New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26

than expose he prevents. ne y JIG
wick Of modern times, he makes anu u"-
make Kings. sccptral and financial.
This particular reporter sent ms c'iu "
10 Thorndcn and was, alter nan an an nov,
dclav admitted 10 the suite. lhorhdcn
laid aside his tcacup. ,r, t..p
said the young man, ms eyes I'V'fs III 49,,
tho room. visuaizng everything, from tle
sl;cos If lemon 10 the brilliant eyes Of the
valet ,,
aAhr a prcssman. What will you be want
ina, f. 600 me about. Sirf' neither hostile nor
friendly. ,.. A...s;c,
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HE chair and drew down his eyebrow ughtly
against the rim Of his monoclc.
aye Sir. take it that you arc sir Henry
Monckton. ninth Baron Of Drmbled1n
Master and man exchanged rapid glance
@Tibbcts,' said the master colby you
registered
"Ycs, Sir
eWhat did you rcgstcr|
ooh" intcrposcd the reporter, II was thc
name Dimblcdon caught my cyc pr fou
see. there was paragraph IN one 9i our Lon
don exchanges that you had sailed Tor Amer
ion Pm What we call hotel reporter,
hunt M prominent and interesting people
for interviews. I'm sure yours IS q very m
t,rcsfing story. Sir The reporter was
plcasant. aGablc young man, and that was
v,hv me was so particularly efficient IN ms
line Of work
81 was not prepared 20 disclose my den
t;tv 90 soon. said Sir Henry ruciuly; but
since YOU have stumbled upon the truth, 1T
IS far better that give you the facts rs they
are interviewing IS a novel experience.
What do you wish TO know, Sr''
AND thus it was that next morning New
n Yor<-and the Continent as well
learned that Sir Henry Monckton, ninth
Baron Of DimblcdOn, had arrived IN America
on pleasure trip. The story read more Ike
the scenario Of q romantic novel than page
from life. For years the eighth Baron OF
Dimblcdon had lived IN sccuslon, practl-
callv forgotten In India he had a bachelor
brother, a son. and grandson. On the DAY
me was notified Of the death by buDonlc
plague Of these three male members of ms
family the Baron himself collapsed, and
died shortly after. The title ana estate
went 20 another branch Of the family. y
hundred years before daughter OF the
house had run away with the head gardener
and been finOMiNHl. llt Sl'fil i'.'i. '+'.'
son Of this woman became the ninth Baron.
The present Barons life was rccountef IN
fill-and an adventurous life it had been. II
the reporter was 20 be relied upon. The IN
tcrvicwappcarcd in one Of thclcading London
journals with the single comment, How
those American reporters do mlsrepresent
things
II made capital reading however; and IN
servants hall the newspaper became very
popular. Il gave rise 20 a satirical leader on
the editorial page: ~What's the matter with
MS republicans; Liberty, fraternity, and
equality. we haunt that flag as much as
we ever did. Yet, what a howdydo when a
title comes along, What a craning OF ncc<s,
what a kotowing, How many cartoons
and dukcdoms are not based upon some de-
tcstablc action, some dcspicablc service rem
dcrci some orgastic sovereign. The most
honorable thing about the so-callcd nobility
is generally the box hedge that surrounds the
mansc. Kotow; pour our millions into the
bottomlcss purses Of spcndthriits; give
them our most beautiful women. There Is
no remedy for human nature
Il was this editorial that interested Kill
grew far more than the story that had
given birth toit. "That's the way % shout
Docs it 10 any good; asked Kitty. IF
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