It was a great stroke. Yet Captain Jack had not undertaken it without
first having secured the permission of Jacob Farnum. After Jack went to
the newspaper offices the Colfax reporters had busied themselves with
interviewing naval officers, including members of the naval board.
And now the story was out, for the world to read. Yet it was a statement
only of bare, easily proved facts. The newspapers were glad to have such
a startling yarn, and it had been told in such a way that John Rhinds did
not have a single chance in any suit he might bring for libel.
After the first shock that the discovery caused him, John C. Rhinds
began to suspect Jack's hand in this straight-from-the-shoulder blow.
"It's that young Benson again!" he raged, silently, rising and stamping
on the offending, yet truth-telling, newspapers. "And this will get
beyond Colfax! The newspapers of the larger cities will begin to hear
of this by evening. To-night this whole yarn will be flashing over the
telegraph wires of the country. Tomorrow morning millions of people
will be reading this awful stuff.
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