The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-03-21
coAMNe FOR INFORMATION.


ReportoriM Ingenuity Utiiized to Advan-
tage In Gathering Facts.
A reporter called at the home Of one Mr.. |
Cage to learn some facts regarding an accl. |
dent that had happened that morning. lie |
softly assembled the stone steps pulled the
doorbell lightly and did not forget to take
off his hat when he stepped over the thresh-
old In a low voice and with mild man
ner lac venturod to ask If that was where
Mir Cage lived and il hc had not been CON
cerned in yachting accident that morn
ing. corrc,p oudiuGly uupratyntuus af-
frmative reply was vOuChsafcd ON the part
uf the rcnteul lady Of 20 who had presented
herself mt the door,
81 do not know much about the accident,
only it was an awful thing They were ont
boatin, and do declare l don't see how
they ever escaped, and do you know
awe 3, would you mind calling MIR. Cagef
I'd lik, to see him believe he was one
of the riucipals was he not2' queried the
reportt'.
son. yes will call him."
She as gone several minutes before the
sound # footsteps down the stairs an
nuuncci the coming of some one IL was
Mr.. Ca @, and hc entered directly into the
room where the uewsgltherer sat.
Are You the man " howanted to see me?
II 50, Nah ttll N'NA Ai-itt INV 'lHtN va Il
not get o. bit of news regarding the accident
from me, and you might as well not ask
word about it, | am firmly set in that de-
cision. and you need not try on any of you1
schemes for getting news. Us people have
10 suffer untold injustice Mt the hands of
You newspaper men, and you fellows get
entirely
"Everybo have seen on the street to-
day speaks of your undauuted 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 congratulateyou rs you
most honestly deserve
YES, that was pretty hard pull made
pretty tough that-dou't care about eveI
trying it over. Too much salt water forme
But. as / was saying, you reporters try tC
get hold of many things that are none OF
your business and somebody has TO sutiel
fori No, | shall not give you one''--
Now, Mr. Gilbert tells me that if it hat
not been for you some eight lives woul,
have been lost right there. That l call al
almost unprecedented record aud"--
you see, the way of that was, when tn
boat heeled over on her lee rail had t
fairly fight those fellows to keep them il
their right senses. There wasn't reall,
much danger just then, although there hat
Deen Two people ulON lltNl lls~iiO bil'A' bill
three weeks before. You remember wher
that was. 1t was just about midway bt
tween Crage's and the West Boston bridg
lust above where the old ironclad used t
lie. We had Just gone out for little sal
that morning, and there wasn't boat o.
the river when that squall struck us.
don't know what we would have done if
boatkeeper hadn't come down to his foa
and seen us. That must have been abou
$50 o'clock. Still, as wars saying awhil
ago, I'm not seeking notoriety, and 20
can't get anything about the accident on
of me. No, sir; not one thing"
'No, no, of course not, if you do not war
to give anything out. But was just thinl
ing how grateful those eight persons mu,
be, since they must know that they ov
their lives to you And those eight nam,
you Just named over are the identical one
are they? Why | am well acquainted wit
two of them. They don't live n great wa!
from me-"
Yes, they are the identical ones, and
wouldn't be surprised if they did feel Ii
tie grateful like to me, for tell you thing
looked like a close call there for a bit iu.
before the cat rig came up. We had bee
over well on to II minutes. Suppose I'll
papers will be apt to get some inkling
the accident after awhile. but you can
get anything about it out of me now, fc
Pm not seeking notoriety. Perhaps the
know something about it down at the st
tion-don't know, though"
YES; would have been glad to have son
notes regarding the affair directly fro
you, since you were the principal, but
you viii not give out any information tn
that settles it. Good morning, Mr.. Cage
And the reporter, closing the door softl
started off down thestone steps and aroui
the neighboring corner.
And the mild hammered reporter with
low voice chuckled to himself Cue
they're worth column and a hall."-BC
ton Herald.