, 1874-08-11
MIR. HESING'S CARD.
How 1t Came to BE Published In tho
Times.
The EGoot Thereof on the Editor-in-
Chief.
Discharge Of On Offending Subordinate


Tho Times Office is onretopcd In another
storm-oloud, aud tho awo-strickotl ssan OF thas
papor aro covering bcforo tho lightning that
glcams aud tho oath-chargod thunder that r'in1-
blcs all day long from the room OF It's spiritual"
sto proprietor. The trouble tha t1no III noitl,or
BptriIB nor scoops. nor snakost but tfiaing or
ror Ut Judgment oil tho part Of tho poraon who
has beon for Bo,no timc past running ito tho
oartl) tho local department OF TINT papor.
Saturday morning atr. Storey WAS Hupromoly
happy. IIo had succeeded In ponning throo para-
graphs with specially obscono points, aud had
Just locolyoti tho accustomed adu}at1on thereon
from such Of his literary eateliitos aa ho had
Bhown tlom to. Ho was just cogitating upon a
fourth, whom tho news was brought him that his
newspaper noighbor, Alr. uosing, had prepared .
GARD FOR PUBLICATION
In tho SIdas- Ztsifung In robuttal Of tho oharRea
recently brought against him. THIS gave tho old
Gau trouble. Ho had played Bame OF blu1
with a worry poor hand III tho hope that ho might
win by frightening lis antagonist, and now bis
hand, which MAS "knaYo low,"-very approprl,
ato cards for Inn to plhy,--waa about to DO
called. IN his dilemma he nhouted for tho city
editor. The Hmooth-faced boy wl,o draws the
saary Of TINT position ontorod mcokly, and stood
exrestant!y as the doorway with ali alt Of tiiAid
'ao over to tho Staafs-Zeitunq Immediately
and got me copy Of MIR. liesnga eafa, That may
tenr ltu statements up cast thona to tho world OF
sl'ritB, AND, mntnp,oricnliy npenalnB, call the
writer q dog3 Fly, yaslet /"
had alreatly Aown, but not 10 Tho Staais-Zeitung
office. Tho matter Was so se1iouB that ho con
NJ 5olobrool upon il. Thoy dooidsd TINT 10
had better 90, but oTdsred tue city eGtor to lot
them read lilo card before it went to tho old
nnn.
brought buck to tho city editofs do facto tho in
telligenco that hfr. Heslug would not ALLOW
Mo Times to. have . copy Of his cara.
They thon permitted him to convey tho news to
Tho old man, who rocoiyod It with many objurga-
uons, and relapseA into 30 melancholy a contli-
ton that my ono who saw him aud knew his
Bpiritualistio tendencies would have pronounced
him anything but tho "happy medium" whioh
luy long 10 persisted III looking upon lis sta1T
AZ 10 many rlvors With unimproyod milling facili-
Lies, dnmning them to hia hearts content, and
when his carriage onne round lu tho afternoon
end to tic other. Before leaving tho old man
sout again for tho city oditor and ordered him to
SECURE THE FIRST Cory
Of tho Stdats-Zcltang, and reprint translation
Of tho card il the Sunday Times. uo thon got
into hfs carriage and was wheeled oil.
limo sped by until carly Sunday morning
tho copy Of the 6faats-Zeitung was secured. and
the tlrce city editors Bat down with German
Of translation. Thoy accomplished their task in
time to hccule tho presence Of the catd In tho
issue Of tho day. aud then went round to buck
tho tiger with money borrowed from the man
who backed tho tiger.
Sunday morning dawned peaceful and ca1na,
and still tho threo city editors bucked tho Dongal
with their borrowed means. at last thoy gayo
pin disgust and loft tho placo.-not with nn-
holy gains = in tteir pockets, but. noddiug care
In ls ear, ''Slate mo twenty-five more. Slika,"
''Hang UP this thirty-threu wtl, tue reat," and
"Tl,.s viii iuKo ninety. old feIlow.' Thon thoy
wont back to the office, III front of which they
were Hua prised to SEQ
THE OLD MANS CARRIAGE N WAITING.
Though tho iact III not Eoneraliy known, tho
old man'y coachman iA rather popular with tho
boys on tue Times. He is ut" CAST y-goiug impur-
htion from transatlantio tiunkeydomt aud al
ways reports to them OIL Lis arrlyM iu tho mor1l-
ing tho state Of tho old man'n mind, mud whom
ho can get ono Of thcm to hold tho horses he is
tho road aud treating them. The effect Of this
treatment il very popularfzing. but the coacheo's
big hold ia hiH morning report Of the peculiar
yagar1es which tho old man lias exhibited during
which tEoy made, pretty sbrowd guetses ~ to
what tho old mans state Of mind was. Sunday
morning coachao looked very important. As
tho city editors drew near ho wfnked onerget-
panommio assurance Of tha urgent neccsgitf nee for
silence. and wlon they draw near o,,oTwi, ,shn.
pered 10 them. "AIuns Tho vorl ani sarn'a "I t,o
haction lot us 70 aud 'ay n riaaa of haie s RIA
cjty editors DO facto ,pae liz ctv nf5.oc IN i,ro
dun tLo coachmans uppor Hyery Ind % 1nonmt IA
box, Wills they ropYiral oyar t',c rond r. ..,aa
tho hale" Hoon ee tLey wnre safnlv "nscnr,nS
with tbs coaclma aud vol iutn is tbir11 csas
uE uroAS I1ts srnrv "AN4u 6'"o't
"IIo have been terribjo thn rnorn;po e,roo
reaaln' tho papor ho hayo bloYod hua Raj, h,,,
sky igb, aud horuored lis carriaoo ae ~ ha;rttt
o'cloc]t. Hail tie way down lie cursod an; sNa,x
'orrid limprocatng tie city hoiiinr ~ 1m"n h".s
and talking 'orribly about n mar nnmaJ r. +1a -
'l;aipg, Tho very 'ossos t11rned tSc;r bea:. ~ ~
IN uot to ear tho 'orrld Aoatlv liz went sn ~ ~
aa to cali nc asB and TN going to Ict T. hin, IN,
pIauao l,insoif Centtunnn the 1nso,s;o., a. -, IT, et
q 'upuy Quo nv auotfrr hale" "' NNNs
Itlu other "Lalo" was .t'ad." and ,no,bar
and another, until at last tho city editnrs ~
fucto began to think about tia ctv nd;t,. ~ ~
iuro. aud QUO Of them suggostod HIsta m a,1 "J
rooyo Charlie" Thoy rsSroaaed tho 1on,t ~" IT,
carriage and horses wera thero. "A' @"'
pr1r cuARL1E yAa NOT.
rhey huutod for hin hjrh and low. Int In cou1a
not In fnund. aud tia nounhman" viii iivo-isd
1enn i'm with tLo 1tnnnr ciothnt,nf ct,. o1itor
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