A—William Randolph Hearst.
Q—Why did he give it to you?
A—He heard me play the Banjo.
Q—He heard you play the Banjo and gave you a job as a Critic. I suppose if he saw me throw a rope he would make me a Society Editor?
A—Oh, but it is not for my Banjoing that he keeps me now, its for my writings.
Q—Oh, he has forgot that you taught him to play the Banjo—that’s why you still work for him?
A—No, its my writings. You see he took me from Frisco to New York and put me on the New York Journal.
Q—Now you say he took you there as Critic. Don’t you really think he might have been getting a little rusty on the Banjo and needed it tuned?
A—No, I stayed there 4 years.
Q—What happened at the end of 4 years, did you all run out of Tunes, or did you break the Banjo or what?