The reporters felt it coming.
"What I have done—" he began.
"Yes! Yes!"
"—is merely the employment for the first time in history of psychological sabotage!"
The reporters, now having the head-line, rushed off. All except one, who whispered to H. R.'s counsel:
"What in blazes is sabotage? How do you spell it?"
"Quit your joking," answered Max. "You know very well what it is. Isn't he a wonder? Psychological sabotage!"
The newspapers gave it space in proportion to the extent of their Wall Street affiliations. The Evening Post, having none, came out with an editorial on "Psychological Sabotage." It held up H. R. as a product of the times, made inevitable by T. Roosevelt. The World editorialized on "The Wall Street Spirit versus Love"; the Times wrote about "The Ethics of Modern Courtship"; and the Sun about "The Decay of Manners under the Present Administration and its Mexican Policy." The American's editorial was "Intelligent Eugenics and Unintelligent Wealth."
But all of them quoted "Psychological Sabotage." This made the Socialist papers espouse the cause of H. R.
The Globe, however, beat them all. It offered to supply to the young couple, free of charge, a complete kitchen-set and the services of a knot-tier. It printed the names and addresses of sixteen clergymen, two rabbis, three aldermen, and the Mayor of the City of New York.