Lynde, Francis: The Price. V1. 22 Jan 2010
 

Lynde, Francis, 1856-1930

Excerpt
In the days when New Orleans still claimed distinction as the only American city without trolleys, sky-scrapers, or fast trains—was it yesterday? or the day before?—there was a dingy, cobwebbed café in an arcade off Camp Street which was well-beloved of newspaperdom; particularly of that wing of the force whose activities begin late and end in the small hours.