The Irish standard., 1896-11-07
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Vs.. Brick" M pherson, the Office boy,
thrust his head into the doorway 81 the
~ city editors private rdotn,s and ed
# about fromyface to face sof Ell osss1f us
81 who were there, to see ssolnessx preston n
wylie was the city edlsasfs s and dist
81 October night in 1863 heshaia rsslied to-
4. gether in conferences the reporters who
were to do duty the nex da u In. dover
ing, or reporting, what we s.ai q ped
asf " ould bette last and deciding rae de
a { tween tie yachts Vigiiant and Walk Eyre:
Prick as the most modest Youth
d IN the building, faithful good atu u
IN dutfulin fact, just what, on account
n OF his good. qualities and his red hair,
"A we had nicknamed him-a perfect brick
Of boy, and SO bis intrusion. on. our
conference was greeted good naturcaiy
% whats the matter. Brick?' asked
y the city editor. Il never heard you ask
u favor before, and you've been, swith
sls three years. sf,ssg,. y. 4. g., q ~ II
II want, to see the race, Sit. Il don Y
care what have to do, and IN never
& forget he favor if youlet me ~ 4, <
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the eye. and Phiibrick. of the sun.~and:
Chase, of the Post, and the rest&oi us
who represented papers oWb GjchI i had
combined" 10 report the races, were
impressed with his earliest ness. .tass,
Il well, my boy, what can you do
down there??'
Kun errauds. sir, SWIM and thing
to make myself useful" -
We all laughed whco he said he could
swim. tor there would probably he lit
tie chance for him to orf1ar: '- -'''. F.
The city editor thought d minute,
then said: you can't 60 on the tag;
5 there's too much dead cargo OH. it now.
If you want to go down to Nave:,ink
with Davis, why all right"
It would have done your heart good
I to see ''Brick's'' face light up whe, he
heard the city EDITORS reply.
Sn Davis" said the editor, addressing
Il me, stake the boy down with yali. He
may Gene in handy Came from some
= where down that way believe. May be
useful ON weather stories. He knows
the coast guess. He'd better brink
+ with you tonight, so as TO be. on time
In the morning. f',.'t''
!. Come up to the hotel with me- said
u to Brick" as he turned toeleaIe the
room. after thanking ti,esedi Tor. se.s 4
Don't worry about me,Alr. Davis, I'll
be on hand
So we leaned back in our, chairs, and
with the maps Of the coast and New
q York bay before us, we discussed our
Z arrangements for sending the ''stores'
\ of that anticipated yacht raceseall over
4 the world. 1t was literally orer the
( world, for the paper had cable connec-
tions with London, and-lohdon in turn
was to send il to Australia, While the
y Paris and leading German dai4ies were
:, to depend upon the New York office for
. accurate accounts. Wylie had impressed
4 us all with the fact that we must count
II every second valuable; that the men
u who were to follow the race on the tugs
must write the story while the events
B were taking place. that the story was
N TO, be the most i'm portant thing of the
NJ day, and that the efforts Of every man
a&s0n shore were to be congratulated on
getting that story into tie telegraph
n Offices and on to the wires at the earliest
Isl possible moment.
If the weather should prove to be fair
I'll and the wind mild, or at least not strong,
apd blowing off shore, it would be an
easy task Chase and Philbrick would
write their stories on The tug which
vs. was to follow the racers. The tug would
assput ia at the most convenient point
Son the Long Island shore.san their
s..copy.' as the newspaper manuscript
ssSSS1s called, would he sent from the near
81 est telegraph station to the New York
office. But if the sea should be choppy
and tie wind stiff, the Long Island ar
81 raugement would be useless; and then
81 would come the difficult work of land
e ing that copy somewhere on the New
\ Jersey coast. Since the weather for the
. morrow could not be predicted with
e certainty, both contingencies had to be
carefully provided for, and my work
was to be the landing OF, the COPY. and
Cts delivery at the telegraph office, if
u the wind should be landward and the
d sea rough. s.+
Nj When the plans were'all made INVENT
81 to my hotel and threw myself on the
NJ DSu W SudbCA u ACW AouAo VI ASoti0>'o
sleep. It seemed to me,Irhad not. slept
more than 20 minutes when l awolxe
Y with start to find Brick" standing at
u the head of my bed. Excuse me. sir,
i but you've got to hurry il, you want
4 to catch the ferry for Jersey City. Il
we miss the early morning train for
II Long Branch on the other side, we
81 cant get down to Nnyesinkj this morn
ing" ~ ~ 3 il
Sisss It was hard to get up. but the office
hoy was right. It tcok2sotne hurrying
stog get dressed, swallosEssja hast break
q fast and catch the ferry,
M Now, explain the Situation" chirped
sSss. Brick. '"calEily. as Soon as we were on
Ri our way. tes ~ t4$s ~.
S',1Nrhat situation ;,,se,,g.
n; ss:s.'rhe newspaper situation, of course.
NJ How have y.om got your wires fixed, and
q your operators and ali those things?"
Re SS8,. Brck's"s eyes danced Us I took my
N mote hook from my pocket and gave him
asan idea of how important. or how in
We nightbe late in the day.
Bill drew rough maps to make things
sclearer.
n on Enow the coast pretty well ?" !.
ss do answered "B,.ie,lss'' 4 efeyv Up
axIoysHs here at Navesirk. ''sS{rs
fellsthen. your liunaerssan nd the arr
ssArange ments all the better"
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