Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-10-19

upon this last point that the editor had
made He thought the statement
sounded very beautiful and very elo-
quent, and he mad no doubt but that 1t
was POLITICALLY correet,-but only poet
ically SO.
Have | not, said the editor, hunt
ed up tit-bits Of scandal? Have | not
pried as much as possible into peoples
private affairs for the benefit of the gem
eral public?"
The levil grinned, and winked know
ingly at the editor, and said that all
this wastoo true 10 be denied.
And finally, &" said the editor; ''have
| not during this cold and sleety wealth
er, stood upon the street corner, with
Inv p encil III one hand and notebook
in the other; and have | not watched the
beautiful, beautiful damsels, the airy,
dainty damsels, the rollicking, iovial
damsels, as they iauntily tripped over
the lev pavements. And when the
dainty heels of these iovial damsels had
flown up into the air, and these beau
tiful damsels have come down hard upon
the pavement, have | not given a
picturesque and minute account OF the
scere?"
The devil was 50 much impressed
with this part of the speech that he call
ed the iourneymen, and got the editor
to say it over again. The editor said IT
over again word for word, and the devil
and the iourneymen said it was the
finest piece of eloquence they had ever
listened To. They furthermore said
that they would swear before court
and jury that IT WAS every word
true.
This served to calm down the editor
very considerably. and he again took
his seat and engaged Ill contemplation
of his subscription bills. There were
great many for only one year, and
these were Sl.5O. There We're a large
number for two Years, and these were
3. 90. and there were some that had
even run for three Years, and they
amounted to Si.J0-that Is supposlnG
that in all of these cases, onl V advance
rates were charged. Then he cast his
eve over his books, and noted those
blessed subscribers who had paid III ad-
vance. These he found TO be more
than twice as many as all the others
together; but, rs we have before re-
marked, the editor had already spent
these. Though he gave them the best
affections of his heart, he fully ap-
preciated that he could not look TO them
for his supply of dried apples and turnips
through the coming year.
Now comes the tragic part of our
story. The editor after working over
his bills all day, went home to supper.
1t was nine o'clock when he sat down To
his evenings meal. This was his
usual time for suppiBg. As we have
said before, his turnIps were all gone,
and he had eaten his days herring for
dinner, SO that he only had three quarts
of dried apples left for his supper.
These he peacefully and serenely ate.
Some may he inclined TO think the
quantity OF food the editor consumed Is
overstated-that three quarts OF dried
apples was too muchf II his supper. In
reply to this, We simply state, that
editors have to eat great deal more
than other people in order to supply
their brain power.
Having finished his supper he pulled
his chair up to Sle fire. He had
borrowed two busliSls of coal that day,
and therefore had an uncommonly good
fire. Having pulled his chair to the fire,
lac turned his lamp low down TO save
oil. The turned-down lamp cast
twilight shadow oyer the room, and the
well filled fire cast out a comforting
glow of heat. These two conditions,
together with the fact that the editor
had eaten hearty supper, made him
feel little drowsy. Soon he lHpsed IN
10 that state which may be described as
not asleep, and not awake kind OF
half-and-half condition.
The clock struck ten and eleven, and
still the editor sat in the darkened room
and enioved the comforting glow of the
fire. The clock struck twelve-and as
the last chime died away, there was a
mysterious change that came over the
editors surroundings. His lamp went
ont and he was left in total darkness
His stove expanded and spread until 1t
became a mighty furnace of glowing
fire The flames roared and blaZed and
flashed until the editor tremhled IN
dread. Suddenly there sprang from
the fire a mysterious parsonage. 1t
WAS the devil. Not the editors own
deyil.-not the individual who did all
the dirty work in the office, and who
had to bear all the blame for bad spell
ling and other mistakes that occurred
in the paper. DO, no, not this devil, but
the real. SIMON pure, bona tide devil
the same that held intercourse with DIR.
Faust. some three hundred Years ago.
The printers devil, it viii he under
stood. Is only an imItatoa Of the real
devil. The editor glanced at his cloyen
foot. and immediately recognized him.
what may it please You TO want
asked the editor.
..You are poor said the devil.
Il am. " said tse editor.
you have subscribers what won
nav up. said the devil.
81 have. said the editor.
..Some owe you 81. 30. some owe you
-. 90 and some owe you $40, SAID
the devil g.,
..You state the case correctly said
the editor.
You would like TO lave all these
subscriptions. said the devil
Il would. -aid the editor.
You would like to be rich, SAID the
devil.
Il would. aid the editor.
NV friend. said the devil, Il vii
| Won asrich - Jim Gordon Bennett,
l nr, one condition.
And what i, the condition: asked
/ the editor.
..Simply tina, YOU viii serve me here,
/ and hereafter. 90 said the devil
Cant DO II. " said the editor.
The devil fro~ued At him for ihro"
inc auay such a good chance, but eam'
/ forward with another proposition
Give me the influence Of your Papell
Jnring vour lifetime said the dew
.and / viii guarantee yon ten thon'aii'
subscriber, Who shall pay you III
rromptlv the first Saturday IN ever!