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laughed little, then turned to me and
said:
you wouldn't do a thing like that,
would your
Certainly not / answered readily.
81 always aim to keep the profession
above reproach," and at the time !
would have given 81 to take good
hard kick at his wrist.
On another occasion the clock had
struck an hour past midnight when
| the city editor interrupted my dreams
of home and mother and sent me out
to interview a man on an important
railroad deal. l reached his house
about 1:30. made friends with one dog
and lodged another, and finally got to
the front door. After half a dozen
sharp rings, a light suddenly appeared
in the parlor, and through the blinds
could distinguish the form of the man
clad in his nightrobe. His face looked
extremely sour and l whistled softly
to myself while wondering whether it
was to be an upper cut or a good stiff
KICK. Imagine my surprise when on
stating the object of my visit, he
smiled and invited me in. 1t was a
cold night and l was glad to accept.
He led the way into side room, and
the first thing he did was to pull a
bottle of Canadian rye out of the side
board and ask me to drink All 1 did
was to fill the glass to the top and
wait for him to ask me again.
cut in, my boy, don't be bashful,"
he said, Drink all you want and I'll
go and get on some Clothes
While he was gone | made the bottle
look sick and was in quite a COM
Portable frame of mind when he re-
turned ten minutes later. Then we
had a drink together. After that he
suggested that there might be some
thing to eat in the ice box, so we
went through it, and soon had a nice
lunch spread on the table. He was an
entertaining fellow, that railroad man,
and when | asked him what time it
was, he paralyZed me by replying:
"Oh, only o'clock, don't be in a
hurry"
Good heavens! Five o'clock, and the
paper gone to press. 1 began figuring
on resignation, and, Informing him
of the situation, he laughed and said:
Never mind, come around today to
my office, and I'll give you big
story. L will not say a word to any
other reporter"
What did l do? Reported to the
city editor at the usual afternoon hour
that day, that the gentleman 1 called
to see was out, and had paced up
and down the sidewalk until o'clock,
waiting for him
TO COME HOME.
The city editor commended my per-
sistency and enterprise, and that night,
when L turned in a two-column eX-
elusive story on the railroad deal,
| was declared a splendid reporter. 1
have never met another like that
railroad man. There is only one of his
kind in each city.
About 80 one morning I was dis
patched to remote part of the city to
wake a man up and interview him
concerning row in board meeting
of bank directors. I knew the man
pretty well, and was aware that I'd
get a cold reception; he was so beastly
cranky and ill-favored. l awakened
him finally, and he appeared at an up
stairs window.
What in the h do you mean coming
to my house at this hour of the night?"
he yelled.
II want the story of that row." 7
replied.
II won't tell you a COMPOUNDED thing,
d you" he cried.
'All right then,"I yelled back, 'I'n
print what I've got, and you won't
like it. You'll have only yourself to
blame, however,
Inf
have an ounce of information, but he
thought l had and that did quite as
well.
What have you got?" he asked in
a somewhat milder tone. l had him.
He couldn't escape.
Come down and and I'll tell you
l answered. He hesitated a moment,
then said he would and two minutes
later | was sitting opposite him in his
parlor.
Now, what have your" he asked
Well l replied with another hot
bluff and mentioning man whom l
knew to be his enemy, "Mr. So-and-Sc
said you made conspicuous ass OF
yourself and said things which no gen
tleman would say
1t was a center shot. He fairly
boiled with rage. l knew he would tell
the whole story without knowing it,
Mr.. So-and-So lies," he declared We
hemently, land he knows he lies. Lis
ten and I'll tell you Just how it hap
pened and every word / said.''
He told me the whole story from
beginning to end while seeking.to JUS
tify his own actions. When he had
finished, he remarked
There, that's all 1 said, so your
story is wrong. L refuse to give you
any information concerning the row
as you call it,
Poor man! He had told everything
| and wasn't aware of it. That morn.
ing we published a column sensational
story, and when those two men met
my friend was as cold and clammy as
an old corpse. When they finally came
together and explanations ensued, they
had only one thing to say, and that was ::
'D-n that reporter CORK,