James Gordon Bennett.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 16 July 1891, Page 3

James Gordon Bennett.

This little story is from the San Franisco Argonaut : — James Gordon Behftett has a way of dropping in tb examine the Herald at the most unexpected times, and as his visits often result in general shake-up and reorganization of the paper's managerial, editorial, and working forces, they are awaited with fear and trembling. On one of these occasions, one of the pressmen, a man who had worked for the elder Bennett, and was an excellent workman, though guilty of an occasional lapse . from sobriety, hid a bad black eye, atld was in a qmndary as to what excuse he should offer if Bennett noticed it. Acting on a sudden inspiration,'he seized an ink roller and rubbed a daub of ink on the side of his face, completely concealing the discoloration of the skin. Presently Mr.. Bennett came into the pressroom,; and with ; the superintendent, Mr Hays, went carefully through, criticising every detail, and looking ! sharply kt each "employee. When about to leave,, he turned suddenly, and looking at the besmirched pressman, said, " Mr Hays, what is that man's name ?" The culprit quaked in his shoes until Mr Bennett said slowly, "I want you to give that man Sdql.s per week more wages. He is the only man in the room that; looks as if he had been working."