"How d'y'do, Mr. Emerson. Can you give me any news about the fisheries?"
"No!"
"I thought there might be something new bearing on my story."
"Indeed! So you are the chap who wrote that article some time ago, eh?"
"Yes, sir. Good, wasn't it?"
"Doubtless, from the newspaper point of view. Where did you get it?"
"From Mr. Clyde."
"Clyde! You mean Fraser—Frobisher, I should say."
"No, sir. Alton Clyde! He was pretty talkative the night I saw him."
The reporter laughed, meaningly.
"Drunk, do you mean?"