The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-10
THE "MEGAPHONEn MAN
INTERVIEWS SCHLEY

From the Clogtown Megaphone.
When Admiral Schley was in Birmingham
Tuesday [ had an interview with
him in my capacity as editor of the
Clogtown Megaphone, which may be of in
terest to my subscribers. I met Admiral
Sehley at the Morris hotel, whittier / had
gone to pick my teeth after getting lunch
at fruit stand. I also went there to
mingle with the great men who go there,
and to let them look at my graceful car
rlage and Queen Anne cast of countenance.
Those who noticed me seemed satisfied
never to look at me again, and those who
did not see me do not know what they
missed.
Admiral Schley happened to be looking
over the registrars thought, to see If l
were there. Thinking l would agreeably
surprise him, 1 went up and slapped him
Familiarity on the shoulder and said in my
sweetest manner:
Hello, Ad, here 1 am"
But he did not seem to be as tickled as
1 had supposed. Contrarily, he gave me
a look which would have frozen Niagara
Falls In July But not being Niagara Falls
it had no effect on me-
"What is 1t, sir?'' he asked
"Why, are you not aware that you are
standing in the resplendent presence of the
editor of the Clogtown Megaphone?"
1.-THE devil, you say, land a crowd began
gathering around to hear what I had to
say. "You impress me more as being the
personification of cheek" replied he, in an
attempt to be witty at my expense.
Thanks; but, Admiral Schley, you need
not feel in the least embarrassed in my
presence, as l do not look down on you
at all. Be perfectly free and easy, because
there is nothing stuck about me-" said l,
to show him that l was sincere
What do you want?' asked Mr.. schiey,
rather impertnently.
AZ wish, SIR 1 replied, TO interview you
concerning your ideas on raiding a neigh
boris watermelon patch after supper and
how you most successfully raise Spaniards
and ruta baga turndps, and also whether
you think Shakespeare or Bacon wrote
Shakespeare
1t seemed as if 1 had him in a crowd
where he did not care to give his ideas on
these questions, or else he did not have
any avowed ideas, as he started to his
room. 1 caught thim By the coat-tail and
restrained MIN. 1 will not state that saw
anything in his hip-pocket. 1t would be
taking an unfair advantage of him. Any
how, it was not an 11-inch one.
Please turn me go he pleaded pftifully.
I told him my people would not believe
had interviewed him if he refused to talk;
that 1 had to find out a few things he was
supposed to know.
II don't know nothing" he answered,
with naughty disregard for grammar.
"One should think" 1 quietly answered,
continuing ITO hold his coat-tail to prevent
his escaping, that such was the case, but
the papers are making such fuss about
you that 1 thought you might possibly know
something which 1 did not know. 1 did not
mean to ask you anything which would
stump you in this crowd. l will go with
you to the privacy of your room, where you
cam freely cuss and discuss anything you
wish without feeling at all embarrassed"
But he suddenly darted toward the ele-
wator, and was gone before l was aware of
it, and thus ended my interview with Ad-
miral Sclhley. ]. e. G.