Telegram-herald., 1890-01-17

Fes Gserzlan YES 80 2s1sst = hlat
a. his xsoss-lsisA he beas srernS ~
~ swkile. sn1 rnsl y rss-EEs4 -
ths Assos House mach 1o~ ns&st Aftss
pGylnx ~ botel eiiL - bae barely
snouxh money - tsks him back = a.
lanta- he aas ~ friea6s in Me- York
snS e Sarsa aot Tor geE ~ast himself
away from tas b4ss of nls supplies A.
IL sss he haa - litsAs ga "a pocket
tEat hs fode from Nsw YORK s. Aua1ts
without a uo4thfal - eat
Before ms dep4rtgFs hs h4d sought
TIE psst of Herald correspondent "a
AL4ntz he vas taken at2ozl Wien
MI Couuerv assured him thss tha
Hsrald had no sslsrisd cores rona.
entS ia the So1th. blthis eYes sparkled
when he wa4 told that be Sss at liberty
- gather a14t news lie coul- and fer
ward Sc at space rates Hs ~eug x
work with wli Atter reachina Al
lanta For Donth he shosers1 shs
Herald" With email tslegrams Ihe
most u them were used. ~ the snt
% ths montb be received check fei
Se5 Il covered me &rttcio printe1
whilehe was az she Astor House. IL
was not s. o. uch a. be expected but a.
inspired him With fresh hopes 4no 10
newe8 his energies
The day Of pesce and plenty quicklY
dawued Nithig three ~eoks an "a
cideut occurred which was & cruciz!
test OF Mr. Gfalys newspaper ability
one afternoon ne received = telegram
from Mr. Connery asking him 10 as
certain whether the u@me of certain
man MAS registered Gt any Atlanta
hotel Grady was on the street IN al
instant He examined all the hotel
registers 10 the city, and could ind no
such name. Then he sat down, rubbed
has head. and wondered ~hy the Her
aid wanted 20 get upon the mans
trail The name seemed strangely Ia
miliar lie turned over the files Of tho
Herald" looking for il He found IL
The stranger had been mixed up in
some Cuban trouble, had fed from
Havana and had landed IN Charleston
a fortnight gone. The Georgian res
soned that re would be more
apt to run 30 New Orleans from
Charleston than % Atlanta He
teIegraphed al his own expense 10 a
friend in tie Crescent City, asking him
TO search the register there The friend
did SO. and found the stranger. Grady
thereupon forwarded this despatch 20
Connery:
ATLANTA, GA. 10th.
To Thomas 4. Connery, New York
Herald. Your man is registered 81
the ST. Charles Hotel, New Orleans
HENRY ". GRADY.
Connory was dunn bounded. The re-
ply was received within three hours OF
the inquiry. The news had also come
from an entirely unexpected quarter.
From that moment Grsdy's stock began
70 60 mp. The Georgian had struck
the bulls eye in journalism with un-
erring aim His fortune was made.
That year he received over 81. 600 from
the Herald alone for his services.
Such was the story as it came TO me
from Mr.. Grady's own lips. Aside
from his "reminiscences, the Georgian
was filed with intellectual tidbits.
They shot from him like sparks from
an electric battery. One Of his spark
ling eyes was the least bit ''ofT its cen.
ter j gave his face piquant ex-
preston which at times enhanced the
q qUaintness of his observations In the
heat OF conversation. I never saw him
at loss for a word His listeners were
always charmed At times his Georgi-
anisms were heightened with a French
polish. lie always rose to the occasion,
whether al a New England society din
ner or in an humble beanery. At the
table OF naval dignit2ry in
Yorktown, whose talk was sprinklcd
with French. the genial Geor-
gian is credited with describing
how with great sang froid ho once got
shut OF an insouciant scrouger who was
one OF the old regime in tacly section
Of Georgia, at one time inhabited by
tho noblesse Of tho d0d-rotted abor-
igines"
The story indicates Grady's ready
wit. His newspaper was summer
sAy in journalism. It was as CHEEKY as
the man himself MIR. Grady was mag
netic in temperament lie drew around
him men OF talent Az their energies
were concentrated upon the "Constitu-
tiou His partners, Col. Hem phill and
Capt Evan p. Howell. arc men OF mark
in Georgia. Bill Arp. Old 81,
I nc'e Ramus arc names rs familiar
IN the North as in tho south The
Democracy cf the West owe them a debt
Of gratitude. They nave already given
Gradys weekly edition a larger circula-
tion in Iowa than the New York "Trib-
rno Tho election Of A DemocrA
governor is a sequel
The master mind however Is gore.
Ills lace in Atlanta may De filed, but
theTe breathes no living man who can
Ell his place IN the affections Of ms
friends. AMOS :. CUNHISGS