The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-10
coAxlNe FoR INFORMATION.
Reportorial Ingenuity utilized to Adysn-
tare In Gathering Facts

tage In Gathering Facts.
a reporter called at the home Of one Mr..
Cage to learn some facts regarding an acci-
dent that had happened that morning lie
softly ascended the stone steps, pulled the
doorbell lightly and did not forget to take
oil his hat when he stepped over the thresh-
old. In a low voice aud with n mild man
ner he ventured to ask II that was where
Mr.. Cage lived aud if he had not been con
cerned in a yachting accident that morn
iug \ correspondugly unprctentious af-
iirmatiye reply was vouchsafcd on the part
Of the genteel lady Of % who had presented
herself at the door.
~ do not know much about the accident,
only IL wa, an awful thing. They were out
boating, aud do declare | don't see how
they ever escaped and do you know
"Well, would you mind calling Mr.. Cage'
I'd like TO see him. / believe he was one
Of the principals, was be not" queried ths
reporter.
con, yes. wifcall him"
She was gone several minutes before the
sound Of footsteps down the stairs an
nouuced the coming Of some one. IL was
Mr. Cage and he entered directly into the
room where the -gdthercr sat.
Are you the man who wanted to see mei
II SO, | can tell you right now that youll
not get a bit Of news regarding the accident
from me, and you might rs well not ask
word about IT.. am firmly set in that de.
ci>iOn, and you need not try on any OF your
schcnes for getting news. Us people have
to suffer untold injustice at the hands Of
you newspaper men, and you fellows get
entir,ly'-
Every body have seen on the street to
day speaks of your undaunted bravery and
coolheadedness in that time of great peril"
broke in the reporter. "and you certainly
deserve the most hearty congratulations,
and for one wish to congratulate you as you
most honestly deserve"
YES, that was a pretty hard pull made
pretty tough, that-don't care about ever
trying it over Too much salt water for me.
But, as ] was saying, you reporters try to
get hold of many things that are none of
your business, and somebody has to suffer
for II. No, shall not give you one"--
Now, Mr.. Gilbert tells me that il it had
not been for you some eight lives would
have been lost right there. That call an
almost unprecedented record and"---
you see. the way of that was, when the
boat hetlod 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 IL was Just ABOUT midway be
tween Crage's ana the west boston brldgs
/ just above Where the old ironciad used to
/ lie. We bad Just gone out Tor iIttle sail
; that morning, and there wasn't boat on
| the river when that squal struck us
/ don't know what we would have done II a
| boutkcepcr hadn't come down 10 his iloat
atd seen Us. IhGt must have b'cn about
/ 1:.o o.clocN. Stll' as was say IHS. aNhiIe
/ a. o. I'm not ser"'aS ho'or!''y' ','d you
. emit get anything ABOUT 'le Gccideu' out
/ ct n!c. no sir; not one tIlaS
no, no. OF course NOT II You 20 no want