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it's an indelible pencil.

Take it and draw yourself a picture.

What's the good of writing anything...

if you haven't got a paper

to put it in?

You know what I'd do

if I had a paper?

Here we go again...

...daydreaming at night...

...and sober!

No, Mitch...what would you do?

The first thing I'd do is christen it...

I'd call it 'The Globe'.

I'd make it the best newspaper on Park Row...

that's what I'd do.

I'd give away free ice...

...coal...summer excursions...

Xmas dinners for the poor...

That'd make 'em happy...

It'd make news..

and news makes readers!

Readers makes circulation..

and circulation makes advertising...

And advertising means

I'd print my paper

without the support

of any political machine.

That's what I'd do

if I had a newspaper.

Would you give me a job?

- What did Hackett pay you?

- $18 a week.

I'd double it.

You'd pay me $36 a week?!

Sure...if I had a newspaper.

Why don't you dream up

your own newspaper, Jeff?

And give yourself $100 a week!

Mr Mitchell...

For 3 years, every night, I've been listening

to what you'd do. if you had a newspaper.

Don't you like it, Mr Leach?

I like it very much.

You're that job-printer...

got a shop in 'The Times' right?

'Tribune.'

I don't make up my mind quickly,

Mr Mitchell...

But when I do...I act.

Your dream kept me awake nights.

And I made my decision.

You sure O'Rourke's whisky

hasn't gone to your head?

Like you, I never trust anything

stronger than beer.

If I were interviewing you,

I'd have nothing so far...

What are you driving at?

All my life I wanted to be

what you are.

A newspaperman!

What you can do, I can't.

What you need...I've got.

What I dream about...you are.

I've got a good steam press.

I've got a little credit for type-foundry.

Got a little newsprint...got a little cash.

I want to go into partnership,

Mr Mitchell.

You'll be editor and publisher

of the newspaper...

I'll be printer, and handle

the business end.

You'll get the heart...

I've got the hands.

You've got the head.

I've got the press.

What do you say?

A paper...of my own?

I'd be editor.

And I do no man's bidding.

You run the paper the way you want

to run it, and answer to no one.

Can I name it?

Yes.

You can name it, Mr Mitchell.

Is it a deal?

Yep!

You've got yourself a newspaper!

Jeff...you're on the staff...

I promised.

$36 a week!

30 what?!...15 a week!

$15? You promised me $36

if you had a paper.

If a paper...it was a different issue...

Alright...in a week...

Ever draw for a paper, Tom?

- No.

- You're on 'The Globe'...$15 a week.

- Spent all your money yet, Mr Leach?

- Getting close!

You know...what I need now

is a good reporter like Mr Davenport.

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