New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-22

a means to getting you to hit the tran
which is means to God and right
living. That's it.
Well, Sunday night at the Tabernacle
| met the Rev DR.. Waldo, of the First
Baptist Church.
81 hear you are thinking Of hitting
the TRAIL" he said to me. | told him,
yes, and he wanted to know why not
then Before knew it had agreed to
90 forward. Then | spoke to Ma Sun
day about it. | told her that it would
only mean that would have to go back
to church, make a general confession
and perhaps slip back again.
That's nothing" she said. "Why
shouldn't you do it? Lots and lots of
Catholics go back just that way
through our meetings. You ought TO
do il for the sake of the example to
your little children. There's nothing
hard about it. All it means is that you
promise to do your best to do right"
So | hit the trail My wife came
along. too, though that was not ex-
actly according to Hoyle. Ii was sort
Of repeating, you know, seeing that she
had hit the trail in the afternoon.
However. she did and | did, and
thought that would be all there would
be to it except going back to my
church and attending to my duties.
Editor Dismisses Him.
The newspaper boys were very nice
to me. They referred to "a gray
haired reporter and his wife hitting
the trail" and let it go at that. They
figured it was my personal affair, and
let it go at that. More of them are
going to hit the trail before Sunday
gets through. That is certain. This
little trouble of mine won't stop them.
Monday | came to New York with
the Sundays, and did my work as
usual in the evening, sending the night
report to the office yesterday morning,
and then going TO Paterson for the
afternoon service, TO send in the usual
afternoon report by wire. There | was
told by a young man from the Office
that he had been sent to relieve me. |
asked him what the reason was, and he
said he did not know.
This morning | went into the Office
and met Frank A. Higgins, the city
editor.
where am | at?' | asked him.
"You brought it upon yourself" said
he.
THAT sounds serious" said I. what
do you mean?"
Work your week out, take an extra
weeks pay as notice on Saturday, and
consider yourself through"
as that final ?" | asked.
"Yes," said Higgins. Between now
and Saturday see George Smith"
"Im sorry to be quitting" said I,
"but what is the reason?"
you were paid to represent The
Star in Paterson. Instead, you went
Al 4 4
self to other newspapers. You have
made joke of this paper. You have
made il impossible for this paper to
continue to avail itself of your ser
vices. Did you see what The News
said about YOU"
81 hadn't, but looked it up. This is
what it said as | recall it:
"Don't Worry" Said Rodey.
Incidentally, Mr.. Sunday has been
trying a long time to induce the news
paper men to hit the trail Last night
the first one responded. He was Irving
X. Bacon, a Newark newspaper man.
He was followed by James F. Brown, a
local Paterson newspaper camera
man. Mr.. Bacon was accompanied by
his wife"
While | was reading that Higgins
went out somewhere. | felt sick at
the shock and went home to get some
thing to eat Then | went back to
Paterson. | did not see Sunday, but |
did see Rodey. Rodey laughed when
told him | had hit another trail.
81 don't think that is much to laugh
at" told him. ITS no joke to be out
of work when you've got family to
support, all because you did something
you thought you ought to do"
"Bless yau," said Rodey, 81 wasn't
laughing at that. | was laughing TO
think of the better job you will get.
Don't worry. You'll get it. You couldn't
afford to keep a job under conditions
like that"
What am | going to do now? Look
for that job, of course. | need it. But
| am not sorry hit the trail. Not a
bit of it. Funny thing, though, to lose