New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-27
port Of this affair gave me another sensa

1 ton.
feel very bitter when remember that
all my exertions did not enable me 70 pay
81 q week for miserable board. Ihreo
weeks after / took charge of the paper,
which was growing daily, vulgar old wo-
man came to me and threatened TO turn me
into the street for the paltry sum OF ysl:
She did so ultimately, and the ea1eguaro Oh
American liberty was compelled 10 sleep
with the mice, rats and e ckroaches, a. Inc
dismal Office. What outrageous folly II 10
~ say that industry ia always rowarneo!
In my worn and leaky boots. WITHOUT an
overcoat or any seasonable clothing. I
often tramped, pasts-pot il hand, through
the snow. slneh, fog and rain OF drear NO
vember nights, to cover the walls OF b"
with immense posters, urging every body 10
read The 4 fternoOn. did not shrink from
my duty. although ! lived on little more
than hope and air. My meals were eaten
in underground rstaurants, my clothes
were threadbare and patched, and all this
time was editor, proprietor and publisher
of daily paper in one Of the most eintelll-
gent cities Of the country. This Is true
story in the substance. and / know OF no
st. anger life than it feeby illustrates.
Until January The afternoon continued
to gain q little almost every day, and as
expended all the money realized IN 'mprcv'
ing its appearance and contents. my bodily
"dutS were Itbt VII ooAAC~ "
events that would b:ing the sbeet into pop
ularity, and one day it seemed that my per-
severance was to be rewarded. An over
dressed character came into the office, and
explained that he had held office in the
sealing wax bureau. and had been re.
moved without just cause. he craved
revenge. and produced number OF doeti-
mepfs purportinS to prove the theft OF w.:
OO0, 900 from the department. Would !
hi ah ffnr All I
that they would stir the whole city, and
that might as well engage several addi-
,iOnal editors and composi'ore. and enlarge
the paper without delay. I thought better
Of this resolution and simply published
sensational article, eight columns in length.
which wrote betwee e r. NJ. and 4 NJ.
Once more went on: into the streets dis
guised and sold the paper myself. That
afternoon 1000 copies were disposed of,
chiefly among the best classes, aud on the |
following day large newsdealers, who had |
disdained The .IfternOon heretofore. sent in |
extensive orders. The ripPling. tfferyes' |
cling cup OF success was within an inch OF |
my lips. when illtate dashed il aside. ! !
was arrested for libel in the midst of my |
duties, and thrown into jail BY the court. |
My contemporaries, enviou- Of the lead ] !
had taken in the news, eaid no word in my !
! was tried and sentenced TO pay
q fine. for which the sheriff seized and sold
all the material of The .4tternoon. Snbse.
quently, one of the wealthy and influential |
journals Of the city re, q mp. M, zen "a.
ton. and made a feature of it trvlu day to
Law. until its circulation nearly doubled.
] soon obtained employment in another |
,ity. and am now a family man. My call.
ng is night editor Of the Morning NeYc,try
the drudgery falls roughly on = fellow Of
alent and spirit, but, thank Heaven, it
yiyes us bread and butter and n home