"Glad of it," goes from alley to alley about the broad floor.
"Who's got 48 X?" inquires the man with the last piece of copy. It is the end of Corkey's obituary.
"This will be a scoop," says the copy-cutter.
The father of the chapel has written some handsome resolutions to make the article longer.
"Come up here, all you fellows! Chapel meeting!"
The resolutions are passed with a mighty "Aye!" They are already in type. A long subscription paper for the widow finds ready signers. No one stands back.
The men wash their hands, standing like cattle at a manger.
"It's tough!" says Slug 1.
"You bet it's tough!" says Slug 10, the crossest old dog of the pack.
"They say he went broke at election," says Slug 50.