"I want it bigger,--in large letters, like a play-card," he said.
"That's no good for a warning."
"You can have half a column or a whole column if you like," said the
editor airily.
"I'll take a whole one," said Mr. Dimmidge simply.
The editor laughed. "Why! it would cost you a hundred dollars."
"I'll take it," repeated Mr. Dimmidge.
"But," said the editor gravely, "the same notice in a small space will
serve your purpose and be quite legal."
"Never you mind that, lad! It's the looks of the thing I'm arter, and
not the expense. I'll take that column."
The editor called in the foreman and showed him the copy. "Can you
display that so as to fill a column?"
The foreman grasped the situation promptly. It would be big business for
the paper. "Yes," he said meditatively, "that bold-faced election type
will do it."
Mr. Dimmidge's face brightened. The expression "bold-faced" pleased him.
"That's it! I told you. I want to bill her in a portion of the paper.
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