The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: Thacker arose to leave.
"All right, Colonel," he said, as cordially as he could. "You use
your own judgment. If you've really got a scoop or something that
will make 'em sit up, run it instead of my stuff. I'll drop in again
in about two weeks. Good luck!"
Colonel Telfair and the magazine promoter shook hands.
Returning a fortnight later, Thacker dropped off a very rocky Pullman
at Toombs City. He found the January number of the magazine made up
and the forms closed.
The vacant space that had been yawning for type was filled by an
article that was headed thus:
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