John read it through carefully.
'That is a very handsome article,' he said; 'and it is without an error,
so far as I can see.'
'I am glad you think so,' replied the young gentleman, folding up the
proof and putting it in his inside pocket. 'Now, as I said before,
although I am not the advertising canvasser of the _Financial Field_,
I thought I would see you with reference to an advertisement for the
paper.'
'Well, you know, we have not had a meeting of the proposed stockholders
yet, and therefore are not in a position to give any advertisements
regarding the mine. I have no doubt advertisements will be given, and, of
course, your paper will be remembered among the rest.'
'Ah,' said the young man, 'that is hardly satisfactory to us. We have a
vacant half-page for Monday, the very best position in the paper, which
the proprietor thought you would like to secure.'
'As I said a moment ago, we are not in a position to secure it. It is
premature to talk of advertising at the present state of affairs.'
'I think, you know, it will be to your interest to take the half-page.
The price is three hundred pounds, and besides that amount we should like
to have some shares in the company.'
'Do you mean three hundred pounds for one insertion of the
advertisement?'
'Yes.'
'Doesn't that strike you as being a trifle exorbitant? Your paper has a
comparatively limited circulation, and they do not ask us such a price
even in the large dailies.
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