The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-30
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| tage In Gathering Facts.
| A reporter called at tss,a home Of one Mr..
Cage to learn some facts regarding an acct
dent that had happened thai morning. He
softly assembled the stone steps, pulled the
| doorbell lightly and did not forget to take
of his hat when he stepped over the thresh-
| old. In low voice and with mild man
ner he ventured 10 ask il that was where
| Mr.. Cage lived and If he had not been con-
rerned in yachting accident that morn
Ing A correspondingly unpretentious af-
frmatiye reply was vOuchsafed on the part
Of the genteel lady Of 20 who had presented
| herself at the door.
81 do not know much about the accident,
| only it was an awful thing They were out
boating, and do declare | don't see how
they ever escaped, and do you know
"Well, would you mind calling Mr.. Cagei
I'd like 20 see him. / believe he was one
Of the principals, was no not" queried the
reporter.
"Oh, yes. will call him"
She was gone several minutes before the
sound Of footsteps down the stairs an
nounced the coming of some one. 1t was
Mr.. Cage, and he entered directly into the
room where the newsgatherer sat.
Are you the man who wanted to see me'
II so, can tell you right now that you'll
not get bit of news regarding the accident
from me, and you might as well not ask a
word about It, am firmly set in that de
cision, and you need not try on any Of your
schemes for getting news. Us people have
to suffer untold injustice mt the hands Of
you newspaper men, and you fellows get
entirely
Everybody have seen on the street to-
day speaks Of Your undaunted bravery and
cooIheadedness in that time of great PERIL
broke ia the reporter, land you certainly
deserve the most hearty congratulations,
and for one wshto congratulate you asyou
most honestly deserve"
ayes, that was pretty hard pull made
pretty tough, that-dont care about ever
trying it over Too much salt water for me.
Lut, as | was saying, you reporters try to
get hold Of many things that are none Of
your business, and somebody has 10 suffer
for it, No, shall not give you one'-
Now. Mr.. Gilbert tells me that ii il had
not been for you some eight lives would
have been lost right there. That | cali an
almost unprecedented record and"-
you see the way Of that was, when the
boat heeled over on her lee rail had to
fairly fight those fellows to keep them in
their right senses. There wasn't really
much danger Just then, although there had
been two people drowned right there only
three weeks before. You remember where
that was It was just about midway be
tween Crage's and the West Boston bridge
Just above where the old ironclad used to
lie. We had just gone out for little sail
that morning. and there wasn't a boat on
the river when that squall struck lis. /
don't know what we would have done if a
boatkeeper hadn't come down TO his float
and seen us. That must have been about
$50 o'clock. Still, as was saying awhile
ago, Pm not seeking notOriety, and you
can't get anything about the accident out
Of me. No, sir; not one thing"
''No, no, of course not, if you do not want
to give anything out But was just think
ing how grateful those eight persons must
be, since they must know that they owe
their lives to you. And those eight names
you Just named over are the identical ones,
are theyi Why am we'll acquainted with
two Of them. They don't live a great ways
from me-"
Eyes, they are the identical ones, and
wouldn't be surprised if they did feel a lit
tie grateful like to me, for tell you things
looked like u close call there for bit just
before the cat rig came up We had been
over well on 10 IL minutes. Suppose the
papers will be apt TO get some inkling Of
the accident after awhile, but you can't
get anything about it out Of me now, for
I'm not seeking notoriety. Perhaps they
know something about it down az the sta
tion-don't know, though"
YES; would have been glad TO have some
notes regarding the affair directly from
you, since you were the principal, but If
you will not give out any information then
that settles it, Good morning, Mr.. Cage"
And the reporter, closing the door softly,
started off down the steps and around
the neighboring corner.
And themild hammered reporter with the
low voice chuckled to himself, Guess
they're worth column and half"-Bos-
ton Herald.