The Great Secretary-of-State Interview
waves the piece of paper in his hand, and says, 'One moment, gentlemen, before you go, allow me to read you this message just received from the Convention.' Then he read, 'Holliday, 175; Wolf, 132. I bid you all good afternoon,' he said, and bowed us out. So, you see his game, don't you? the old fox has been holding off confirming or denying our interview until"
"Hopper," interrupted Reed, "report here at once; we'll get out a special edition on this—Begin your copy on the way down in the train—A good detailed story about the interview, and how it was confirmed and all that. We'll write the politics end of it down here. The Convention story is coming in over the wire now. Make your best time—and say, bring Carrington along with you; we want to see him. Good-by." And they both rang off.
In Hopper's story he referred interestingly to what The Earth had published (which, by the way, meant a big job for some lawyers next month), quoted all the Secretary's words, dramatically described
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