Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-09-04

door. He was full-bodled man Of mid
dle-age, with q nOticesbly heavy chin,
and wore long dreSsiRg-Rown
"I'm Angus, from Silchester," Rob
explained.
Rorrlson's countenance fell. His oc-
cupatiOn largely consisted in avoiding
literary young men, who. he knew, were
+ thirSting 20 take him aside and ask him
/ to get them Sub-editorshipS.
"I'm glad to see you," he said
glOOmily; "cOme in"
I What Rob first noticed In the sitting
room was that il was all In shadow, ex
/ cept one corner, whose many colors daZ-
I zled the eye. Suspended over this part
of the room on gas bracket was a Jap
anese umbrella without handle. This
/ formed an awning for large cane chair
and a tobacco table, which. also held a
I lamp, aud ROrrison had been lolling on
the chair looking at a Gladstone bag on
the hearthrug until he felt that Ae was
busy packing.
MIND the umbrella" he said to his
visitor
The next moment little black hole
that had been widening in the Japanese
paper just above the lamp cracked and
broke and a tongue of flame swept up
the umbrella. Rob spr2ng forward in
horror, but ROrrison only sighed.
~That makes the third this week, he
said, "but let 1t blaze. used to think
they would set the place on fire, but
somehow they don't do IT, Don't give
the thing the satisfaction Of seeming to
notice IT,"
The umbrella had been frizzled in a
second, and its particles were already
trembling through the room like flakes
of snow.
"You have just been in time to find
me, ." RorriSon said. Il start tomorrow
afternoon for Egypt in the special cor
respondent business"
II envy you" said Rob, and then told
the manner OF his coming to London.
1T was mad thing to DO" said Ror-
rison looking at him not without APP
prevail, "but the best journalists fire.
Queatly begin In that way. l suppose
you have been beseiglng the newspaper
offices ever since your arrival; any re-
sult?"
II had a proof from the MinOtdltr this
evening"" said Rob.
IAUIllco4 OlcW cOulb iluhc VI SUNNI
into the air aud ran his fingers through
them. Then ne turned proudly To Rob,
and saw that Rob was looking proudly
at him.
"Ab, what did you say?" asked Ror-
rison.
The MinOta1r has accepted one of
my things" said Rob"
"Rorrisoh said Hum, and then hesi-
tated.
at is best that you should know the
truth, " he said at last. You expect to
be paid by the MiRO;Gltr, no doubt, but
lam afraid there is little hope o. that
unless you dun them. a friend of
mine sent them something lately, and
Roper (the editor, you know wrote,
asking him for more. He sent two or
three other things, and then called at
the Office, expecting to be paid"
L "WaS he nOt?"
ION the contrary" said Rorrison,
Roper asked him for the loan Of &5."
Rob's face grew so long that even the
hardened ROrriSOn tried to feel for him.
"You need not let an experience that
every one has 10 pass through dis
hearten you" he said. There are only
about a dozen papers in London that
are worth writing for, but l can give
YOU a good account of them. Not only
do they pay handsomely, but the ma
jority are open 10 contributions from
anyone Don't you believe what one
reads about newspaper rings. Every
thing sent In is looked at, and If it is
suitable any editor is glad TO have it.
Men fail to get a footing on the press
because-well, as q rule, because they
are stupid.
Al am glad to hear you say that" said
Rob, 'aud yet / had thirty articles re-
jected before the IinOtdUr accepted this
one"
Yes, and you will have another
thirty rejected if they are Of the same
kind. You beginners seem able 10 write
nothing but your theories OF life, which
YOU sometimes even think original. Ed
itors won't have that, because their
readers don't want IL. Every paper has
its regular staff Of Underwriters and
what is wanted from the outside Is
freshness. An editor losses aside your
column and a half Of evolution, but is
glad TO have q paragraph saying that
YOU saw Herbert Spencer the day before
Yesterday gazing sOlemniy for ten mia
utes in at milliner'S window Fleet
street at this moment is simply running
with men who want to sir their views
about things in general"
Il suppose so, 'ssaid Rob, dolefully.
"Yes. and each thinks himself as
original as he is profound, though they
have only 10 meet 10 discover that they
repeat each other. The pity is that all
OF them could get on to some event II
they would send I'm what is wanted.
There is copy in every man you meet,
and, as a journalist on the STAIR says;
when you DO meet him you feel inclined
20 tear it out Of him and use it your
self"
"Wbat kind of copy?" asked Rob.
"Thev should write Of the things they
have seen. NewSpaper readers have an
Unsuitable appetite for knowing how
That mart of the world lives with which
tbev are not familiar. They want 10
know how the Norwegians cook their
dinners and build their houses and ask
each other In marriage"
"But I have never been out OF
Brit&in."
"Neither was Shakespeare. There are
thousands Of articles in Scotland yet.
You must know a good deal about the
Scottish weayers-well, there are artl-
cles in them. Describe the daily life OF
qillie: The GIHe at Home is promis-
ing title. Were you ever snowed-up IN
vour sawmill? Whether you were or
NOT. there is 3 sesSOnable subject for
January. 'Yule in Scottish Village
also sounds well, and there is a safe ar
ticle in Highland gathering"
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