“Not on those topics.”
“Have you never had your editorials altered or cut or amended, in such manner as to give a side-slant toward the paper’s editorial fetiches?”
Again and most uncomfortably Banneker felt his color change. “Yes; I have,” he admitted.
“What did you do?”
“What could I do? The Chief controls the editorial page.”
“You might have stopped writing for it.”
“I needed the money. No; that isn’t true. More than the money, I wanted the practice and the knowledge that I could write editorials if I wished to.”
“Are you thinking of going on the editorial side?”
“God forbid!” cried Banneker.
“Unwilling to deal in other men’s ideas, eh? Well, Mr. Banneker, you have plenty of troubles before you. Interesting ones, however.”