Under orders, the story of a young reporter . y, after lie had passedMyles through a boy-guarded entrance into a large,brilliantly lighted room in which a number of youngmen sat at a long desk busily writing. How haveyou got on ? Not at all, answered Myles, and I dont be-lieve I am ever likely to. Nonsense ! You must nt be so easily and let me introduce you to Mr. Haxall, ourcity editor. He is a far diffeient kind of a man fromany of the others, I can tell you. Mr. Haxall was kindly polite, almost cordial inhis manner, and listened attentively to Myles briefexplanation of his
Under orders, the story of a young reporter . y, after lie had passedMyles through a boy-guarded entrance into a large,brilliantly lighted room in which a number of youngmen sat at a long desk busily writing. How haveyou got on ? Not at all, answered Myles, and I dont be-lieve I am ever likely to. Nonsense ! You must nt be so easily and let me introduce you to Mr. Haxall, ourcity editor. He is a far diffeient kind of a man fromany of the others, I can tell you. Mr. Haxall was kindly polite, almost cordial inhis manner, and listened attentively to Myles briefexplanation of his position and hopes. When it wasfinished he, too, was beginning to say, I am verysorry, Mr. Manning, but we have already more menthan we know what to do with, when Van Cleefsaid something to him in so low a tone that Mylesdid not catch what it was. ?? Is that so ? said Mr. Haxall, reflectively, andlooking at Myles with renewed interest. It mightbe made very useful, thats a fact. Well, I 11 straina point and try him. Then to Myles he said:. TRYING TO BECOME A REPORTER. 31 Still, we are always on the lookout for bright,steady young fellows who mean business. So if youwant to come, and will report here at sharp elevenoclock to-morrow morning, I will take you on trialtill next Saturday and pay you at the rate of fifteendollars per week. CHAPTER III. THE OLD GENTLEMAN OF THE OXYGEN. POOR Myles liad met with so many rebufPs anddisappointments, and his own opinion of him-self had been so decidedly lowered that afternoon,that he was fully prepared to have his offer ofservice refused by the city editor of the Phono-grajph. He was therefore not at all surprised whenMr. Haxall began in his kindly but unmistakableway to tell him that there was no vacancy. He hadalready made up his mind to give up trying for areporters position and make an effort in some otherdirection, when, to his amazement, he found himselfaccepted and ordered to report for duty the follow-ing day. It was incomprehensible
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