Death At Deadline

Mr. O'Hounds. Mr. O'Hounds. Let's train publishing firm home by Dan and Barbara Glenn. Where each new novel is acted out by the Mr. O'Hounds staff before it is accepted for publication. Mr. O'Hounds.

Right in, Eric. We're just about ready to start. I am Mr. Glenn. Where is Dan? He was called out of town on business. A publisher's convincing. Uh-uh. I know all about these conventions. So do I, Mr. Hern. That's why I learned him down with so much work he won't have time to draw a deep breath.

Deep breath. Say, speaking of deep breath, have you ever noticed how important breathing is to a ready one out there? In what way? Why, you have to breathe deeply to make your commercial announcements sound natural and easy.

Say this, for example. All right, everybody in the places. Set the scene, guys. Death at deadlines. The night story opens in the private office of Luke Chilton, managing editor of the Star. One of his reporters, Pamela Carter, enters to announce an unwelcome caller.

You have a caller Luke. Oh, yes family and busy that they were right now making the W on page one the same old caller Luke You don't mean Jim Buhlin. They're saying you always came to them busy. They never do anything else. I'll tell you I'm not here No, that won't do You know what I mean?

Look Luke. We're not getting the button to rush. Just because he was a reporter on the star and you saw I'm sorry Pam. I feel sorry for the guy He could have been a good reporter. Yes. He hadn't had a heart full of raucousness Why you did yes to your own job if you let him get away with a county showed down to you