The Irish standard., 1902-12-20


vast and varied fund OF experience.
He was possessed of an easy conf
dence; was handsome without know
ing it, and had that grasp of every
detail of the newspaper business
which made him Invaluable as un eN-
ecutive. lie had Travelled in every
part of the globe: had interviewed
section hands on railroads and en-
pcrors in palaces: knew the Ian
guaGe of the Sh,ms and the graces
of Il court: could report a murder
case or dictate Il message for Il preSi-
dent.
Mr.. Van Horne thoroughly UNDER
stood the great reading public to
which his paper made a bid for sup
port. 1t wished to be amused. The
Record amused it. 1t wished to be
thrilled. The Record thrilled it. 1t
hungerrd for sensations. The Rec
ord had Il never-ending supply of SEN
sationS. 1t clamored for pictures.
The Record had them. 1t stood
ready to print instantly reproduce
tion> of photographs OF past. pres
ent or future events.
Mr.. Matter II. llcstor was IL friend
of Robert Van Horne. lie was Il
young man with a fortune and a
hobby. His hobby was journalism.
His fortune was conservatircly rSti-
mated at &3O.0CG, coo. and he was, in a
position to indulge in amy falicy
which attracted him. The New York
ND Ina 1t,.tr n
agcmcnt duxZleu him. Its method
of handling great news events APP
! pealed to lic>tnr. ..1 one time he
contemplated founding Il rival pa
per. and surprising. if possible. the
bewIdering strokes of enterprise
| which were displayed in the pages
of that paper. Dn reflection he de-
ctled it meant too much work. He
realized that the management of IL
great newspaper entailrd an cnur-
nous amount of detail. Though pos
sesscd of much energy and persist
cnce. Walter Il. lIestor was intro
| spective enough to realize that he
was not fitted for the task of SUI
| pervsing Il metropolitan newspaper.
He had no difficulty in forming Il
close acquaintance with Robert Van
Horne They were felIuwmembers
of several clubs. and both were fitted
by wealth and education to move in
| the same social circles. !lcStor lost
no time in confidng his ambitions to
| Mr.. Van Horne. He wished TO make
! l., L., ,.l 1i.t
MIR. Van Horne readily perceived
! that IIestor was a genius in his line
of thought and action. The ambi-
! tious amateur would listen to nc
proposition involving pay FOR his
services. All he asked was Il chance
to plan and execute those .iournnlis-
tic commissions which gave play tc
skill as Il writer.
Mr. Van Horne was delighted tt
accept the volunteer services of the
brilliant hut rrraiir Walter Il. Hes
tor. At thr tim" this story begins
l!rstor Mas nnu"t - years old. He
was Il mptuh..r nr n New York fam
iIy which traced its wealth and an
fortune was an independent one
and. tholgi, ! * tastes were eNpen
sive. he did not live up to his income
II would ,Hkr Il volume TO recoun
th, journalistic exploits of Waite
T.. llrstur. lie built he spendi'
]. steam yacht the SHARK and en-
ployed il in his worldwide search fo
sensational news. lie took 300 pas
scn@ers from Il sinking liner. ant
was decorated by four government
for bravery In every war tin
'Sharls" was in the foreground. |
MAS he lic-,t"r yacht that ran ;h
batteries AT lsANnna and escape
from the hari>nl' with valuable new
aud information. ..t every signal o
trnuh|r lIrstnr and the "ShnrS
were sure to be on hand long b@fnr
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