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"I told you in my last that the chief boss in the office at New York had written to me that he had been asked to send an intelligent young man to sub-edit the Lacustrian Intelligencer at Jonesville, a rising city on Lake Erie.
He's going to get busy. Say, what paper do you boys come from?" "Cosy Moments, Comrade Gooch," Psmith replied. "Immediately behind you, between you and the door, is Comrade Windsor, our editor. I am Psmith. I sub-edit." For a moment the inwardness of the information did not seem to come home to Mr. Gooch. Then it hit him. He spun round.
About once a month the preparations for the tour were complete, and he would go about in a heyday of jubilant vocalization; then his comic prima-donna would fall ill or elope, his conductor would get drunk, his chorus would strike, and little Sampson would continue to sub-edit The Flag of Judah. Pinchas unceremoniously turned the handle of the door and came in.
"Salary apart," said Maddox, with the least touch of resentment, "it's a better thing for you to edit The Planet than to sub-edit Metropolis." "Of course it is. Still, I should like to know why you want me to throw Jewdwine over." "Hang Jewdwine. I said Metropolis." "I'm glad you admit the distinction." "I don't admit it." "Why do you want me to throw the thing over, then?
The three reporters, who all hated Pinkham, declined to sub-edit his cables, and consequently the editor was himself driven to take refuge in drink. The business manager, however, took his place, and told Denison that he relied on him to assist with the cables. Denison hinted at increased emoluments, and the manager promptly threatened to sack him and all the rest of the literary staff.
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