"
"You do. And I suppose I'm responsible for the smell. I got wind of
the thing, investigated, found out something of what was going on, and
printed a preliminary story in the Planet. It caused a sensation."
He paused once more. Captain Elisha, for the sake of saying something,
observed, "I shouldn't wonder."
"It certainly did. And the morning on which it appeared, Mr. Rodgers
Warren 'phoned me. He wished to see me at once. I went down to his
office. Captain, I dislike to tell you this. Mr. Warren was your
brother."
"I know he was. And I'm his executor. Both those reasons make me
'specially anxious to have you tell me the truth. Heave ahead now, to
oblige me."
"Well, I found him very polite and cordial, at first. He said that a
ridiculous and sensational story concerning the Trolley Combine had
appeared in the Planet, and he would like to have me contradict it and
suppress further falsehoods of the kind. I told him I couldn't do that,
because the story was true. I had written it myself. He was angry, and I
could see that he was holding himself in by main strength. I went on to
explain that it was the duty of an honest paper, as I saw it, to expose
such trespass upon the people's rights. He asked me if I knew who was
behind the scheme.
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