The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-12

y Ri HOMER l., MAGEE.
1t is the sanctum sanctorum and in it the editor
e lingereth.
:, Weary at eyentides hour; iurrowed his brow with
much thinking;
, Haggard his face and wan, and his ewes have a
hungry look in them,
5 As though sqpare meal he'd not tasted for many
Hhd many fortnight.
q Loud, through the doorway beyond him, the noise
OF the men at the cases,
= Comes with profanity mingled and the click Of the
type as they drop them;
Grum6Iing are they, everyone from the devil TO
: the loud-mOuthed foreman,
Which the cause is his failure to pay their weekly
allowance of lucre.
Wearily the editor sigheth his mind the swift
To stay their anpeaings clamorous where on
2 earth is the mOn9y to come from ?"
SLOWLY to ms pocket empty his hand it mechanic
But out again qui' ky appeareh because in there
tits so lonely.
GrOaneth again he and plunpeth through his hair
his ink-adOrned digits,
Swayeth his form to and fro in the very quintes-
sence OF anguish
Let list, kind friends Just a moment to the
seriO-cOmic expressions,
AS they fall from the depths OF his sorrow As they
drop from his lips editorial
Where is that xchange unread yet-the Daily
Flip Flap that bought here?
Gone like the last rose Of summer-coniound the
villain who stole it
The journal, the Times and the Herald likewise
the Banner Tri-weekly,
Gone and no clue left behind then--gone like the
tail end Of glory.
And that letter from Jones' of the Busle ah
- here 1t is now before me.
what's this AT sunrise tomorrow meet me, you
! m yillalnous scOurdrel,
| with coffee and pistols for two and-why what in
the deuce does the man mean?
On yes remember twas that little squib !
wrote OF ms father having once been convict"
" Here's another from smith, Of the Blowhard
-, wants to know why in thunder l copied
Ills leader on the wants Of the people and failed to
bestow proper credit
Still another from jenkins the doctor want n cool
ten thousand for libel
Well well, now, that's Iich must say-proceed
Jehk', scoop IN your bonanza.
" And last, but not least, a terrific scrawl from
'tOlm.;r subscriber:
Dear sir, allow me say | like not the cour,r
- your journal is taking
Your remarks on the buldOaing question exhibit
SIR, Il weakness uncommon,
50, sir, you will gre! tly oblige me by Immediately
stopping my paper
"Ill read no more" at length he cries, as half
from his seat he uprises,
Worried TO death am !, ana by George III quit
tins business Tomorrow
III 20 TO India, France, New Zealand or China and
dwell among the heather,
Anything nything uuder the sun than chief scribe
on country newspaper,
To- live and to know not to-day how my break
m tasts to be had on the morrow
~ hi '',if 70 u"ido" Tue cio'lhs ihAt covers my
To live and in lieu ol cash payment take wood and
corn meal for subscription,
onion, fish, ca bage or potatoes, or perhaps It's a
load OF piLe shingles.
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Prince of Denmark to himself pronounced when
II lihe, hrs aH Peen cen gn-dver he would quickly
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