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Joseph Wilcocks, who was an Irishman of good family, and who was persecuted by the office-men of Upper Canada, to the prejudice and without the knowledge of the British government, was driven into hostile opposition to Britain by the most petty and contemptible tyranny of a few fellow colonists holding office, and was killed during the siege of Fort Erie.
"Oh, excuse me," said Bates. "Mr. Rodney, one of our office-men." "And now tell me about it," said Montague, taking a seat. "It's the conference," said Bates. "We got a tip about it an hour or so ago. They meet in the room underneath us." "What of it?" asked Montague. "We want to find out what's going on," said Bates. "But how?" "Through the window. We've got a rope here."
Has it never occurred to you to call up before your mind's eye the people you actually are writing for? You can see them any day as you walk along the street. Go into a street car at six o'clock any night and look around at the faces. There is your public, the readers of the Post shop-clerks, stenographers, factory-hands, office-men, plumbers, teamsters, drummers, milliners. Look at them.
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