Show 3 the suppressed editorial by CALVIN HEND HENDRICKS ICKS copyright 1921 western newspaper union the alpaca olf oil company sl sir Is the biggest tiling thing in ili texas today said colonel lund ware looking up nt at ormsby fron ills plate of asparagus and that hu Is is more our friends believe in ill us and are doing all uey they can call to help us most of then filere there was no mistaking the challenge challene in the colonels words ormsby looked across the table at mildred 1 leaves conscious that mat the colonel was covertly watching him all through the remainder ot the weal meal ormsby was assistant editor of the financial Ob observer serNer a staid accurate old financial paper with nears of unda mial shed reputation behind it but other influences than money may be at work in ili a mans mind mildred ware and ormsby were ai lovers and colonel ware was a speculator a spectacular one ue he had biad won and lost half a dozen fortunes just now his whole fortune was placed in alpaca oil the observer had delayed offering its opinion upon this stock ormsby knew that dint mildred understood the situation they had loved each other for two whole years armby kissed her goodby good by and went down to ills office with a heavy heart that edito ilal must be written soon theres a man waiting to see you sir said the office boy as he entered show flow him in said ormsby and a moment nion lent later he wils was looking into the face of ills his visitor the man was of a type that ormsby knew well and instinctively distrusted the observer Ob sener serNer touched in on alpaca oil yet I 1 notice he said well sir h its it a swindle it 41 ai J it if it were a swindle the observer would say so what would you say young man it if I 1 was to prove that for nothing he asked old ware did me lue a bad turn once and id be glad enough to get even with ham 11 1 I should should say that your facts were probably malicious and inaccurate said ormsby then loot look nt at that said the man handing anding li ormsby a photograph taken three days ago by rue me nt at the risk of my life put armed guards round the oil hole bole since the how flow dwindled down J the most cursory survey of the papers and letters flung down on the table showed ormsby that his suspicions were more than justified ten minutes later he had begun the most impassioned article that he had ever written lie ile denounced alpaca oil as a fraud lie he showed up colonel ware its as an unmitigated scoundrel lie finished tile editorial sent a proof by the boy to manton instructing his subordinate to have the article t vt et as soon as nantois SIon Nan tons toas formal acknowledgment know came over the wire find hastened home ile he tell fell asleep after hours ot of agonized wakefulness when lie awoke he sat up in bed wondering why his head ached and at all lils ills life seemed hopeless then he began tp remember kemem ber the news must have become general property long ago then putting on his dressing ronn gown he telephoned his office ice just a minute please said the man at the other end heres mr manton ile he wants to talk to you A moment later the owners voice came over the wires hello ormsby he ha said say nhat in thunder did you mean by that piece about alpaca oil I 1 caught it just as I 1 was going to bed and stopped it just in time why the biggest proposition listed today touch before the week Is out you must be mistaken said ormsby come to my house said manton blanton curtly and hung up the receiver ormsby arrived fuming with indignation lie ite was shown into cantons Man tons study to lind find not only manton but colonel ware and mildred the colonel was us looking our bour und and mildred de colonel ware took two or three strides up and down the room manton he said im pretty tough lint but I 1 cant stand for this im the what do you mean colonel inquired manton manion stiffly you remember george shabby little fellow with a lisp who used to spy on the knack properties well manton it may not have been quite straight but bui I 1 meant to let you fellows in on oil it I 1 arle to work mr ormsby to give us a fair write up when lie he I 1 sent george to illa him with some fake papers and photographs to in hopes hed write just such in an article as lie did it if that had bad got into the paper our stock would have been down to 40 and id sold halt half my lily holdings to buy it in then next week when u hen it was found that alpaca oil was absolutely sound it would have jumped to agibin and rd id have cleared and as it Is ive skinned out about to the bad and you crin can thank your stars manton that alpaca oil Is sound or that article would have blown us all sky high ill gh then the well Is good gasped ormsby nona better in texas sir said the colonel shortly and since youve skinned me out of with your confounded honesty I 1 guess bet tar take care of mildred for tile me dont think ini im a fit father for hei let somehow |