The Flaming Phantom, Chapter 1

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌⁠Hutchinson Hatch, reporter, stood beside the City Editor's desk, smoking and waiting patiently for that energetic gentleman to dispose of several matters in hand. City Editors always have several matters in hand, for the profession of keeping count of the pulse-beat of the world is a busy one. Finally this City Editor emerged from a mass of other things and picked up a sheet of paper on which he h