A GOOD REPORTER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 883, 6 September 1879, Page 2

A GOOD REPORTER.

A good reporter (says the New York Herald) is always first cousin to a necromancer, and can introduce himself to you m such a genial way that for the time being he seems like a lohg-lbst brother, who is anxious to show you the strawberry mark on his left arm in' proof of his identity. You talk with him about the inner secrets of your life m a profuse sort, . pf way, give, him , your opinions about the resumption of specie payment, and as the conversation flows, freely unfold yourself on various other matters. He sits a ; silent and admiring listener, encouraging you by; a nod when you are hunting for the right word, or possibly supplying it himself, and gives you the impression that he wouldn't disclose what you have told, him— : no, not for worlds on worlds, *The next day you take up the paper, and while carelessly looking 1 over its columns see your name m capitals which seem to your astonished gaze as long as Bunker Hill monument. Every word you have Said is there. That man .with. -tW> strawberry mark on his left 'd^ift^^M the small end of a speaking^trc^^H through which you unconsciousl^^^B the whole world all about yourself^^H had no pencil norjpaper, and did not^^^| any desire to write m shorthand. o^^^| that is the clumsy way m whioh hers work. His skill is got m his tips, but m his memory. He men^^^H every word you said, and reprod^^^H with perfect accuracy. The accomH^^f reporter is as nearly übiquitou^^^H nierely human being ever beoom^^^^l is begining to be regarded as a^^^H restraint m many respects supe^^^H the Decalogue. A man m the^^^H time might possibly break the De^^^H and hide the pieces, but now-a-d^^^^f moment a law is broken the qui^^^H of the reporter catch the sound, persuasive lips compel you to t^^^^| all about it. He is an anima^^^H terrogation point ; a human corl^^^H wfyo gets a deeper hold on y° v l£^^^| every time he turns around. H^^^H sion is summed up m the sho^^^H terrible sentence, "If you do i^^^H tell/ What religion can't do, th^^^H of the reporter Will accomplish.