“No; I lived for several years in Australia. Tim was in the same business there. I came on with him a year or more since.”
“Do you think you ever lived in New York before?”
“Yes; Tim has told me that I was born in New York.”
“I understand that you have left Tim now?”
“Yes.”
“Why, may I ask?”
“Because I didn’t like the business he was in. But I liked it better than the one he wanted me to go into.”
“What was that?”
“Burglary.”
The young reporter started in surprise.