Friday
noon
It would , as Ellis said , set off a ton of dynamite beneath sleepy Worthington . That night Veltman `` pulled '' a proof , and Ellis stayed far into the morning , pasting up a dummy of the article for Hal 's inspection and final judgment . It was on Thursday that Norman Hale was taken to the hospital . Friday noon McGuire Ellis laid before his principal the carefully constructed dummy with the brief comment : `` There 's the epidemic story . '' Hal accepted and read it in silence . Once or twice he made a note . When he had finished , he turned to find Ellis 's gaze fixed upon him .