The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-09-04

u --A'+ANg astPSF lANm
luckily, had successful itchin' for,
I'd make up to her and get her out
o the Walk In Shed make a splen-
did ornament to bachelors club
room. But the worst of it is, when sou
get such biped on her metal. ten TO
one if she don't HTow OF on you and JlOig
on you an all that I've got togo eau
tiOus till | get married. Then, when
the settlements made, and my spirited
Hastings filly gets harnessed for life,
I'll have plenty Of time TO hunt up an
affinity"
"Why do you come to me with such
talk ." said Henry Lee, who was really
taking his first lesson In total depray-
ity.
because it's q principle. in nature
that when you're a good fellow your
self, and haven't a chancellor various
reasons, peeuniary and otherwise
appropriate an enjoyable bargain, it's a
principle in nature, l say, 10 turn that
bargain over to friend, the more es-
pecially if that friend is an editor, whom
it's to your interest to oblige, you
know"
al don't fairly understand you, sir"
"Then, pardon me, but you're as green
as July persimmon."
Henry Lee had become so greatly
elated over the many flattering enco-
miums bestowed upon him by the press
and people throughout the country dur
ing the previous year that he could i'll
afford to brook the half-ironical insinu-
ations of his friend. But negotiations
were now on foot by which he hoped to
secure substantial aid from Mr. Green
in establishing himself as a stakeholder
in the Gazette, and instead of resenting
the insinuation, he become invested
with a sudden desire to overcome his
verdaney.
81 have 4 deep curiosity TO visit your
st,0mcr, as you call this strange, fair and
frail woman" said he. as she a regu-
lar inmate of the walk In and We'll
come?'"
''Oh, yes. Came on the last steamer
She's very imperious and distant, as
yet; but l noticed an elegant necklace
that she wore, which want you to see
for a special reason"
every well. I'll go around tonight
after nine o'clock. I'll have to finish
my writing and attend the club first"
"Then I'll not detain you longer
You'll he sure TO be on hand ?"
"You may rely upon me-"
Henry Lee addressed himself assidu-
ously to his leader, and had become
deeply engrossed in it, when voice,
tangible only to his inner senses, whis-
pered:
"Be,cdrer'
"What was that 81 lie queried, men
tally; but though he listened long, no
repetition OF the mysterious sound was
heard.
"I guess Pm a fool ~ he exclaimed,
impatiently.
"HVicked steps take hold on hell" said
the voice, as soon as he was again OBJ
liviogs to all else except his writing.
"Hang IL aHn' exclaimed the boy,
now almost nineteen, and indeed a boy
in years, though already old in editorial
experience. "Hdng it 0Hg l believe
Pm bewitchcd this afternoon. Here,
Tom ~ bringing down his fist with an
emphasis that brought the factotun
suddenly TO his side, stake these para.
graphs and these clippings to the fore
man. Tell him to print the general
news as editorial-leaded, mean; and
make n leader of this dissertation on
morals from the Pttritm Eoangel."
"All right, sir" and the 'devil" drew
his type-stained fingers across his nose
: and retreated, bearing the message tC
. its destination.
"Whdtw queried the foreman, who
was looked upon rs a sort Of oracle by
the other Office employees. "Whdt"
he repeated, "does the editor mean e
commit literary piracy? The BUgIt
will be after him with red-hot pencil
if / obey him. However, it isn't my
funeral. can stand il if he cam -
''The editor of the Bigle won't know
. it's slolcd," said the factotum. "Tha
is, not unless you tell him-an' guess
. wouldn't Might lose your place ~
This very gentle admonition produce,
a very salutary effect. Suffice it TO say
) that the stolen editorial was widely cir
culated and well received, and the Eren
ing BugIc Blast, the rival paper, usually
; called BUgle for short, was pleased 4
copy some Of the most lucid paragraph
upon the "Woman Question:" espe
cially those that threw most light upoI
the approaching and much-to-be-dread
: ed immortality OF the masses, which wa
sure to follow the impossible even
which was everywhere being widely
5 agitated-an unaccountable wonder con
4 sidering the impossibility-when WON
= an, freed from the domination of tn
= protecting sex, and empowered with tn
q privilege TO protect herself, shall sud
{ denly deluge the world with sensualit,
= and corruption, which now are onl,
: stayed in their course by the superio
n law-making and vice-restraining pOwe
: of the protecting and purse-holding sex
= The appointed hour found Henry Lee
o Esq, editor-in-chief of the EUery Morn
4 ing Gazette, sitting at an elegant roun
. table in the sumptuous public parlor c
/ the notorious "Walk In and Welcome,
J. while close by his side, and near enOug
n for him to count the respirations of he
4 heaving bosom, sat the strange youn