The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-12
copyright, 1908. by the National Press
s8 Agency.)
Il VII, ~ n ronr9 E,ff3urhaf, heCnnie en-

z = :. y j i B ( j
js When Osmond Etflngham became en-
gagged to Florence Asphalt there wa
neither prospect nor expectation OF al
Il early marriage. He was a Journalist
who hung on to Journalism by the eye
lids. acting as sub-cditor,I at salar.
Z OF two pounds week, to an unim
portant society paper, researching a
the British Museum on behalf OF NOR,
prosperous writer's occasionally get
& ting book to review, and scattering
miscellaneous, paragraphs broadcas
when he had the time. She wrote sen
& timental and sensational novelettes
and thought herself lucky when {
story OF 10000 words earned her q
+ ftve-pound note. Decidedly those were
\ not resources with which 1t was wise
to debark on the perilous seas OF mat.
rimony. They. could only live and love
} in hope and trust to the chapter OF
incidents. And then one day an ac-
cident-a most unexpected accident
4 happened. and Osmond Efinghan felt
that he naed not grudge a cab fare.
but might hail hanson. and drive all
the way from Fleet Street to Battersca
Park in order to tell his good news
without loss OF time
He knocked at the door OF the tiny
flat on the fifth story, in which Flor
Aence lived with her mother: and even
before he spoke his happy manner
had made it evident that he brought
Food tidngs. Florence told him So
Well" she said, you've evidently
come to be congratulated about some
thing
II have" he answered. 1--WE got
my chance at last.
Tn so glad But what is It? Have
you been made editor OF the Times?''
Even that promotion would not have
astonished her. She had more than
once bestowed such prcferment on the
heroes of her novelettes. and she was
quite sure that Osmond was worthy of
1T But progress, in real life. does not
proceed by quite such gigantic strides,
and Osmond laughed at her enthusiasm
az he replied:
IT'S not quite so good as that. but
It's good enough for us all the same,
rs it an editorship. :hen?'
es. I've been made editor of the
Upshot. I didn't tell you before for
fear of disappointing you. but the
agreement was signed this afternoon"
Tell me about 1t. How did it hap
penn.
We'll, there's new proprietor
Abel B. Quidnunc, the American mill
lionaire."
What! The Chicago man who made
- tloi tune w COIueTl!lSE sd uSd yes
Yes, that's the man."
What made him want to buy an
English newspaper"
''Wlel, 1t appears he's got literary
ambitions, and he put up for literary
club in New York and got blackballed.
That made him wild. He shook the
dust of New York off his feet. and
vowed he'd spend fortune on literary
men-in England. So he came over
here and bought the Upshot as a be-
ginning
But how did you come TO know
him, osmond? Did he advertise for
an editor?''
mo. don't suppose should have
stood much chance If he'd done that
The only man whom he knew over here
in touch with newspapers was Thomp-
son, the member for Bideford He
asked Thompson to recommend him a
man. and Thompson recommended me-"
But i didn't know that you even
knew Mr. Thompson
II hardly do. But we belong to the
same golf club, and we happened to
play couple OF rounds together on