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"Yes ... He'll add a needed touch of elegance to the somber setting of the drama." "By the way," said Varney presently, "how did Hammerton get away last night? I believe Ferguson's been dodging me all day, but the fact is I've never given it a thought." Peter laughed. "He's sharp as a tack, that boy is. He played dead till old Ferguson got first interested, then nervous, and lastly careless.
"But what about a key, son?" said Mr. Orr. "This, for the moment," replied Jack, and simply resting his elbow on his knee, and tapping with the end of the wire against the brass binding-post, he began urgently calling. "HN, HN, HN!" he clicked. "HN, HN, HV! Rush! Qk! "Perhaps the wire is grounded between here and Hammerton," suggested his father breathlessly. "Anybody answer! Qk!" sent Jack.
Varney rested upon the back of his chair again and stood staring down at the reporter for some time in silence. "Mr. Hammerton," he began presently, "I know that the great majority of newspaper men are fair and honorable and absolutely trustworthy. I know that it is a part of their capital to be able to keep a secret as well as to print one.
As Philip Hammerton remarks: "It is entirely within the power of public opinion to relieve the world from the weariness of this burthen of expensive living; it has actually been done to a great extent with regard to the costliness of funerals, a matter in which public opinion has always been very authoritative.
The Gazette's star reporter was as different from one's conception of a dangerous adversary as it is possible for a man to be. He seemed only a pleasant-faced, friendly boy of twenty-three or four, with an honest eye and a singularly infectious laugh. "Don't mind if I do thanks!" said Hammerton, to the proffer of cigars. "Well, it wasn't so very hard.
"Oh, my Gawd, sir!" breathed McTosh. But his young master was on his feet like a tiger, in a whirl of crazy passion. He had resolved all along that Hammerton would have to kill him before he should get away with that secret. Now it came to him like a divine revelation that the way to avoid this was to kill Hammerton.
The bureau didn't touch this story last night why, I thought it was too 'it-is-understood' and 'rumor-has-it' and all that, to go even with the Daily in your old own town. It'll be different to-night, all right. We'll query our whole string on it now unless," he added with frank despondency, "the darned old Associated Press decides to pinch it." "Query them, Mr. Hammerton?"
Ames picked up her gloves and rose. "I don't know what you're talking about. It's all Greek to me," with her strident cackle, "but this I do know, Hurlburt Hammerton and that is she'll get ahead of you, this Gipsy girl. Never doubt that." Marcia had grown slightly paler during the conversation, and now she turned surprised, almost frightened, yes, frightened eyes from Hayden to Ydo.
Milly's soft cheeks and lips were flushed, her eyes bright with a mixture of very innocent emotions, as she stood with every one's eyes, including Ian Stewart's, upon her. But in a minute the Master took up Mrs. Shaw's remark. "No," he said, emphatically; "not a new Lady Hammerton; only a rather new Miss Flaxman; and that, I assure you, is something very preferable."
Introducing himself to the elderly lady operator, who was just leaving, he went to the key and announced his arrival to the chief at Hammerton. It was an hour later when West, the "Star" reporter, appeared. "Here you are, youngster," said he; "a thousand words for a starter. It's going to be a great story. I'll be back in half an hour with another batch."
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