Chapter 27—A Sensation for the “Tribune”
Harris T. Kymbale, it will be remembered, was present in the telegraph office at Olympia before noon on the 18th of June had become a thing of the past. He was at his post, knocked up with fatigue, exhausted in mind and body; and how could it be otherwise after this marvellous performance of the professional cyclists, Will Stanton and Robert Flock? He had just had time to say “Here!” when he fell unconscious on to a seat.
A few minutes later he had revived after a dose of his customary reviver, and read the telegram:
Chicago, 8.13.
Kymbale, Olympia, Washington, nine by five and four, South Dakota, Yankton.
Tornbrock.
So the throw had been kept for the 18th of June, although it might have taken place two days before owing to Hermann Titbury bei
