Psmith Journalist

one, its life-blood; but what is your technical position? When your proprietor is congratulating himself on having s

sub-e

r. Where is your proprietor? I must buttonhole him and point out to him wh

the paper. He just sits tight and draws the profits. He lets the

ve your big chance. You

ping free untrammelled ideas on this paper. When you've looked at it, you'll se

must look into this matter. When I gaze at your broad, bulging forehead, when I see the clear light of intelligence in your eyes, and hear the grey matter splashing restlessly about in your cerebellum, I say to myself

to be polite, yet he could find nothing

y it. It can't be wor

ple would like it

n't buy it. I've never me

e Waterman's "Moments in the Nurs

said, "is not by any chance your

r life. Don

must confess that for sheer, concentrated bilge she gets away with the

o you

our first act, now that you have swiped t

The editor thinks

act for the good of the paper. Moreove

But he'll

the first to approve your action. His holiday will have cleared his brain. Mak

ment number two--the sacking of William Windsor. I

lected for

ny special attractions f

uess

arn for scope. What exa

dailies. I don't see how I'm going to

tapped him earnes

Windsor of _Cosy Moments_ a name to conjure with. You must boost this sheet up till New York rings with your exploits. On the present lines

umed h

mean?" said

turned

ing this paper, is there a single

is," said Mike. "It's

rn. Now, my views on the matter are as follows. _Cosy Moments_, in my opinion (worthless, were it not backed by such a virtuoso as Comrade Jackson), needs more snap, more go. All these putrid pages must disappear. Letters must be despatched to-morrow morning, informing Luella Granville Water

other hand . . . His brow suddenly cleared. After all, what was the sack? One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name, and he would have no name as long as he clung to his present position. The editor would be away ten weeks. He would have ten weeks in which to try himself out. Hope leaped within him. In ten weeks he could change _Cosy Moments_ into a real li

he said,

miled ap

may say so, I happen to have a certain amount of leisure just now. It is at your disposal. I have had little experien

ou," said Bi

ladelphia, now to Saskatchewan, anon to Onehorseville, Ga. His services, therefore, cannot be relied upon continuously. From him, accordingly, we shall expect

said Billy Windsor

le all the live events of the day, murders, fires, and the like in a manner which will make our readers' spines thrill. Above all, we must be the guardians of the People's rights. We must be a search-light, showing up the dark spot in the souls of those who would endeavour in any way to do the PEOPLE in the eye. We must detect the wrong-doer, and deliv

u know," said Bi