I get, of course, big returns.
"My real object in seeing you to-night was not exactly the getting of a news item for any paper.

I saw your name on the register, found that you had flown over here, and wanted to see you and take your measure for the job I have in mind.
"Briefly, the proposition is this: I need a flyer who can fly, knows a little of the desert, has got some nerve on the ground as well as in the air, and who can keep his mouth shut.

It's harder than you may think to find one who measures up, and who is willing to avoid the limelight.

They all want publicity, and publicity is what this job must shun.

What I am working on now is big stuff across the border.