THE "Q." PARTNERSHIP 



iScw York to Canada to look after some mining 

 interests in the Porcupine, but the allurement of a 

 certainty was to be thought over. He knew my 

 capacity as a journalist, and of course he was alive to 

 tlie fact that he knew nothing about it. Another 

 thing was that there had been the suggestion made by 

 the assistant editor of the Chicago paper that the 

 jirincipal line they wanted him for was sport. " Q." 

 asked me whether it was possible, in the event of 

 lixing it up, for me to go at once to Chicago with 

 him, but the settlement of this was left to the next 

 day, when I was to do the arranging about the business 

 part of it, and see what could be fixed for myself in 

 addition to the partnership arrangement over the 

 work as between Queensberry and myself. The next 

 day, arriving at the Waldorf a little after ten o'clock, I 

 found "Q.'s" bedroom full of journalists interviewing 

 him as to incidents of his journey, getting an outline 

 of his intentions, and his opinion on various matters. 

 They seemed to cotton to the democratic peer, who 

 was sitting up in bed smoking a big cigar, and similar 

 weeds had been supplied to the dozen or so in the 

 room. 



Never had a visiting Englishman a better send-off. 

 The Press gave him a great welcome, especially as 

 he signified that there was a possibility of his taking 

 out in due course naturalisation papers and getting 

 his family out to settle in the new world. Pictures 

 of himself, the history of his family, with many old 

 portraits, appeared that day, and in the special Sunday 

 supplements. \Mien the crowd of various young men 

 had gone there came the important business of fixing 

 up the arrangement with the Tribune man. Various 

 points were discussed, and at last a basis was found 

 for an agreement which was roughly drawn up. But 

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