 Grace's mother had given the couple a large house for a wedding present, which Louis mortgaged in an attempt to save his father's newspaper from bankruptcy.The "Sun" was nonetheless sold, and Louis fired in 1901, though he soon after successfully begged to return to his job.Louis continued working as a freelancer for the "Herald"; one of his most notable stories was to interview Vice President Theodore Roosevelt on his return to Washington, D.C. after the death of President William McKinley.