Ogden Daily Standard | 1904-08-27 | Page 6 | Padding

PADDING herbert 8 storie the wel publisher recently described at a dinner in washington tho amusing methods 0 a newspaper writer who used to write articles at a set rate a column he was once commissioned to do a serial story for a chicago newspaper the story as it proceeded from week to was interesting but it contained many passages like the following did you hear him 1 did truly truly where f by the veil when today then he allm he does ah the editor sending for the man said hereafter we will pay you by the lettire in your serial we will pay you so much a thousand letters the young man looking crestfallen went anav but in the very next installment of tola story he introduced a character who stuttered and all through the chapter were passage like this B b b b be lieve B s s clr 1 am n n not g g g cuilty ah m m ty m in m c c c com matted this crime deaton transcript j s s tt 1 A