The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-11-11
a CAL on ,he Lal,or.

~ want to see the boss liar who runs
this libelous Sheet" roared muscular
looking young man Of the base ball rpe.
cies, walking into the Office Of the POa
last Monday morning.
"rhe Managing Editor is out" said the
office boy, hastily getting behind the
counter. tfa-f-t @ ? -
blast the editorr' groweled the stran.
ger, rappipg on the counter with the big
end of his four.ioot club. 81 want to see
the head pirate-the proprietor. The fel.
low that your paper says wants to be held
responsible for those internal lies about
The Carnival people in last Saturdays
Poa." 10 =.
Through the open door Of the inner Of.
dee came subdued rustling sound, 90,
though terrier was chasing rat into a
hole, followed by silence that might have
been cut with knife.
"He's out, too" replied tie boy.
"Gol dern the luck ~ said the muscular
party, much annoyed, II c'me in q pur.
pose to batter him up with this club"
HE will be sorry TO have missed you,"
said the { flee boy, soolhingly. "Isn',
your paper lett regularly ?r2 10 '.a
Paper be everlasting banked to blank.
nation" thnudered The visitor. "My
sister Is tho Queen oil ShebaW
"rhe Queen Of what, ba?"
"0i sneba, idiot; don't you under.
stand?" ,''.5;s'.--
"0nce more for the beerl" said the OF.
Ace by, leaning forward.
"Why, the Queen OF sheba- up at the
Carnival, mean. She was b. ought home
from the ma'inee day before Yesterday in
a hack and fits. This ID what did Il, J" and
he pggrievtd brother hauled onta marked
copy Oi our superior family journal (only
Slleeu centsa week by carrier, and pointed
70 the following paragraph:
eve would rather find q thousand dol
lar bill, lost by poor widow washer.
woman, ihan Bay anything unkindly per-
-oual In this article, bot. a! the same, we
mean 10 overhaul sacred history the frst
chance we get and ascertain whether there
s definite scripIural authority Tor sup.
DOSING that the G Iesn Of ,Sheba had access
to unlimited quantities oil LimburRer
cheese. Dnless we find that fsct fully sub.
stantiated We shall be reluctantly forced
to conclude the counterfeit presentment Of
that potentaie up at Mission and Eighth
10 be an atmospheric fraud and miasmic
moCkery."
"Mnst be some mistake" softly sug-
gested the office boy. sl
Mistake DO bowed" said the Q1een's
brother, brsndishing his club 10 The ex
IRENE discomfort Of the cashier. "It's
an Internal, miserable lie. My sister never
eats cheefe, and, besides, she chews ca'da.
mon seeds and things. Never ate Linn.
burger in her lie"
81 do" said the Office boy, consolingly,
$50 see" said the outraged party,
pushir 6 the boys nofe around with the
end Of his club. "fhe minute read tina,
cowardly SANDER, Just went out to the
wood pile and picked out the knottlesI
stick could fud, and whitfield 1t down
at this end for asqdare grip. When will
the old vampire he in-I'll wait Tor him?'
A couple Of gentle taps came from
within. e..
"Hs'l be gone two months" said the
boy. The knocks were repeated more wig
Oromly. i
II mean two years" continued the
youth, Justify. "He's away of up on a
fansh somewhere building new stable
-one for mules. Ten to one be never gels
back at ALL"
"Just my Internal hard luck, " muttered
the athlete. us there any body here who
would like to step out and represent him
for few minutes?"
But there was nobody who could spare
the time.
"All right" faid the representative Of
the Scrlplursl ruler. ~ will now 80 and
have lot Of base ball spikes screwed into
this club, and II there isn't an uncondi.
tional retractionin next Saturdays paper
[ will drop in again. Unconditional,
mind" and alter sarsgely kicking news.
boy "a the doorstep, he shouldered his
Ted wood aud walked of. HHi
Ashe disappeared in themszes Of Mont.
gomerY, the proprietor emerged from be.
meath table, and, claspipg the intelligent
office boy to his breast, raised his salary
two dollars a year.