THE REPORTER WHO MADE HIMSELF KING (PT 2) by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 24 October 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Gordon and Stedman confront the Hillmen and offer an arrangement that seems to work, but soon find they have unexpected trouble arriving in the form of a German warship. All Gordon wants is a war story and he does everything in his power to create one.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and Tales. This is your host, John Hagdorn, and today |
| 0:36.4 | Part 2 of the reporter who made himself king. |
| 0:41.2 | And now our story. |
| 0:48.0 | After this reception, the embassy marched back to the consul's office, surrounded by an immense number of the natives, |
| 0:50.0 | some of whom ran ahead and looked back at them, |
| 0:52.0 | and crowded so close that the two |
| 0:53.9 | Bradley's had to poke at those nearest with their guns. The crowd remained |
| 0:58.0 | outside the office even after the procession of four had disappeared and |
| 1:01.4 | cheered. This suggested to Gordon that this would be a good time to make a speech, which he accordingly did. |
| 1:08.0 | Steadman translated it, Sentence by Sentence. |
| 1:11.0 | At the conclusion of this effort, Albert distributed a number of brass |
| 1:14.8 | rings among the married men present which they placed on whichever finger fitted best and |
| 1:19.5 | departed delighted. Albert wished to give the rings to the married women, but Stedman pointed out to him that it would be much cheaper to give them to the married men, for while one woman could only have one husband, one man could have at least six wives. |
| 1:33.0 | And now Stedman, said Albert, after the mob had gone. |
| 1:37.0 | Tell me what you're doing on this island. |
| 1:39.0 | It's a very simple story, Stedman said. |
| 1:42.0 | I'm the representative or agent or... It's a very simple story, Stedman said. |
| 1:42.8 | I'm the representative or agent or operator |
| 1:45.8 | for the Oklahoma Cable Company. |
| 1:48.2 | The Oklahoma Cable Company is a company organized in San Francisco |
| 1:51.6 | for the purpose of laying a cable to Yokohama, Japan. |
| 1:55.2 | It is a stock company, and though it started out very well, the stock has fallen very low. |
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