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Show H "My boy," said the editor of the Billsville H Bugle to the new reporter, "you lack caution. You H must learn not to state things as facts until they H , are proved facts otherwise, you are very apt to H ' got us into libel suits. Do not say, 'the cashier H who stole the funds;' say, 'the cashier who is al- Ht , leged to have stolen the funds.' That's all now, H and ah turn in a stickful about that Second H Ward social last night." H j Owing to an influx of visitors it was late In H; the afternoon before the genial editor of the Hi Piigl" pnngM n cmp?p--tb&..&cfiaL-a3nIly-dail- H j Halfway down the social colmun his eyes lit on Hj the following cautious paragraph: "It is rumored H that a card party was given lost evening to a Hj)' number of reputed ladies of the Second Ward. H Ki Mrs. Smith, gossip says, was the hostess, and the H festivities are reported to have been continued H ' until 10:30 dn the evening. It is alleged that the H affair was a social function given to the ladies of H' the Second Ward Cinch club and that, with the H exception of 'Mrs. James Bllwiliger, who says she H comes Xrom Leavits Junction, none but members H was present. The reputed hostess insists that H)' coffee and wafers alone were served as refresh- Hfi ments. The Smith woman claims to 'be the wife H't j of John Smith, the so-called 'Honest Shoe Man' Hfj t of 315 East State street." H Shortly afterward a whilring mass, claiming to H t e aJ reporter on the Bugle, flew fifteen feet into H i the street, and landed with what bystanders as- H I serto"was a dull, sickening thud. Puck. B |
