Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-25

there, walked over to the COuranl Office.
Mr.. Clemens sat in the chair formerly
occupied by Gen. Joe Hawley. Since
| met him last, q little more than a year
ago, the lines OF o worried, wearied
look have fixed Themselves on his lean
face, and his hair aud moustache begin
to show q little gray. He lie said TO be
afflicted with q morbid and unreasona-
BILE fear OF insanity, and this may &C.
count Tor his prematurely.aged appear
ance. lie himself attributes II TO an
excessive use of tobacco, a habit which
he declares himself unable 10 abandon.
When | entered his Office be vas
smoking a %brierwood pipe. He laid
down his pen, tipped back his chair,
aud extended his hand to welcome me.
"Hullol' he said. "This is real
friendly. Take a pipe
IL hear" | remarked, chat YOU are
At newspaper work again. How does
il seem;'
at seems good enough to be true" he
replied, with his customary drSwl.
Com now" said |. "It's pei fcctly
U.el,s' 10 biUil, for I've caught you
mere in the act
"Oh | drop in here suce in 4 WHILE
he said, 40 look over the papers tor
notices of myself and my articles,
which | slways keep in scrap book
y Max Twain Safeguarding scrap
book, he added, with a faint smile.
Til, i as warm d place 10 loaf in as
any | expect TO iiHd for a number Of
gears TO come.
"And you drop IN TO smnse yourself
with little diversion, like that = |
persisted, pointing to the manuscript
in his weliknOwn handwriting of half.
flushed editOri,l article headed 1.-THE
Grsnt-Sumner CONFERENCE.-THE are
q good kind Of \ lOafer TO have around
a newspaper Office
see here, young fellow, said Twain,
nlusning a little, "this thing hasu't
been given away yet, and lie unkind
in you to push me Into prevaricalion.
| bate TO lie"
"But the news Is on the streets and
talked CT By everybody In town. II
will be in prinf next, and YOU might
rs well give Il 70 ne straight,
is that 50 = laid Clemens. al won.
der how it got out. llawley slid
Well, perhaps we had better start frank
aud square. Go ahead, | love 10 be
,u%tcrviewel.'
"What experience have you lad IN
journalism, Mr.. Clemens
"WeIl, in the first place, | have the
necessary qualifications TO be q great
editor. | can tell the truth unblushing-
y, and | write a beautiful hand. Tx.
peri, nee? LOIS Of It, | worked my
way up from a reporter OF dog fights
and donation parties on the Austin
Rtveille, aud in less than fifteen years
found myself editor.in.cAitf Of the
Buffalo Express
d, "lIpw long were you editor in.chiei
Oft Buffalo paper?'
about seven weeks, counting Two
weeks that | drew my salary before |
really took hold. | made a glorious
,uccess OF the Express, aud II II hadn't
b'en for the p%ig-headed men who
owned the paper, | should have made
~ well known as DAna's Sun
'Wnat WIS The trouble 7"
Capt al and labor didn't coincide in
their views OF journalism. The big.
Gsi slockholder in the concern wa,
President OF a savings bank. | wrote
an article advising depositors to with
, draw, AS the bank was inevitably go.
. ny 10 burst. II vas a purely Legitimate
e sensation, you see, aud | was surprised
aud gricved when the stakeholder can't
in 10 demonstrate. llo put on airs
aud | told him 20 In the next days pa
!, per. Then they requested me TO re
sign"
: "Did the bank burst?"
G at hasn't yet, but | have been wait
e ing for a number of years TO see II g
e up. | think 1t will, eventually
But won't your habit OF telling thu
truth be apt to lead You into similsr
c 4 ficulties with the owners Of thu
= Cunrani: q
II don't mind telling YOU" sale
' rwain, looking around to see that NJ
one was wit in = caring distance, 81
don't mind telling you, my dear fellow
o hat in this case | am my own CAPT
tali-t. Sabei'
"rhen ] may say upon authority that
d YOU are TO own a. well as edit the
u Cour4nt!"
"Ycu may say 50, may dear fellow
"And what will be the political at
, titude of the paper under your man
! a%gemeulI'
Liberal, sir. Broad views, oxpan'
sive sentiments, exalted aims, but very
severe on sub.cribers who don't pay up
promptly"
= "You will support-2"
excuse me, my dear fellow" said
Clemens, turning TO his desk and TAX
ing up bic pen. III am ususlly very
patient with bores, bu. I've got q good
deal to do this morning. 10 my new