The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30

New York, Aug. 29.-"Aren't you charging
rather high rates for this interview"
Not any higher than 1 always charge
when l am present i'll person during the in
tcrview.'
Sometimes YOU are not present."
Yes; in those cases l do not know / have
been interviewed until I seq It in the pa
pers.'
do you enjoy it?
We'll. no; / think il is not quite eair 1t
il my trade to talk and write: II is nv
bread and butter. man cannot honor
ably take it from my family without con-
sent. What is it we are to talk about
now
THE Yacht races The Republic would
like You to explain the reasons OF the re-
sut,"
"Why-that is all right. but doubt If I
can earn the money"
Why"
We'll, because l can only state the facts.
cant inteiligentiy philosophiEe them,
analyze them, deduce results from them
and all that wise kind of thing, you know.
DO you care for facts-iust mere cold,
Unconditional facts?'
Dear sir, we prefer them to anything
else"
ALLOW me. Give me your hand! We NEE;
upon holy ground. 1 have no longer any
tremhlings at the heart. no longer any dis
turbing anxieties. Facts are my passion.
L
Slave of Truth.
You have been called the slave of truth. -
Have you heard it? You make me proud.
happy; you sing all my solicitudes TO rest.
Proceed
You have seen all of the races?'
Yes, all of them
"on board the Kanawha?'
YES
She is the fastest steam yacht anoat 7
believer"
Yes She has beaten all the flyers. When
l am feeling good can make thirty-seven
Knots an hour with her. WHY do
you look at me like that?'
Il beg pardon. assure you I did nor
mean to- How -
We'll, you mustn't look at me like that
am very sensitive"
1t was an oversight. / give Won nv
word. l would not wound you for ANYTHING.
My hearing is not good, and I did not quite
catch the number of knots think. How
many did you say it was?''
FOrty-Five Knots.
"Forty-fve. She's brd-just A bird.
She
DO you take her gait YOURSELF"
NO, 1t Is done by one OF the men
Patrick Clancy. He is in the forecastIe.
Sine has made as high as forty-ine. He
It'd me SO himself"
rs he-is he trustworthy"
"Who-Clancy? / should think so.
wouldn't trust statement OF my own
sooner
Neither would L.
LET me take you by the hand. Is Clancy
trustworthy? Why it would make every
body in the ship smile to hear you say that.
Patrick Clancy -
rs he experienced? Is he calm unexcit-
able? Does he know the boat well?"
Knows her like book Knows every
inch of her IL feet; knows every ton of her
400; tell by the flutter of her screw
when she's making her Sabbath-day go
revolutions, and when she's on the war path
and turning out 1000 a minute. Does Pat
rick Clancy know the Kanawha? Why
man. he's been in her ever since she was
a little thing not 30 fet long and couldn't
make ten miles an hour. He told me so
himself
do you own the Kanawha?''
well, no L don't exactly own her. I only
help to run her. Mr.. Rogers owns her."
Only a Superintendent.
DO you command herr
We'll. no. not exactly that. l only SUI
perintend."
by request?"
well, would not put it quite as strong
as that; but do good deal of work. you
know; in fact the important part of it. SUI
perintending is more important than COM
nandins and more worrying and fatiguing
you know, because you have to be every
where and attend to everything. superin-
tending Is much the most exactinp func-
ton on board ship and requires more
varied taien! and alertnesa and more ma
thence and calmness under explosions of re-
sentiment and INSTRUMENTATION than any
othe: in the service. There are but few
really good superintendent.
THE salary must be very larger,
mo, there isn't any salary; all a person
gets is neglect and ingratitude. If a super-
intendent is conscientious and does his
whole duty there's never anything going ON
but mutiny and insurrection. If 1 have ever
had an order obeyed without being re.
quested to mind my own business. I have
no recollection OF it. 1t Is Just a dogs
life, and that is the best you can an,
about it."