“Just a minute,” broke in Tod. “Will you take me to the city? I’ve got to send my story in to the News.”
“Plenty of room,” the chief answered, smiling at the colt reporter’s eagerness.
“Can you imagine Reed’s surprise when he gets this?” Tod whispered aside to Klein. “Great Scott! This is one of the scoops you read about! See you later.” And he hurried out to the waiting automobile.
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After the publication of Irving Tod’s sensational scoop, Mr. Reed, the editor of the News, came to the conclusion that, after all, a son-in-law like Tod was not the worst thing that could be wished upon him. As for Claire Reed, she admitted, in time, that the possession of a devoted husband was more to be desired than a life sacrificed to the stage.
Hobart Klein is still a member of the Hudson Stock Company, but his name goes on the billing as “Owner and Stage Director.” As actor-manager he has been called upon to assume many rôles, but his most successful one, from a personal viewpoint, has been that of a husband; and he is upheld by a very able critic, Mrs. Helen Lydecker Klein.
THE END.
HIS EXACT SIZE.
There is a kind of selfish smartness which makes a man think well of himself, but which renders him a laughingstock, nevertheless. One rainy day, when a shoe shop was full of customers, a man entered hurriedly, and speaking to an assistant, who was fitting a lady, said: