The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-01-28

4 back OF one chair.
while he Sat down
4 7.-sfe himself on an
other. .lgot your telegram" began the
editor. Am to understand from il
that You have failed?" ~
"Yes, sir replied the young man,
without the slightest hesitation.
"Completely?" lr,.
Utterly" ss.rr ...
Didn't You even get a synopsis OF
the docunients?" -
S5s...Not a'hangcd synop." 80
) The editors frown grew deeper. The
ends OF Ms fingers dfunihed neryously
on the desk.
You take failure rather jauntily. it
strikes me-" he said, at last.
WHAT'S the use of taking it any other
way? 4 have the consciousness of Know
ing that did my best" -sy s.,
sr'Um yes. It's great consoletion, no
douRt, but it doesn't count in the news
PAPER business. What did you do?"
sI received. your telegram at Montreal
and at once left for Burnt aPine-most
ogtlandish spot. on earth. found that
Kenyon ands Wentworth were staying
at the'only hotel i'm the place. Tried to
w6rm :out of them what their reports
were to be. They were very polite. but
" didn't succeed. Then tried to bribe
Nem, and they ordered me out of the
room.i'.. A
/. ,,..,Perhaps you didn't, offer them
enough
usAv q, lfyx.,.. Ia l. 4 -
don syndicate was to pay them for max
ing, the report, taking their own word
fortthe amount Lcouldn't offer more
because ,at that point they closed the
discussion by ordering me out of the
fo3M; tried 10, get the reports, that
night. on the quiet. out of Wentworth's
valise, but was unfortunately inter
Tupted. The young men were sus-
pieious, and next morning they left for
Ottawa to'post the reports, as l gath
cred dfterward." to England. sue
ceeded in getting hold of the reports,
but j 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 you?"
Certainly | had; and. as to their be-
ing taken from me, it was either that or
Jail. They don't mince matters in Cam
ada. as they do in the United States
you know
But ! should think n man of your
shrewdness would have been able to get
at least a synopsis of the reports be-
fore letting them out of your posses
sion"
MY. qear SIR" said the reporter,
rather angry, the whole thing covered
j forget how many pages of foolscap
paper. and was the most mixed-up mat
ter i 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
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. / knew it would
cost lot of money. but knew, also,
you didn't mind that; and thought
perhaps somebody here could make
sense of what baflled 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?"
NO. ! did not. ! had no time
knew the moment they missed the docu
pients they would have the detectives
on my track. AS twas, Was arrested
whenl entered the telegraph ofliceF;
'"lYell. il seems TO me, Said the man
aging editer, tif had once had the
papers in my hahd' / shosffd not have let
theIRogo untiEl haflgot ti,~ gist ofwhat
was IN them" ,~;S, S,.s =.
n:0h. it's all very well1for you TO say
ae.'.. replied the, reporter. with the free
apd easy manner which, exists between
American newspaper mep and their EN-
ployers, ',but can ten you, with a
Canadian jail facing man, it is hard
TO decide whatis 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 well enough who it was
that hook the papers. so my only hope
lay: II getting the thing telegraphed
through. and If that had dfbeen accom-
plishlH everything would have bee1ia
right. l.would have gone TO jail'&ith
pleasure If | had got the particulars
through to New York"
We'll. what are we to do now ?' asked
the editor. ~. Nts &.tl5
I'm, snre don't know. The two men
will be injSew York very shortly. They
sail, ! understand, on the Coloric. which
ieaves.in week. Ifyou think you have
Il reporter who can get the particulars
out of these" ihen, should be very
pleased TO see you set him on. ! tell you
it isn't so easy 10 discover what an Eng
lishman doesn't want you to know"
"Well." said the editor, perhaps
that's true. / will think about it. OF
course. you did your best, and | appre-
ciate your efforts; but ! am sorry you
failed" 'f&W g7iAf'F f
"You are not half so sorry as / am,"
said Rivers. as he picked up his big Can
adian frr coat and took his leave.
The editor did think about it. He
thought for full two minutes. Then he
dashed off note on a sheet of paper,
pulled down the little knob that rang
the district messenger alarm, and when