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Now , get out of here before I -- '' `` Aw , say , you ai n't in any position to get flossy . Look where you are , '' the jailer reminded him good-naturedly as he closed the door . He must have repeated Johnny 's words verbatim , for Sudden did not insist upon the interview , and no one else came near him . At noon the jailer brought him a note from Mary V , along with his lunch , but Johnny had no heart for either . He had just finished reading the front-page account of his exploits , and his mood was blacker than ever . No man likes to see his private affairs garbled and exaggerated and dished to the public with the sauce of a heartless reporter 's wit . The headlines themselves struck his young dignity a deadly blow : BIRDMAN FURNISHES NEW SENSATION !