Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-09-05
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newspaper work when I left college.
That was two years ago. and so l got
q job in the home town on the local
paper-reporting first and then city
editor. Then I decided to come to the
big city. So I got an introduction to
old man Jameson, editor t4fhe STAR
brilliant man, suppose, f,a dread
full bear. Treated me like a 'schoolboy
and just because I happened to be
life sized-he's shriveled little fel-
low with a monkey face-he told me
I looked more like prize fighter than
q newspaper man. But he couldn't re-
fuse to honor the letter of introduc-
tion-had to give me an assignment.
And what do you think 1t was? Told
me to get up some stories for the Sun
day wOman'S page on How to Be Beau
tiful' And just to show that I can't
be bluffed, I am going to do them,
too."
Cecile had listened with amusement
and interest. "That bear you spoke Of
is my uncle, Uncle Ben. Oh, you
didn't offend me in the least" she as
sured Tom when he apologlzed. "He
is bear, but not such bad bear
when you know him. If you stick to it
he will like you. You see, got so tired
of playing bridge and going to parties
and winding Red Cross bandages that
1 asked him for q job. He hasn't any
use for girl reporters suppose. Any
way, he gave me my first assignment.
1t is to cover the big game on Satur-
day. 1t will be first page stuff, he says,
if nothing crowds it out. And I don't
know the first thing about football. OF
course used to go to the games when
you and brother were at college, but l
never knew what it was all about. And
now, in a day, I shall have to under
stand the whole thing. 1t is really
enough to drive me distracted.
"But we aren't going to give up, are
we?' she added after q moments
pause.
"rll tell you what We'll do. Well
start company" he said. "I guess
you could get on to this beauty lingo
all right. And I'll get the football
write-up."
It was half past eleven on Saturday
night, and Cecile Dayton, with more
than usual agitation, hurried from the
elevator in the Star building to the ar
cade that led to the street. According
to agreement, Tom Landreth met her
there. A half hour before they had
met hurriedly in the same place, just
long enough for Tom to slip into her
hand the typewriter pages that he
had just dictated to the stenographer
at the hotel that lay between the sta
tion and the Star Office, containing the
glowing account of the great game.
Cecile had carried the pages to her
uncle. Earlier that morning Tom had
quietly carried In the first assignment
Of the beauty talks.
"What did he say?" Tom greeted
Cecile on this latest meeting.
"He said that I didn't write 1t. No
woman could have written that. /
knew you would fall down on it. So !
sent our regular man out and his copy
is on the press now, but this Is great
rattling,' and then he didn't pay any
more attention to me, but called boy
and told him to rush this out to the
copy man to have him use it instead Of
the other copy. I was just going when
ne called me back. He fairly grabbed
me by the arm and said: I don't know
who did it, but 1t Is tiptop stuff, and
If you can deliver that kind of goods
you can telfNyour accomplice he can
have any job he wants on the paper"
'Bully, and now I'll tell you what
he told me this morning." Tom ex.
planned as they hurried from the build
ing. "He said that that was the best
beauty dope they ever had. He said
it would take with the headers-had
human interest and all that sort of
thing. He also added that he might
have known a man would do 1t better
than a woman, and ne told me I could
go on with it for double space rates"
Two blocks from the Office Cecile
met her limousine where her faithful
maid was waiting, sleepy-eyed, to es-
cort her home, and Tom accepted Ce-
Giles offer to 'lift him" to his hotel.
The maid was too sleepy to hear the
words, though her presence gave Ce-
cile the satisfaction of feeling that
she was not breaking the rules of pro-
priety even If she was handling her
first assignment.
: 'The only thing for US to do is to go
into partnership - business partner
Ship" Cecile explained excitedly, and
Tom, who was wondering whether the
maid was too sleepy to hear their con.
versation, stopped wondering and took
his cue.
: "Yes, let's be partners-but not bust.
ness partners only. Cecile, 1t seems
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