Now that they have finished the
unions, there's nobody left but us."
So Samuel stayed at home, and told Sophie and her mother all about his
various experiences, and about the people he had met. The child was
almost beside herself with delight.
"Oh, I knew that help would come!" she kept saying, "I knew that help
would come!"
Worn out as he was, the young reformer could hardly sleep that night,
for all the excitement. And early in the morning he was up and out
hunting for a copy of the "Express."
He stood on the street-corner and opened it. He glanced at the first
page--there was nothing there. He glanced at the back page, and then
at one page after another, seeking for the one that was given up to
the story. But there was no such page. And then he went back and read
over the headings of each column--and still he did not find it. And
then he began a third time, reading carefully each tiny item. And so,
after nearly an hour's search, when he found himself lost in a maze of
advertisements, he brought himself to realize that there was not a
line of the story in the paper!
When Everley arrived at his office that morning, Samuel was waiting
for him on the steps. Seeing the paper in the other's hand, the young
lawyer laughed. "You found out, have you?" he said.
"It's not here!" cried Samuel.
"I knew just what would happen," said the other. "But I thought I'd
let you see for yourself.
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