The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-05

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or South America, but / pretended
not to hear his remark and went on.
a" Now do you suppose, Jack,
could get such a position as that on
the Times2'"
"He stroked his mustache for some
little time, and 1 verify believe now it
was to hide a smile At last he asked
very grayely whether / had ever had
much practice in writing.
"'Why, I could do it perfectly
well, said ], 4 am sure. Ny essays
and theses at college we're always con-
sidered very fine.
81 don't doubt that, said he, but
you see newspaper work is so entirely
different. I am afraid You would have
to begin, like the rest, with reporting,
and work up gradually
"If that is necessary, I will do it,
I declared.
"He thought an instant and said,
T'll tell you what I'll do, Mariory, if
you arc really in earnest about this
thing. The editor Of the Times, Mr..
Brown, is a personal friend Of mine,
and perhaps I can get you some re-
porting to do
"Of course I was delighted and
told him 1 was ready to begin that
very minute. Then I asked him how
long he supposed it would take to
work up.
Well, that depends, OF course
he replied, 'on your work. From.
what you say as to your abilities, very
likely it will not be long. You must
show them what you can do, that's
all.
"Well, sure enough, the next day
there came a letter from Mr.. Brown,
offering to let me try my hand at re-
porting, if so desired. was to
come to the office the next day and
have some work assigned me. I was
there at the appointed hour and re-
ceived my instructions from the city
editor Indeed, 1 had no dealings
with Mr.. Brown in person, and in
fact never saw him.
Mariory paused a moment, but
voice from the hammock said, "Go
on, 60 on, this wakes interesting"
every we'll. won't stop just now
to tell you of all the adventures 1 had
when out on my rounds; how I went
to all sorts of places and to interview
all sorts of people"
"You didn't actually interview
strange people, Marjory?"
ITO be sure 1 did. Do you sup
pose I would finch at anything? I
was determined to go through the
necessary apprenticeship"
"And was your work always accept
able?"
'It always went in. Sometimes, al
first, it was cut a good deal, but
usually it was just as had written it.
Don't you suppose college girl could
do acceptable reporting, if she once
made up her mind to do it?"
II never could have done it,
know. But where was Jack all this
tlme?"
"Ohl Jack called often and took
me out a good deal, and sometimes
when I had to be out late at night, and
would be just quaking in my shoes, he
would suddenly turn up at some darl
corner and see me safely home.
zone day a note came from Mr.
Brown telling me that he would lik
to have me try my hand at writing
some weekly articles suitable for tn
Woman's Column. 1 did so, and they
proved quite a success. My pay wa
increasing right along, and I wa
quite happy, feeling that I was work
ing up.
"This went on for several weeks
and finally, about the last Of October
Mr.. Brown wrote that the lady VIII
edited the Woman's Column was abou
to leave the city, and he thought m
quite competent to so on with he
work. Perhaps I wasn't delighted &
thatI He asked me to come to hi
sanctum the next day at ten to max