A maid answered the doorbell at 4356 Lake Erie Drive.
"Is Mrs. Paltier at home?"
"Who is it wants to see her?"
"The Tribune." The maid closed the door, leaving the reporter on the porch. Five minutes later she returned. "Mrs. Paltier is not at home. I don't know where she is nor when she will return." She closed the door.
The reporter went to a telephone. "Is Mrs. Paltier at home?"
The maid's voice answered: "I will see." For a minute two voices could be heard at the other end of the wire.
"Who is this, please?" asked the maid. Upon learning the identity of the inquirer she said: "No, Mrs. Paltier is not at home."
About that time the reporter decided that Mrs. Paltier was not eager to see him.
C. Special assignments, such as reporting sermons, local addresses, commercial banquets, etc., may be taken as additional exercises for this chapter.