Show i fr sa S ii practices what 4 ho preaches by JANE OSBORN it B 1 bym newspaper ewul per syndicate aben stanley munn came into imo tile fortune left to ailin by ills it was condition that he bo should carry on on n I 1 ind ad not sell tile the newspaper that came of tile the inheritance lak tarca rea part s H a son 00 of course was waa that ills hla uncle wanted hla his political PO policy hey carried on ind as stanley was as strong a party man mail as his clincle ever was ho he could i tills this without compromising him self elf the actual difficulty was waa that stanley was not ot an experienced newspaper man there were obstacles in 00 lie way of tile the smooth running of tile the ats town dully daily news of which tile the wenty twenty ate year old millionaire did nut not ream dream F for or a year lie ho had carried on Ws ils own policy of operating a news laper by dropping in at tile tie office once or r twice a week talking politics pleas antly with tile the editor in calef commenting on the weather with the man long editor and asking tile the city editor tow low things were getting on then Madel olno pitt refused to tc marry him an eve event nt that came as a peat ireat and overwhelming surprise to tc stanley who had counted tits ills millions is sufficient to persuade any girl that whatever shortcomings lie ho might pos sess ess perso personally nully were inconsiderable q 1 I liko you stanley Madel madelayne alne had said trying to look very big tt sl sterly but you aro are not quite tho the tort sort of man I 1 want to marry and stanley had asked for no further explanation lie he wanted to spare himself tho the crushing embarrassment of knowing just what char characteristic act bodily or mental mado made madelayne Madel alne not want to consider him as a possible bus ausband band i so go stanley munn went away and the next day lie ho began to take his bushness busl ness as owner of the Yates town dally daily news newa very seriously ho had decided that tills this was tho the best way to forget 31 Madel adelaine alne stanley might havo have become convinced of how flow much there was for him to 0 learn concerning newspaper making ng during the first few days of ills lose dose attention to the newspaper lie he instead lie ho became convinced 0 f how bow much there was for him to teach each tho the various editors and reporters ho bo mado made the pap paper er and oddly bough nough though stanley had much to earn cam about practical journalism his criticisms and suggestions were mill illy fly of the sort to make tho the dally daily I 1 ws the best and largest paper in Yates town and stranger still no no ne resented tits his criticisms they were oven iven with such enthusiasm and such lack ack of personal criticism this Is t the he deade dearest st society column a Yates town lie ho bl blithely announced announce d as 3 he strolled into the editorial of i the paper which he owned early one me afternoon two after he had assumed tho the personal direction of the paper laper its about as lively as the obituary column somebody get some pep fp into it the city editor looked over the top of t his horn rimmed spectacles from his desk where lie jio was making out assignments for the day what you going to do when you any regular society editor lie he asked a little peevishly why it ought to bo be rood good mustered blustered stanley 1 I dont want a flety editor society editors get into ruts its youve got the biggest staff or of sorters reporters in Yates town and 91 1 paid enough give society events as regular assignments make every on your staff bring in society ideras ens bring I 1 em in yourself ge get t 1 lele p lione operators and the bellof hobs the hotels working for you palem em for information about joing on oil let get tile the catel caterer pr to keep us wed posted what we want Is more pep the fellows dont like to cover sooty bletl salt said the city editor A man eat get a news story out oi of a pink id d like to know why not ill s show how lem rii ill stanley jiunn haq had genevar gene far enough he ae city editor looked at him nor nar lovly E wd said d well show lem cm that and ld that Is 13 how bow it opened happened i that mat afternoon when ho he was about aty the t e editorial offices the boung young realtor editor put a card in his hand theres eres a tea out the east end of tons 1319 g society to clety event you yo said ud 4 ek the boys if give s all 88 idea I 1 handled of f ilow how you wanted those loth right I 1 will said Sta stanley filey with s show how them the tit II 11 tile the clavering arms none swells 8 are a re entertaining in their own n i it the houss n anys nowadays ow ys Every things ata cl erane