The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-30
MILDLY Morgan.

New York Letter to Cincinnati Commercial
A woman can do things n would
least expect q woman TO accomplish,
if she sets her head to 1t. 1t was my
happiness last summer to see q lady
in New York city who has succeeded
nobly in a career few women would
adopt from choice.
Her story reads like q romance.
One day, near twenty years ago 1t
must have been, a lady landed from O
ship in New York harbor. She had
come from owe sea to make her for
tune in the United States. When she
left the ship she had a s~ixpence, and
no more in her pocket. She dropped
it into the seamen's charity fund. Tic
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 o letter was Horace Greedy. She
wa admitted to his private Office and
presented her note, likewise a 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 q very lady-like
and earnest way that she could report
horse races and agricultural fairs
Horace Greedy never could understand
o joke, or he would have seen one
here. Also, he had q sort of general
contempt for the female intellect, and
he probably saw In the young lady
before him q mild sort of lunatic. Ho
merely glared at her over his specta.
cles.
From that day to this Miss Morgan
has steadily declared that there was
only n person in America she thor.
oughly detested, and that was Horace
Greedy.
ale iS The mcancst person I aver
saw" said she. "IIc never even asked
me to take q scat"
The great editor dismissed the as
piring young woman in short order.
But somebody about the office, whose
the story and thought it would be q
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 under-editors thought
But to keep matters all straight, and
get q proper account of the races tho
young man who regularly reported
such things was sent as usual. Ignor-
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 the joke turned. Miss Nor
gan's account was used instead of the
regular reporters. 1t was in tho ma
ture of q stunning surprise to the pro-
prietors. 1t was so we'll written, so
full of spirited life, and showed such
entire acquaintance with tho subject
that from that day on this brave girl
found no trouble in getting work.
She was sent everywhere to report
70 IRIS and horse races. That was her
| regular work for many years, when
she exchanged it for live stock report
ing. She now only reports the cattle
market. Now York drovers call her
the best judge of horned cattle in tho
country. She can tell the weight of a
bee1 ON foot in the twinkling of an
| eye There is this popularity about
| her, that whatever work she UNDER
takes she does it better than anybody
else. That is why she succeeds so
well. She now reports the cattle mar
ket for some four Now York papers.
She has saved her earnings and is quite
well-to-do.
"Humphl she ought TO be" said IN
impertinent young lady with pink
checks and banged hair. "She ought
to be rich. Two thousand dollars q
year and no clothes"
The young lady did not mean 1t
literally. She only meant to allude
to Miss Morgan's simplicity in dress.