Uncle Francis was specially interested in newspapers, because he was editor of a big city daily called the Record. Jimmie felt that of course his uncle would be very critical and that the little Home Record must be just right. The morning after he started the paper he had a bright idea: he would ask his mother to be head proof reader—Jimmie felt pretty shaky about spelling and punctuation; and he would ask Tom Frazer, when he came over to see him, if he would not be head reporter and tell him what was happening outside—Tom always knew what the fellows were doing. He could give Tom the rear sled of his old double runner, which was not broken in the accident. Tom had said he should have to have a new sled, and that was really a very good one.
A Monk Copying Manuscript Books
Both assistants seemed glad to serve and the work began merrily. When Jimmie's father came home that night he said he would be the "printer's devil."
"What's that?" asked Jimmie.
"Don't believe they have them now," said his mother.
The First Printing Looked Like This
"They don't need so many of them in these days of steam perfecting presses as they used to, but surely the printer has to have assistants even to-day," said his father. "Perhaps now that machinery does so much of the work the men do not get black and inky enough to be called 'devils.' While Jimmie has to lie with that leg fixed as it is now, he will want some one to run that press when he gets everything ready for the printing. Don't you think so, son?"
Jimmie agreed with his father, as he looked at the leg so straight and stiff.