... Yes, I'm sorry to say,
what you're doing, much of the world is doing most of the time."
"I beg your pardon, Jerome, but there you've made my point ... do you
think I want a sneaking, clandestine thing kept up between me and the
woman I love?"
"Then why not stay apart till the divorce is granted, then marry her
like a regular fellow?"
"Damn it, Jerome, you don't understand, you don't get what we radicals
are driving at...."
"I'll take a chance with my job and quash this interview--that's how
much I like you, Johnnie."
"Oh, I know you mean well enough ... most of you boys have treated me
rather well, according to your lights ... it's the damned lead-writers
and re-writers and editorial writers--they're the ones that do the
damage."
"You want me to go ahead then?"
"Yes, that is the only way."
"It is a big story, a real scoop." Miller was again the newspaper man
who had scored a beat on rival newspapers....
"Can't you stay over night, Jerome? We can make room."
"I must catch the next train back ... I'm off now ... there's the taxi I
arranged to have come and take me ... it's out there now ... good-bye,
Johnny, and God help you and your little girl."
* * * * *
Hildreth came in soon after Miller's departure, looking like a
fresh-faced girl of twelve.
"Did--did your friend think I was good-looking?"
"Yes, I am sure he thoroughly approved of you.
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