The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-03-13
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First ASSIGNMENT.
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BY. JANE OSBORN.


met and compared their troubles. -
"You know l. wanted to break into
newspaper WORK when I left college.
That was two ago, and 10 I sot:
job intthe home town on the local
paper-reportinK arst~and then city
editor. Then Isss4ded to come TO- the
big city. So + got an Introduction TO
old man Jameson, editor Of the Star,
brilliant man, suppose, but a dread,
full bear. Treated me like schoolboy,
and just because happened to be
life sized-he's shriveled little fel-
low with monkey face-he told me
I looked more like prize fighter than
a newspaper man. But he couldn't re-
fuse to honor the letter Of introduce
don-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 cant
be bluffed, 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 apologized. He
is q bear, but not: such 4 bad bear
when you know him. : II you stick to It
he will like you. You see, I got so tired
Of playing bridge and going to parties
and winding Red Cross bandages that
I asked him for a job. He hasn't any
use for girl reporters, suppose. Any.
way, he gave me my first assignment.
It is to cover the big game on Satur-
day. It will be first page stun. he says,
II nothing crOwds>it out. And don't
know the first thing about football. OF
course used to 60 to the games when
you and brother were at college, but I
never knew what It was all about. And
now, in a day, I shall have to under.
stand the whole thing. It Is really
enough to drive me distracted. :
But We aren't going to give up, are
we?'' she added after 4 moments
pause.
I'll tell you what we'll do. Wen
start a company" he said. II guess
you could get on to this beauty lingo
all right. And I'll get the football
write-up." 49,,
1t was half past eleven on Saturday
night, and Ceciie 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 1.-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 didn't write it. NO
woman could have written that. I
knew you would fall down on 1t. So I
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 a boy
and told him to rush this out to the
copy man to have him use it instead Of,
the other copy. was just going when
he called me back. He fairly grabbed
ME by the arm and said: Il don't know
who did 1t, but It Is tiptop stuff. and
If you can deliver that kind Of goods
you can tell your 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
1t 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 it better
than q woman, and he told me I could
10 on with 1t 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-
Gle the satisfaction Of feeling that
she was not breaking the rules Of pro-
priety even, IL she was handling her
first assignment. " !,
1.-THE only thing for US to do is to 60
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
lis cue. f,% -
"Yes, let's be partners-but not busi-
aess partners only. Cecile, it seems
years since 1 saw you first in the Il.
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