arms inelia astley 5 nn clipped the E Na card ln ila the pocket of his top batard tard aarl i left t th building dang where his cula was housed stepping to ilton aurb hp e dismissed assed his chauffeur B with mw his car it I 1 was bachl lacking it quarter of un till hour ul of four it if lie fie was going to take a reporters assignment ment betl travel like it a reporter A reporter should keep heep lila ills eyes and ears upon open the streets and the street cars should bo be ills his happy liappa li hunting tinting ground so stanley munn young millionaire boarded a crowded surface car all and rode out to the fashionable east bust end emd setting getting off tit at the alio corner where the alio clevering Clu vering arms ann lifted its imposing title pile ot of cement stone an and pinto glass stanley 3 was inside the fashionable hotel when lie ho first thought to examine the card in tits his pocket when lie he did so lie merely noted the words tea to announce the engagement of stanley lind been at the clavering CIn vering arms often enough to know that a ten of that sort would bo be held in the large ballroom on the tenth floor so lie he stopped stepped into an elevator wondering whether vi lether lie would happen to meet any of ills his old friends As aa lie ho lid did so eo it was only four now so probably he would be of tiny any of the guests after lie had stepped into tile the elevator a young woman much covered with furs followed she seemed preoccupied an and lid did not notice him film but the first glance proved to stanley that it was wag pitt patt whom ho he had not seen since the lay day she elio told him with such pain in fl fating feting candor that he fie tile sort of man she wanted to marry stanley wanted to rush out olit of the elevator but lie ho was afraid tills would attract moro more attention so ho be turned hoping that would collid not be able to recognize the back of tits hla licad head hut but ns as lio fie turned it lie looked straight into the mirror at one side of tile elevator and in that mirror lie he looked into the eyes of Al Madol adelaine alne thrown over from the reflected linage imago of the girl standing on tile tho opposite side of tile ho elevator stanley bowed and smiled solemnly at the linage image and tile the image lot let its eyes droop and smiled sadly badly back they both got out at the tenth floor standing together in the spacious corridor that led to the ballroom Madel 11 adelaine alne said simply where tire are you going im going to cover a tea that Is im acting as reporter for my own paper theres a tea to announce an engagement big society event and I 1 thought id show the boys that a 11 man can get a good news story out of an assignment like that who said it was to announce an engagement tea said Madel alno looking very much annoyed why my city editor well id like to know what right he fie had to do that mothers simply giving the tea to meet lady hopewell but that mean that im going to marry her son bob I 1 wonder it if mother said tt it was an announcement I 1 stanley munn aldunn said something about not having dreamed that it was her tea rip have como come if lie he had that ho he had never expected to see tier her again and Ain model delaine alne began asking him about tits his work yes im getting down to brass tacks he sold said im going to make tile the Yates town dally daily news the biggest paper in Yates town the circulation Is already increasing and the advertising Is picking up right along 1 I but that interest you I 1 suppose since im here ill have to see it through its hard but I 1 dont want to frill fall down on an assignment the ten tea Is for lady hopewell you sold said stanley had taken his reporters notebook from ills his pocket and was making apking notes Is there any any engage ment Al Madel adelaine alne did not answer she looked away from stanley anti anil then looked up and down the corridor to convince herself that no one was observing then she looked at stanley very earnestly with eyes brimful of 01 tears and happiness sno no stanley there she said mother wanted me to accept bob I 1 wanted to please her herand and I 1 thought id never find a roan man j I 1 really wanted to marry but olf oh stanley it wonderful that you are really making your paper a success 41 you know I 1 always wanted to marry a man who was ambitious bit ious I 1 know you had it in you and so tt it was that the dally daily news the next morning was the only paper in Yates town to announce onn ounce the engagement of madelaine madelayne Madel alne pitt patt and stanley munn a 0 fact that proved to Stanlcy a staff that sometimes a mere man reporter could beat a society editor at her own game |