Arizona republican., 1898-07-27

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 himself on an-l o,her- T otyoar telegram" began the editor. ''Am I to understand from it that you have failed?"
 sYes. sir" replied the young man, without tlc slightest hesitation.
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 Didn't sou even get synopsis of he docur:erts?"
 Not q l:anged synop.''
 The editors frown grew deeper. The ends of lis fingers drunmed nervously Gil the ,.cs!;.
 You take failure rather jauntily, it strikes Ine." he said, at last
 Whats the use of taking it any other ~&y? have the con$ciousness of know ny that (. q my best"
 ''Ull. yes. It's great eonsolatinn. no ,oubt, bu; i; doesn't count in i.l, Ilr0.;- ,n,.Si- bus. rcss. What d.d you ;!o?
 .'I received your trisgrai;i at Montreal ..d at once lcft for Burnt pinc--i,'o',i u:landish spot on earth. l found that .2ryon and Wentworth were staying the only hotel in the place. Trrt, to .,or1n out of them what their reports we're to- be. They were very polite, bu' i didn't succeed. Then I tried to l;rbe t,,eln. and they ordered me out of the loom.'
 .'perhaps you didn't offer then: enough
 II offered them double what the Lon ton syndicate was to pay iicm for max rg the report. taking their o'vn word for the amount. couldn't offer more, because at that roint they el"Srt the discussion by ordering me out of ae room 1 tried to get tie reports that night, on the quiet, out of Wentwortlls .alise, but was unfortunately inter .rupted. The young men were sHS- picious, and next morning they left for Ottawa to post the reports, as l gath cred afterward, to England. l sue ceeded in getting hold of the reports, but 1 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?'
 'CcrtainIy 1 had; and, as to their be ing taken from me. it was either that or lail. They don't mince matters in Cam ada. as they do in the United States. you know"
 '.Dut I 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 posses son"
 My dear sir said the reporter. rather angry. ''the whole thing covered l forget how many pages of foolscap l paper. and was the most mixedup mat ter I ever saw in my life. I tried 1 sat in my room at the hotel, and did my of technicalities, and I couldn't make it out. It required 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 it would cost a lot of money, but knew, also. you didn't mind that; and I thought l perhaps somebody here could make sense of what baf1ed me; besides, 1 wanted to get the documents out of my l possession just as quickly as possible"
 ''Hem," said the editor. ''You took no notes whatever?"
 ''No, I did not. I had no time. I 1 knew the moment they missed the docu- Dlents they would have the detectives on my track. As it was, was arrested when I entered the telegraph of1ice." | "Wcll. it seems to me- said the man. | acin~ editor, If I had once had the i papers in my hand I should not have let 1 them go until I had got the gist of what i vas in them."
 ''Oh. it's all very well for you to say so,' replied the reporter, with the free and easy manner which exists between | American newspaper men and their em- ! ployers, ''but I can tell you, with a Canadian jail facing a man, it is hard to decide what is best to do. I 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. l They knew well enough who it was 1 that took the papers, so my only hope lay in getting the thing telegraphed through, and if that had been accom- plished everything would have been all right. I would have gone to jail with pleasure if I had got the particulars through to New York;
 ''Well, what are we to do now ?" asked the editor.
 ''Pm sure I 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