Under Orders: The story of a young reporter
Kirk Munroe
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”ANY THING GOING ON TO-NIGHT?” VAN CLEEF ASKED THE POLICESERGEANT. (_Page 44._)]
UNDER ORDERS
THE STORY OF A YOUNG REPORTER
BY
KIRK MUNROE
AUTHOR OF “THE FLAMINGO FEATHER,” “DERRICK STERLING,” “DORYMATES,” “CAMPMATES,” ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK LONDON 27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD ST. 27 KING WILLIAM ST., STRAND The Knickerbocker Press 1890
COPYRIGHTED, 1890 BY KIRK MUNROE
The Knickerbocker Press, New York Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound by G. P. Putnam’s Sons
TO JOHN BOGART
FOR MANY YEARS CITY EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK “SUN”
who, more than any other, helped me to obtain a literary foothold, whose honesty of purpose, strict sense of justice, and unswerving fidelity to duty uplifted him as an example of the ideal city editor, the dedication of this story of newspaper life is offered as a tribute of gratitude and affection by
THE AUTHOR
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I.—THE CAPTAIN OF THE CREW RESIGNS 1
II.—TRYING TO BECOME A REPORTER 16
III.—THE OLD GENTLEMAN OF THE OXYGEN 32
IV.—BEGINNING A NEW LIFE 49
V.—THE KIND OF A FELLOW BILLINGS WAS 66
VI.—A REPORTER AT HOME 81
VII.—“NO LOAFERS NOR REPORTERS ADMITTED” 96
VIII.—”LORD STEEREM,” THE COXSWAIN 111
IX.—AN ACT OF FOLLY AND A CRUEL DISPATCH 125
X.—MYLES MAKES A STARTLING DISCOVERY 141
XI.—A FIGHT AND A MISTAKE 157
XII.—MYLES FALLS INTO A TRAP 172
XIII.—THE STRIKERS CAPTURE A TRAIN 186
XIV.—A RACE AGAINST TIME 199
XV.—THE 50TH REGIMENT, N. G. S. N. Y. 214
XVI.—RECALLED AND DISMISSED 229
XVII.—THE BEST SISTER IN THE WORLD 243
XVIII.—WHO ROBBED THE SAFE? 260
XIX.—REINSTATED AND ARRESTED 277
XX.—COLLECTING EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE 294
XXI.—A DAY OF TRIAL 311
XXII.—TRIUMPHANTLY ACQUITTED 329
