Helen in the Editor's Chair

Later that night the _Queen_ caught fire and burned to the water's edge. Some said that Captain Billy, saddened by the tragedy which had almost befallen the majestic old craft,...

By the first of the following week the near tragedy of the picnic seemed only a terrible nightmare to Helen and Margaret and they devoted all of their extra time to helping Tom...

"I think it would be a good idea if you went to the teachers and got all the school news," Helen suggested. "It is almost the end of the year and most of the classes are plannin...

Monday morning dawned clear and bright. There were no traces in the sky of the storm which on the previous day had devastated so many farms west of Rolfe. The air was warm with...

With the end of the school year Tom and Helen were able to give their complete time and energies to the _Herald_. When Monday, the first of June arrived, they were working on th...

The enlarged edition of the _Herald_ attracted so much comment and praise from the readers that Tom and Helen felt well repaid for their additional efforts. Tom sat down and fig...

"Take my arm," her brother commanded. "We'll go back to the restaurant and get a glass of milk and a sandwich and you'll feel all right in a few minutes."

Sunday morning found Tom and Helen Blair entering a new era in their lives. While their father sped toward the southwest in quest of renewed health, they planned how they could...

"Now don't try to get me flustered before I see Rand," laughed Helen. "I think I'll just explain that I am the local correspondent for the Associated Press, show him the telegra...

Helen stared hard at the place where her friend should have been. Had the magic of Miss Carver's story been so strong that she was imagining things? She rubbed her eyes and look...

Helen and Tom hurried home from school Thursday noon, ate a hasty lunch and then went on to the _Herald_ office to finish their task of putting out their first issue of the paper.

"Better put on those heavy, high-topped boots you use for hiking," Tom advised Helen when they had reached the shelter of their own home. "You'll probably be gone the rest of th...

The last paper folded, Helen removed the heavy apron and washed her hands at the sink behind the press. When she entered the editorial office Tom was putting the last of the pap...

Tom's cry brought the others from the dinner table to the screened-in porch which overlooked the lake. He was right. The storm was roaring down out of the hills in the west in a...

Helen Blair anxiously watched the clock on the wall of the assembly room. Five more minutes and school would be dismissed for the day. How those minutes dragged. She moved her b...