»e bright ones rauar more

rouble.' We haven't had a *r. uaa on the sheet since. That'

why I waa sarpriaed when you said you had been hired But if you have McDermott behind you. you'll come out all right. He'* n prince. But he mean* business."

Barbara unwed upon him. 'Means bustaeas?" abe repeated. Wh«t do you think 4 mean? Do I dcepUe frivolous wanes dab

b log where they're not wasted.

"You might as well Warn tight >w that r» in Journalism beuae •! mean to give tny life to

It I'm going to ba somebody be-

fore I quit!" /

"Whew!" whist tad Bob. "Don't mad. I'm ready to believe - going into this thing in

t bought

When 1 mother's big. old-fashioned house, she thanked him warmly for the

ride and the advice.

She had not thought of Brace

that day.

a said, in a rather auriy

you know about Alfred Noyes'. Barbara hriflbtaued. la Ofia Se<d he was at home. "A good dtal." she replied. Take this stafl. then, and give —“ * story on him." aald the city

K. nui had '.Md tbr day l ata aad again she asked for a ! petiing of the name*, until, in

> due n the t -sulta. Sb- ikatikad heaven for the •I Ihal she had learned sun*»s* «■! typewriting by the touch ‘eii. in rolieg,- «»••* and th* n •WHght other reporters look at her flagers rutlously. btit bad ao rime to wonfrs what

friendly

The Telegraph morning was a a place when Barbara

the dim hour of aeraa-thirly. The aocne was aet Just as on the day before, with the city editor

and hi

checking up the morning's nil of news. A reporter or twr Mooched over a typewriter T've told Jimmy to lease the booth free for you hereafter." he saM. "at- least until you get used to the noise in the office, ao y> caa get name* right over t phone. Remember, unless y tear before Gabriel that

i'ou will call the hospitals for births and deaths daily, take the weather report, do rr-wrilee ana take assignment*, aa J find oat what aort of thing you are

good for."

"Very well." bald Bart with something of her old bright assurance. The city editor had spoken as though be expected her to be on the staff for soma time. The incident of the obituary evidently was forgotten. The door of the dictation booth burst open with a crash, and

Its toe*, both literally and figuratively. Nobody la the room, except perhaps Barbara, bad to be told that a Mg story was breaking. "The Went Plains Limited ta wrecked!" shouted Jimmy. 'Telescoped with a freighter at Bar Junction Correspondent thinks S0 killed." (To Be Continued)

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