Presently he returned to his journals and searched them idly for something to interest him in the final stretch of journey between Newbury and Paddington.
Presently he found it in a two column article with the uninspiring title, "The Mineral Wealth of Tierra del Fuego." It was written brightly with a style which was at once easy and informative.

It told of adventures in the marshes behind St.Sebastian Bay and journeys up the Guarez Celman river, of nights spent in primeval forests and ended in a geological survey, wherein the commercial value of syenite, porphyry, trachite and dialite were severally canvassed.
The article was signed "G.

G." It is said of T.X.that his greatest virtue was his curiosity.

He had at the tip of his fingers the names of all the big explorers and author-travellers, and for some reason he could not place "G.

G." to his satisfaction, in fact he had an absurd desire to interpret the initials into "George Grossmith." His inability to identify the writer irritated him, and his first act on reaching his office was to telephone to one of the literary editors of the Times whom he knew.
"Not my department," was the chilly reply, "and besides we never give away the names of our contributors.