The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-07-23

And 80 he went to Chicago and Get
u place ON s'thc Inter -Occaa."


From tie Detroit Free Press
Ilecan W :ks four fsir of stairs Satur.
day morning, and as soon as he mad reeov-
cred his breath he wanted TO- know if The
Free Press would ike to engage another
reporter. lie laid he hadn't much expert.
| snce, but he said it in tone which wa
meant 10 convey the ide. thai be Knew his
| business. He vas tall a1d thin had on q
plug hat which looked as if it had been run
over by drove OF mules, his collar had gwea,
through, and his bandanna handke rch ief
was remarkable for the many creyasses in
1t. His boots were red with old age, and
bis pants were stuffed INTO The tops. Never.
theless, bis face was one to COMMAND
attention, and bis tones we're respectful
IN reply, he was told that there was always
room at the top of the profession, just a..
Daniel Webster told a young lawyer once
upon time. LIE said he thought four
stories high was about as near the top Of
tie profession rs a fellow could get, bot
his joke was too cd to laugh at. lie didn' t
want mnch pop, he he said, his object be-
ing to identify himself with SINE growing
journal and let the e. citing yt.rs bring him
wealth and laurels. He was but nineteen,
years old and he had plenty of time
lie said he could sit up three nights
running, ingra tate himself into the affect
ions of the police in one brief hour, and he
knew the iremen and the captains of the
ferry boats wonld love him on sight. lie
could report anything, he said from a dog.
fight to regatta, and he wrote lightning
hand He was used to religious meetings,
knew all about medical conventions, and
would 60 for women suffrage or become a
granger, just as the paper desired H..
preferred, he said, to work all day and
night, but if she Office had rule requiring
a man to sleep three or four hours out of
the twenty four he would obey.
lie promised much more, and his tones
grew more serious as he talked. He was
being consumed by a burning ambition to
WELD lead pencil, and ice-~ater had no
effect on him. He was 'up" IN grammar,
posted on the poets and rs for history, he
could repeat every important event from
the hour the boy stood on the burning deck
down to Eli Perkins fight with the "Fat
Contributor" lie had brought along
few specimens of what ne could do-fniBs
efforts scratched of with chain lightning
s,9locity. lie handed over one. 1t read
'MuRDERl !-Aboute ten o'clock Las,
mite "a e cry o. murder was herd on one of
eur name streets. and rs usual the police
vas not ia site. Tho cries was rejected
several times, being enuff to curdle the
bleed of the bravest ioan that ever lived.
Dur new reporter at one -
Tbe item was quickly handed back to
him, and he was informed ira. Detroit was
not his hsEe. His talents were too much
'or the to~a-too many years in
advance Of 1t. They couldn't nppreciat.
hin here, but in Chicago -nearer the set
ting sun-they we're standing around on
the corners looking for such men.
Yoa hain't fooi,n' stranger 2" he
asked, his face expressing tho gravest
anxiety.
No-he coculd depend on it. 1t was
so lemn thing to fool with Young man
JUS. starting out in life, aud it was elso
a.yalnst Office rules.
And Chicago isis
Just two hundred and eighs-four m les
west II Detroit"
'Gocd-byc, stranger" he continued, as
he ross up, oud picked cp his bundle, and
put the end Of his big cane under the strap;
lin pers- much obleeged TO you, and if l
don't walk it in four DAYS, it's because the
railreatl' bed gives OUT"