Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-06-30
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~ WAS HtAiiN UhDi lh 0Aib dIIAAiiis
All WIS still c.cept iheticking Of the
clock above the chief editor desk
which clock, By the way, bad never
been known TO keep the right time for
the last five years land the scratchi
scratch scratch OF the pens of our tal-
ented and intellectual stan, as said pens
travelled quickly over the white paper
pages.
Suddenly the door opened.
a Stranger appeared
II was stranger Of the male species
a mild and apparently innocent stran-
gor. whose clothes, from their general
vaeuoness Of lit and inadaptability to
form, seemed 20 have been made by
some country carpenter
He ouened tue door softly and ob-
truded himself in as ii be Was not quite
certain rs 90 whothcror not he bad ar
rived at the right place.
Good day remarked he, with a
smile which seemed 20 embrace the
whole otffce even down 70 the bare
armed and dirty-faced printers devil,
who Las complacentiy sleeping upon a
pile of old exchanges, waiting for
copy which in his heart OF hearts
he wished might never be ready"
Our head editor got up.
Our head editor took ageneral recon.
Roissanee ef Tho stranger as lac adj
yanced. II was not certain in our head
EDITORS mind who the stranger was.
he might bA q BeW subscriber be might
be the advance agent of q circus; he
might be a Deputy Sheriff; or, worse
tlian all, be might have a small bill
against one ot nHr stat.
Therefore our head editor, who is a
born diplomat. adopted a line OF policy
which was entirely non-committal.
"fIow are youg' said he.
As The stranger smiled again.
'Aa''Well. thank you.N was his reply.
''AFe YOU the editorg
Our head editor calenated up the
questioner, and replied that he was.
his bold avowal was prompted by the
fact that our head editor gatheredfrom
his calenlation that. il needful, he could
prove himself the muscular superior Of
the stranger, or, in yernacul.r, '1ick
him. sH
The stranger seemed pleased.
"tilad 70. knaw yOu.' said he; II
have q favor 70 ask Of sou"
A dreadful suspieion occurred 10 our
head editor Perhaps the stranger was
some lVug-lost BROTHER, or some fellow
quill-dri{er, who desired TO borrow
IuoneY of him Rut the blissfrl thought
that he did not have any money any
way reassurud him.
.'Well. sir, asked he. a
The stranger hooked around. There
seened q mystcrY attending his look,
lie d 4 not aJpear 10 he desirOas OF
being ubscrFel.f a @
~ eth whispered he, Il want to see
tha bOod.stained oiubie
f'I'lc leiafg gasped our head editor.
s'1he blood sta ned club
..What erg you talking abontP'
The stranger pplIeii out a paper II
was dirty paper, a paper creased and
foideds aud bearing signs OF hals han
dred eadin6g ~ - ~
He antolaed the paper so that its
headin@Was yisibiea 10
The Oshkosh Var Hhoop." read
he. 'sIhis.4 believe. Is the publca-
ton oiiiee Of ihe Oshkosh Var lKhoopy
',Yes. siFs1 replied onr head editor.
"Well here is week before lasts
number I'm one coluuhn you say: Yes
terday gaunt yafith arrived with q
poem called 'Sprihg. spring, beautiful
springV He was tue inst of the brood.
and we hope he viii be the last We
brought ont the blood stained cub, ahe
club We use Tor poets, and without 9
groan, without sigh, he sank down 4
5 deadr Was not that printed in your
paperPn
= Yes. SIR ais.
Then, as said before, want "a
SEQ the blood,stained elubN
Our head editor laughed. II wa'
nota merry laugh. but laugh whose
accents Of glee seemed but . feeble
niockcry. sEs