| Show HE KNEW HOW nut When Ho Tried I On I Didnt Work It was not a kind thing to do but he was a young newspaper reporter mid was whether justly or unjustly regarded regard-ed as fresh His city editor sent him up to a meeting and he started out a little too eagerly for he got the address wrong He was not so familiar with New York as reporters generally are aud by the time he got the address straightened out and found the correct one the meeting was over and he looked only upon closed doors On the elevated train he met three other reporters going down to their offices and he told them his dilemma Oh its lucky you got on this train said one brother news gatherer The very man you want to see is on this train There he sits down there in the cross seatthe old man with the umbrella brella and the gray beard And hes a peculiar old chap said a second man You have to know how to treat him Hes the president of the society you know You want t be diplomatic put in the third conspirator Youve got to let him see that you know him You want to come up behind him clap him on the bac1a good rousing whack you know and say Hello Jenkins old boy how did the little shindy come off tonight Then hell think ho knows you and will tell you the whole story Be sure you crack him on the back was repeated Oh trust me paid the young reporter report-er with a confident smile Down the aisle he went and reaching the president dent he gave him a terrific thump on the back For one second there was an awful calm Then Jenkins old boy raised his umbrella and started for the offender It was a chase for the door otender I the young man yelling out his apologies the old man frantically brandishing his umbrella and making violent whacks at the head of his assailant The younger man reached the door in advance however how-ever and darting through it slammed it in the old mans face A the wrathful old gentleman was returning to his seat red and panting three young men without with-out consciences were letting out howls of laughterNew York Tribune |
