`` It was John C. Keefe . I did n't know Reefer was in town , but even if I had I would n't have thought it a particle of use to send a man to him . He has never consented to be interviewed before on any known subject , and he 's been especially close-mouthed about this bill , although men from all the big papers in the country have been after him . He is notorious on that score . Why , Patty , it 's the biggest journalistic fish that has ever been landed in this office . Andrew Reefer 's opinion on the bill will have a tremendous influence . We 'll run the interview as a leader in a special edition that is under way already . Of course , he must have been ready to give the information to the public or nothing would have induced him to open his mouth . But to think that we should be the first to get it ! Patty , you 're a brick ! '' Clifford came home on the seven o'clock train , and Patty was there to meet him , brimful of her story . But Clifford also had a story to tell and got his word in first . `` Now , Patty , do n't scold until you hear why I missed the train . I met Mr. Peabody of the Steel and Iron Company at Mr. Moreland 's and got into conversation with him . When he found out who I was , he was greatly interested and said Father had been one of his best friends when they were at college together . I told him about wanting to get the position in the company , and he had me go right out to the works and see about it . And , Patty , I have the place . Goodbye to the grind of newspaper items and fillers . I tried to get back to the station at Bancroft in time to catch the train but I could n't , and it was just as well , for Mr. Keefe was suddenly summoned home this afternoon , and when the three-thirty train from town stopped at Bancroft he was on it . I found that out and I got on , going to the next station with him and getting my interview after all .
It 's here in my notebook , and I must hurry up XXXXX the office and hand it in .
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