The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-12-26

himself on an
other. Il got your telegram" began the
editor. "Am / TO understand from il
that you have fniled?"
"Yes, sir" replied the young man,
without the slightest hesitation.
"Completely?"
utterly"
didn't you even get q synopsis OF
the documents? '
''Not a hanged synop."
The editors frown grew deeper. The
ends of his fingers drummed nervously
on the desk.
"You take failure rather jauntily. II
strikes me-" he said. at last.
whats the use of taking IL any other
why? / have the consciousness of know
ing that did my best"
"Um, yes. It's great consolation, no
doubt, but Ii doesn't count in the news
paper business. What did you do2"
II received your telegram at Montreal
and ut once left for Burnt Pine-most
outlandish spot on earth. found that
Kenyon and Wentworth were staying
mt the only hotel i'm the place. Tried TO
worm out of them what their reports
were To be. They were very polite, but
i didn't succeed. Then | tried TO bride
them, and they ordered me out OF the
room"
perhaps you didn't offer them
enough"
II offered them double what the Lon
don syndicate was to pay them for max
ing the report, taking their own word
for the amount. / couldn't offer rnore,
because at that point they closed the
discussion by ordering me out of the
room. / tried 10 get the reports that
night, on the quiet, out of Wentworth's
valise, but was unfortunately inter
Fupted. The young men were sus-
picious. and next morning they left for
Ottawa TO post the reports, as gath
cred nftcrward. to England. i sue
ceeded in getting hold OF the reports,
but couldn't hang on. There are too
many police in Ottawa to suit me"
do you mean to tell me-" said the
editor. that you actually had the re-
ports in your hands and that they were
taken from your"
certainly I had; and, us To their be-
ing taken from me. IL was either that or
Jail. They don't mince matters in Cam
ada. as they do in the United States.
you know"
"Dut l should think n man of your
shrewdness would have been able TO get
t least n synopsis of the reports be-
fore letting them out OF your posses
sion"
MY dear sir" said the reporter,
rather angry, "the whole thing covered
forget how many pages of foolscap
paper. and was the most mixed-up mat
ter ever saw in my life. / tried
sat in my room at the hotel, and did my
best to master the details. 1t was full
OF technicalities, and / couldn't make
Il out. IL required a mining expert 10
get the hang of their phrases and fig
-ires. SO | thought the best thing to do
was TO telegraph IL all straight
through TO New York. knew itwould
cost lot of money, but / knew, also,
You didn't mind that; and / thought
perhaps somebody here could make
sense OF what baffled me; besides,
wanted to get the documents out OF my
possession just as quickly as possible"
Hem" said the editor. "You took no
notes whatever"
mo, | did not. / had no time.
knew the moment they missed the docu'
sents they would have the detectives
on NV track. AS II was. / was arrested
when entered the lcgraph Office
.'Well, IL seems 20 me-" said the man
aging editor, -if 1 had once had the
papers in my hand should not have let
them go until had got the gist of what
was In them"
"Oh, it's all very well for you to say
60" replied the reporter. with the free
and easy manner which exists between
American newspaper men and their en-
ployers. but / can tell you. with a
Canadian Jail facing man. IL Is hard
20 decide what is best TO do. couldn't
get out OF the town for three hours
and before the end of that time they
would have had my description In the
hands OF every policeman in the place
They knew we'll enough who IT was
that took the papers, SO my only hope
lay Ia getting the thing telegraphed
through. and u that had been accom-
plishcd everything would have been all
right would have gone 10 jnil with
pleasure n had got the particulars
through 10 New York"
"wclI. what are we TO do now ~ asked
the editor.
"I'm e~re don't know. the two men
will be In New York very shortly. They
sail. understand. on the Coloric, which
leaves in week. Ifyou think you have
reporter who can get the particulars
out OF these men. should be very
pIessed 10 see you set him on. .ell you