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Arncliffe; and he had managed to do it in forty-eight hours by dint of the exercise of a certain amount of political and social influence in various quarters, and by entering into a contract which, for some years, at all events, would make Arncliffe a tolerably rich man. A good deal was left to my imagination, of course.

Three afternoon appointments I kept with Arncliffe in the Advocate office. When I left him after our third talk, I was definitely re-engaged as a member of his staff, at a salary of six hundred pounds per annum, having promised to take up my duties with him in one month from that date.

I'm really sorry to lose you. You know I've always appreciated your suggestions, said Arncliffe, when I looked in to bid him good-bye.

There was something, too, of the headmaster in the way in which he shook hands with me, and in the automatic geniality of the smile with which he favoured Arncliffe. 'Another star in our costly galaxy, he said; and, having reduced me by one glance to the proportions of a performing flea, rather poorly trained, he gave his attention indulgently to the editor.

'With regard to that question of the extra twenty minutes for the last forme, he began. 'Yes, I know, said Arncliffe. He's going to tackle the a new feature, you know, and must have a room. 'There's not a vacant room in the building, Mr. Arncliffe hardly a chair, I should suppose. We now have a staff, you know, which

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