It's so funny to see a newspaper office where everything is brand new, and--eminently respectable.

Do you mind my lighting a cigarette?
This sort of a deal is quite interesting to an old-timer like me; but perhaps I owe you an apology for intruding.

I had a letter from Tommy and one from a big banker--Marvin, I guess his name is." She drew two letters from her satchel and tossed them on the desk before Patsy.
"They're no good to me now," she added.

"Where's your waste basket ?" The managing editor, feeling embarrassed by the presence of the artist, opened the letters.

The first was from Mr.Marvin, Uncle John's banker, saying: "After much negotiation I have secured for you the best newspaper illustrator in New York, and a girl, too, which is an added satisfaction.