Why not?
I climbed down from my stepladder and made tracks for the office of the afternoon newspaper for which I was doing all-round work.

I was barely on time, the last forms being locked when I got there.

I had the editorial page opened and inserted at the top of the leading column a double-leaded paragraph announcing that the agony was over--that the Gordian knot was cut--that Alexander Dimitry had been selected as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Central American States.
It proved a veritable sensation as well as a notable scoop.

To increase my glory the correspondents of the New York dailies scouted it.

But in a day or two it was officially confirmed.