the hour of 7 P.M.
Great as the joy of beating the opposition press is , it never takes the poignancy of the sting away from a beating received . If a terrible disaster took place , and another paper gave fuller particulars than the _ Argus _ did , Yates found himself almost wishing the accident had not occurred , although he recognized such a wish as decidedly unprofessional . Richard 's idea of the correct spirit in a reporter was exemplified by an old broken-down , out-of-work morning newspaper man , who had not long before committed suicide at an hour in the day too late for the evening papers to get the sensational item . He had sent in to the paper for which he formerly worked a full account of the fatality , accurately headed and sub-headed ; and , in his note to the city editor , he told why he had chosen the hour of 7 P.M. as the time for his departure from an unappreciative world . `` Ah , well , '' said Yates under his breath , and suddenly pulling himself together , `` I must n't think of New York if I intend to stay here for a couple of weeks . I 'll be city-sick the first thing I know , and then I 'll make a break for the metropolis . This will never do .