The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-11-20
MILDLY Morgan.

New York Letter to Cincinnati Commercial
A woman can do things one would
least expect woman to accomplish,
if she sets her head 10 il. 1t was my
happiness last summer to see q lady
in New York city who has succeeded
nobly in q career few women would
adopt from choice.
Her story reads like romance.
One day, near twenty years ago it
must have been, a lady landed from q
ship IN New York harbor. She had
come from over sea 10 make her for
tune in the United States. When she
left the ship she had sixpence, and
no more in her pocket. She dropped
it into the seamen's charity fund. The
lady had letters to influential persons
in New York, and recommendations of
the highest order from his Majesty,
Victor Emmanuel, King Of Italy.
One Of the gentlemen TO whom she
had letter was Horace Greedy. She
was admitted to his private office and
presented her note, likewise modest
request. 1t was that the founder OF
the Tribune should give her employ
ment on his paper.
"What can you do?" said he.
She answered in a very lady-llke
and earnest way that she could report
horse races and agricultural fairs
Horace Greedy never could understand
Joke, or he would have seen one
here. Also, he had a sort Of general
contempt for the female intellect, and
lie probably saw III the young lady
before him mild sort Of lunatiC. He
merely glared at her over his specta.
cles.
From that day to this Miss Morgan
has steadily declared that there was
only one person in America she thor
oaghly detestcd, and that was Horace
Greedy.
"He is the meanest person | ever
saw" said she. lie never even asked
me TO take q seat"
The great editor dismissed the as
piring young woman in short order.
But somebody about the office, whose
name is now lost TO tradition, heard
the story and thought it would be a
good Joke to send the lady who want
ed TO write about horses to the Sara
toga races, then about to come off,
Quite in the way of a Jest this was
actually done. 1t would be such fun,
certain Jolly unler-editors thought.
But to keep matters all straight, and
get proper account Of the races the
young man who regularly reported
such things was sent as usual. lgnor-
ant of this, the intrepid Mildly Nor
gan wrote out her story of the famous
races and sent it TO the paper. The
regular reporter sent his. Then it
was that tile joke turned, Miss Nor
gan's account was used Instead of the
regular reporters. 1t was in the ma
lure of a stunning surprise to the pro-
prictors. 1t was 50 we'll written, SC
full Of spirited life, and showed such
entire acquaintance with the subject
that from that day on this brave Cir
found no trouble in getting work.
She was sent everywhere to report
! IA irs and horse races. That was hei
| GtHuldT WI lOl lllduN Cils, W uCl
she exchanged it for live stock report
ing. She now only reports the cattle
market. New York drovers call hel
the best judge Of horned cattle in thu
country. She can tell the weight of ;
beef Oh foot in the twinkling Of al
eye. There is this pkculiarity abou
her, that whatever work she under
takes she does it better than anybod!
else. That is why she succeeds s.
well. She now reports the cattle mar
ket for some four New York paper:
She has saved her earnings and is quit
well-to-do.
"lIumph! she ought to be-" said al
impertinent young lady with pin
cheeks and banged hair. "She ough
to be rich. Two thousand dollars
year and no clothes!"
The young lady did not mean i
literally. She only meant to allud
to Miss Morgan's simplicity in dress