NEW YORK TO CHICAGO 



any amount of thankfulness that there is half-a-loaf at 

 all events round about New York. It takes the boys 

 away from the bars in the afternoon, and generally 

 clears the air, and gives them something to talk about 

 and get sleepy over, thus avoiding the eternal 

 dodging about town which can so frequently lead — 

 to nothing. 



At the beginning of August, on a Sunday, I read 

 in the Herald a long interview with the INIarquis of 

 Queensberry. Apparently it was the Associated Press 

 which had sent the story over, for it got into nearly all 

 the papers. The interview had taken place at Euston 

 Station, as he had left there the previous day for 

 Liverpool and New York. Having known Lord 

 Queensberry and his family for many years, I ap- 

 proached one or two papers, and was able to give some 

 interesting particulars of his career. On the following 

 Thursday evening I went down to the pier to meet 

 the ship, and presently " Q." walked ashore. He was 

 glad to see me, arriving by himself, and I suppose 

 feeling rather lonely. I felt the same pleasure at 

 greeting an old friend. Then he told me the story, 

 that the Herald had sent a wireless to him on the 

 journey that they would fix up with him to come on 

 their staff ; in fact, we expected that there would be 

 a representative on the wharf, but he was looked for 

 in vain. Presently, however, " Q." was approached by 

 a little man who had come from that important western 

 paper, the Chicago Tribune, to fix up matters for 

 Queensberry to go on the staff of their paper. After a 

 short talk an appointment was made at the Waldorf 

 Astoria for the next morning. 



It was after midnight and we had not much time for 

 discussing it, but the possibilities seemed favourable. 

 Queensberry had intended to go straight away from 



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