The acme magazine . s t o CKTON THE OFFICE BOYS DISPENSATION. A Story of Equal Justice and the Unhappy Fruits i r HAPPENEDthe evening ofthe San Francis-co earthquake. De-P^i tails of the disasterwere few and unsatis-factory. The greatas well as the lowlywere anxiously await-ing news. His Ex-cellency, the Governorof the State of NewJersey, was as hungry for information asthe humblest citizen. The telephone bell in the office of theTrue American had been ringing all theevening and Trentonians with friends andinterests in the stricken city were makinganxious inquiries. Every now and the
The acme magazine . s t o CKTON THE OFFICE BOYS DISPENSATION. A Story of Equal Justice and the Unhappy Fruits i r HAPPENEDthe evening ofthe San Francis-co earthquake. De-P^i tails of the disasterwere few and unsatis-factory. The greatas well as the lowlywere anxiously await-ing news. His Ex-cellency, the Governorof the State of NewJersey, was as hungry for information asthe humblest citizen. The telephone bell in the office of theTrue American had been ringing all theevening and Trentonians with friends andinterests in the stricken city were makinganxious inquiries. Every now and thenthe telegraph instruments would tick offa bulletin, but the wires were workingbadly, as they always do when mostneeded. All was hustle and bustle. The re-porters were chasing here and there aboutthe news room with bits of gossip aboutTrentonians at the Golden Gate and re-ceiving fresh assignments from this editoror from that one. An extra was aboutready for the press The office boy wason the job, and knowing what direcalamities might follow any dereliction ofduty on his part, was curtly dismissingvisitors with al
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