15. To edit the entire paper when sickness or absence of the editor
prevents him from attending.
Mr. Campbell watched my face keenly as I read that list, and finally,
when I made no comment, he prompted me with a gruff, "Well?" To which I
replied, with a smile:
"I think what you want, Mr. Campbell, is a mental and physical acrobat."
"Do I understand from that," he thundered, "that you cannot perform
these necessary duties?"
"On the contrary," I returned coolly, "I think that I can perform them
all, one at a time; but you have left out one important item."
"Well, what?"
"Poetry," I said.
My answer tickled him immensely, and he burst into loud laughter.
"Got any about you?" he demanded. "I believe you have it secreted all
over you."