The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-05-11
Love in a Printing Office.
NOTE FROM EDITOR TO CoMposIToy

ELLIS GoRKE finds fault with proofs of
her story. Says "you correct her MS. in
correctly" that you have substituted the
word wonderous" for "wondrous: :"
that there is no such word as wonder
ous;" that you made overripe" singh
word when it is a compound one; that, in
short, you do not understand your bust
ness, or are demcnted.
NOTE FROM COMPOsITOR TO EDITOR.
SIR-Ellis Gorke is mistaken in more
respects than one. There is such word
as wonderous" Let her look in Web
ster's Unabridged, page 1,523, first col
umn, sixth line from top, and she will find
it. Also, overripe" is not compound
word. Evidently she does not know the
sign by which compound words are dis
tinguished, or she would not be sodecited
in her assertion.
And with all due respect for her opin-
ion, am not "demented," and do un-
derstand my business. Furthermore, if
ever mistakes are made it is because Ellis
Iorke's Ms. is most illegiblc. Hcr"r's,"
"s's' and IBIS" are all alike, and her
'l's" and obs" might stand for almost
anything, and as for punctuation l as
sure you I'd rather set up all the rest of
your paper than one of her shortest arti-
Giles.
NOTE FROM ELLIS YORKE TO COMPOSIToR.
.Str-The editor has shown me your i'm
pertinent remarks, and though he chooses
to look upon our quarrel, as he calls it,
in the light of a joke, I regard it as
serious matter.
Because you happen to be right about
those detestob'e words wondrOus" and
"overripe," that is no reason you should
Willy my MS.
You may not be aware Of i, but took
the gold medal for peansss Up when l
graduated at the Posthaste Institute last
year, and never before, although l have
been writing for the New York press for
oper siT months, have l had its legibility
called in question.
And | won't stand it! l demand from
you my story as the editor refuses to pro-
cure it for me. You shall no longer
sneer at my "r's," and "s's," and CPS"
and obs"
NOTE FROM COMPOsITOR TO ELLIS YoRKE.
Nadam-I cannot return Ms. placed in
my hands. l wish l could-how gladlyI
would return yours!
WHAT SHE SAID AND DID.
Then | resolved to beard the lion in his
den-go TO the printing office, ask for
Hugh Basset, and with a few prelim-
mary sarcastic observations request the
return of" The Tragedy of Winona Dell"
| went. The devil requested me to be
seated while he called my enemy.
l prepared to meet him (hateful old
thing with a terrible frown, when, to my
great establishment, instead of hateful
old thing, tall, handsome young fellow,
with bright, sunshiny smile, eyes like
spring violets, and hair that suggested
buttercups and dandeiions, advanced
toward NE.
1t was he-and l said: 81 beg pardon
for the rude things have written to YOU
and l hope you'll forgive me-and I'm
sorry l write so badly, and don't know
know how to punctuate, and"
Good gracious! didn't intend to say
anything of the sort
WHAT HE SAID.
I stepped from my torn, and pretty
girlish face looked up at me with frown
that quickly melted away into most BE-
witching smile.
Ellis Yorke.-I don't know why, but
knew her in a moment, and noted with a
heart pang how poorly she was dressed to
brave the cold CT a winters day. Evident
ly her "over SIX months writing for the
New York press" had notified her purse.
az beg your pardon" she said, in a
sweet, low voice, raising pair of the
loveliest gray eyes to my face. And then
she added. Pm so sorry write so bad
ly."
"Don't mention it," stammered. 81
didn't mean a word of it, l only wish l |
could set up your beautiful stories for
evert'
"And the rs and i's,' and SIS and |
'Ps,' and 'b's?'" said the saucy, pretty,
poor little girl,