Telegram-herald., 1890-09-12

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the reporter. wao was IN the hall
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@Gst 0Gt q hsEe, yelled the angry
banker. 'an1 tel the m2a WAC sent yo1
thar al The fools are not YET deai
but. Mr. Blank. persisted the aston
Ished reporter. won't yoa Kindly tel
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NO. ger oat II hers. tel you Why
don't you g0<
The reporters dzndeg had BOW arisen
Hs replied;
That Is scarcely the way. SIR, for one
gentleman % speak 70 another"
who said you were a gentleman
growled Blank as be hobblsa down
stairs. Reaching ths hall ne caught tho
reporter. Who lowered some ten inches
above him. BY ths ear and pushed him
10 the door AT the door the reporter
caught Blank IN his arms. carried him
teuderly down the front stairs and de-
posted the now writhing millionaire
head foremost IN the slush and snow OF
the gutter lie raised his hat and walked
quietly away. while hvsried footmen
ran to the rescue Of the astonished Blank.
TIE reporter had taken first prizs the
year before as the best all round athlete
In Harvard university We did not
print any account of this encounter. but
we had lots OF fun over it. and this fun
WAS not diminished when the chief sent
20 me a letter from Blank complaining
Of the brutal rudeness Of the new re-
porter.
Before Ihad given upoutside work Ihad
acurious experience at Halifax, whittier
had gone rs "a correspondent 10 report the
arrival Of the Princess Louise and her
husband. the Marquis of L0rne, when he
came 10 Canada as governor general.
The viceregal party were on very slow
and uncertain boat, and Halifax was
SLED with newspaper men long before
the ship was sighted. The beautiful lit
tie bay OF Halifax was alive with British
men-Of-war, which had come 70 partici-
pSte in the display when the queens
daughter and son-in-law should arrive
/ 10 represent her in the Dominion. Among
other ships was the Black Prince. in
command Of his royal highness the duke
Of Edinburgh. / bad met the duke at
dinner at the house Of Sir Patrick Nc
I Dougall, the commander Of the queens 8
/ forces in Canada, and had had some lit
tie talk with him.
IL occurred TO me that the people In
/ New York might like to hear something
as TO how royal duke lives aboard
/ ship. so took boat and WAS rowed out
/ 10 where the Black Prince swung at her
moorings. Climbing oa board | sent
my card 10 the commander, and very
soon was shown into his cabin. At this
time | had never been in Europe, and
did not know how much in awe all the
people there were of any kind of royalty.
| don't think now that | could possibly
get myself 70 feel as unembarrassed as
did that afternoon in the bay of Halifax.
Youth and ignorance OF Old World eti-
quette were on my side. SO | talked TO
the prince with entire lack of restraint,
and what was more TO the purpose, he
talked to re. This was shortly after
Beaconsfield and Salisbury had returned
from the Berlin conference and brought
back what they called peace with hon
or
The prince talked very freely of this
great achievement, and as he was and is
very much under the Russian influence
Of his wife he was not full Of praise of
those who had represented Great Britain
at the congress. | made two column
dispatch Of the interview which had
obtained entirely in a professional ca
pacity, and which l felt thoroughly at
liberty 20 use. The newspaper containing
my interview reached England before the
duke OF Edinburgh did. When ne got
I thara ha was hauled mn before the hoard