The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-07-25

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at the young man
sk who had just
h thrown a huge fur
aHAsS83 overcoat on the
back of one chair,
tl whiie.he eat down
himself on an
other. ~ got your telegram" began the
editor. "Am | to understand from it
that you have failed?" rai.l.ss -,
Eyes, SIR" replied the young man,
without the slightest hesitation. B.
.'Completely?" ~ i;s
utterly" 4%s$ 4.
Didn't you even get a synopsis IS
the documents?"
mot hanged synop."",,44 S: w..
The editors frown grew deeper. The
ends of his fingers drummed; Enormously
on the desk. .ss. .
"You take failure rather jaunti1y, it
strikes me-" he said, at last.
whats the use of taking itany other.
way? have the consciousness of know
ing that did my BEST"
"Um, yes. It's great consolation, no
doubt, but it doesn't count il the. news
paper business. What didyou do?"
81 received your telegram at Montreal
and at once left for Burnt Pine---lnost
outlandish spot ON earth, found: that
Kenyon and Wentworth were'staying
at the only hotel in the place. Tried to
worm out of them what their reports
were to be. They were very polite. but
! 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 maxi
ing the report. taking their own word
for the amount. I couldn't offer more,
because at that point they closed the
discussion by ordering me. out of the
room. tried to get the reports that
night, on the quiet, out of Wentworth's
valise, but was unfortunately inter-
Fupted. The young men were s1s-
piciols, and next morning they left for
Ottawa to post the reports, as gath
cred afterward, to England. l 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 we're
taken from your" - M
"Certainly ! had; and, as to their be-
ing taken from me. it was either that or
Jail. They don't mince matters in Can
ada, as they do in the United States,
you know" ~
''But should think man of your
shrewdness would have. been able to get
at least synopsis of the reports be-
fore letting them out of your possess
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 l couldn't make
it. out. 1t required a mining expert to.
get the hang of their phrases and fig
ures. so thought the best thing to do
was to telegraph it all straight
through to New York. I knew itwould
cost lot of money, but knew, also
you didn't mind that: and thought
perhaps somebody here could make
sense OF what baff1ed me; besides, I
wanted to get the documents out Of My,
possession just as quickly as possible,
Hem, said the editor. "You took no
notes whatever?" ~. ,-g,w
'No, did not. 7 had mo. time. i
knew the moment they missed the doeu-
p1ents they. would have the detectives
ON my track. AS it was, was arrested
when entered the telegraph Office, 49,
well, it seems to me. said the man
aging editor, "if l had once had the
papers in my hand should not have, let
them go until had got the gist Of what
was in them." Us 5Srt
"Oh. it's all very well for you to say
co." replied the reporter, with the free
and easy manner which exists between
American newspaper men and their en- n.
ployers. ''but can tell YOU, with a
Canadian Jail facing man, it is hard
to decide what is best to do / couldn't
get out of the town for thfeethours,
and before the end of that time they
would have had my description in the
hands of every policeman in the place.
They knew well enough: who it was.
that took the papers, SO my only hope
lay in getting the thing telegrdphed
through. and if that had been accom-
plished everything would have been all
right, would have gone to Jail with.
pleasure If had got the particulars
through to New York"
.Well. what are we to do now ?'asked
the editor. R s.ts:i ~. III s5.
sI'm sure don't know,c Theityvo men
will be in New York very shprtll:IY;%4. 81 they
sail, understand. on the Go4oricS which
leaves in week. Ifyout think YOU I'VE:
. reporter who can get the particulars
out of these men. sho'i9ds pc Very 4.
pleased to see you set him on. 4 tell you'
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