|fuel, some 700 tons of coal a day. |
| |
| Question.--How much money was paid |
|through your office in the course of a |
|year? Answer.--Four million dollars. |
| |
| Q.--So yours was a busy office? |
| A.--Exceedingly so. |
| |
| Q.--How long were the raw sugar clerks |
|in your office? A.--About twenty years. |
|Etc., etc.--_New York Evening Post._ |

Some papers would arrange these questions and answers differently,
paragraphing each speech separately as in dialogue:

| Question.--Did you regulate their |
|duties in any way? |
| |
| Answer.--No. |
| |
| Q.--Were you connected with the docks? |
| |
| A.--No; that was a separate department. |
|It had its own forces, and they worked |
|under Mr. Spitzer. He had entire charge. |
|Etc., etc. |

The court records take cognizance only of the actual words uttered in
the testimony, but a newspaper reporter never fails to record any action
or movement that indicates something beyond the words. Very often action
is brought in merely for its human interest; thus:

| "How long has it been since you have |
|had a maid?" asked Mr. Shearn sadly. |
| |
| "Not for some time," she said. "Away |
|back in 1907, I think." |
| |
| "What did it cost you for two rooms and |
|bath at the Hotel Belmont, where you lived|
|last year?" |
| |
| "About $300 a week altogether. The rooms|
|cost $20 a day." |
|