His brief connection with this paper was soon forgotten in the paper itself. He sat down out of the immediate range of the flame and was lost in the crowd and the surrounding darkness.
Meanwhile a clamorous chorus greeted the discovery.
“Hold it over the light.”
“Don’t burn it.”
“The voice of Scout Harris.”
“The plot grows thicker.”
“Invincible writing again.”
“E-pluribus onion.”
“Don’t hold it so near the flame, you’ll have boiled onions.”
“Let’s see what it says.”