"You don't mean to tell me that you filed that dispatch to your paper, Mr. Stubbs," said Hal.
"I did," replied Stubbs briefly.
"Great Scott! Then it's a wonder you haven't been fired by this time."
"I have," said Stubbs, briefly again.
"What?" exclaimed Chester. "Fired from The Gazette, Mr. Stubbs?"
"Exactly; and I don't blame The Gazette, either."
"But how on earth did you come to file such a report?"
"Because I had it from a source that should have been authentic."
"From whom, may I ask?"
"Admiral W——"