“Sit down, Mr. Banneker,” he said.

Banneker compiled.

“We can’t use that Sippiac story.”

Banneker sat silent and attentive.

“Why did you write it that way?”

“I wrote it as I got it.”

“It is not a fair story.”

“Every fact—”

“It is a most unfair story.”

“Do you know Sippiac, Mr. Gordon?” inquired Banneker equably.