Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-12-01
ono OF nurdc,te,s Moving Tales.

SIM rarely sbinas in orr latitude. and
night has everything its own way with
n clror field to itself
Codnev Stieblpen sat at his table in
the sauctiuo of the lEoyuj,,o TaDiJoree,
hi, idle ucucil in his listless fingers. and
his aching head resting upon one weary
hand. he SOLITARY hell in n distant
stccple has lust tolled am. There was
II famine of COPY on the hook, and the
echoes OF the clamors of inappeasablc
compositprs came nimhliug in ghostly
caderc,s down the speaking tube. and
ONCE fine snrcosIic tones of the foreman
voice penetrated the dismal sanct,,m
conypyf Nc to Mir Stiehlpen the entirely
superilnGus Information that this "was
not an afternoon paper" and further
more that he .swould like to 90 to press
before the men went to dinner" Mr.
Stiehlpon siohed heavily. and in an alb
stracttd manner TUNED over the closely
written pages of his notebook.
For TWENTY-FIVE wears he had sat at that
table and praised everything that ever
came within fifty miles of Shawnee town.
Horses. llrl.dngs. new houses. minstrel
troupes, new goods. lectures, eminent
ctizrps big radishcs tall corn. long
iunrs. aprpcbcs brass bands. imported
cows. lime walters. new road wagons.
fancy rat. $. concerts. fairs. hops and de-
batting societies. He had noted the up
rising of the eminent citizen, and oh
served his living down he watched his
COMING and going. and tonight he was
weary He had written up two speeches.
n social hon. n uine-huudred-dollarh orse.
an imported PIG. new fence. n big egg,
srvdntecn-pollnd tumor, IL lecture, ana
here was n concert to be written up. He
knew what delicious matter this was.
H know that woe waited upon his foot.
steps if he failed TO notice each perform.
er at length and in perfect detail. Wrath
and dennnciation hoycrcd above his head
ready H. fall in one DESTROYING deluge il
lac said ANYBODY sang or PLAYED better
than ANYBODY else. How cotlld he meet
the father OF the yo1,np lady who wore
the expensive dress on the stage. and vet
GOT Il notice four lines shorter than the
shocmaker's daughter who had nothing
In the world but her voice to commend
her to public notice? How could he lool
Miss Uppercea in the face when in Iii.
description of her exquisite rendition O
Monastery l;ells' he forgot, or perhap,
with malice aforethought Intentional,
omitted to mention the cost of her dia
mouds? He sighed ms he remembered
how often he had been through all this
md her, if was nun n'clncl in tbn morn
ing, his hand WAS tired and his heat
uched, and the notes of his one lundre,
and eleventh concert wer, still echoiue
in his brain, and were waiting on In,
pages of his own notebook for his OWL
TRANSCRIPTION.
He rose and dragged from its dust,
shelf IN old bound volume of the Tam
Lorcc lvulicd over some of his old reports
with view of changing the dates an,
names and using them over. TO save tim,
and trouble MS he had often done before
But his hc,l was heavy and the concer
Of the previous evening differed in s,
many respects from all its predecessor
that he was forced TO abandon his labor
saving scheme. so dear to the heort n
the ambitious and painstaking reporter
Il have praised people for twenty-tw,
years, ;" lie muttered. again seating him
am not in the praisino Iumor to.nioLt
sigh for something new Nv lonoin,
soul aspires to originality. | had rathe
abuse n man n column thon puf' him te,
lines. Twill write ND these notes in
styl- that will have Mt least the merit n
originality. md will ploosc everybody VIII,
doesn't find his name in the noco, IN
morrow"
His pencil flew over tbe sbeets of ma
per like n walking match the sorcoit;
utteranca of the foreman ceased the dis
tant clamor of the intrllicent comnos;tnr
was husheJ. md only nav and tLen III
muffied rroans that came sally down IN
speaking tube told tbot some 1rinter wa
irving 10 decide whether n blot n lam
waving line. two dots md n dish W.
".5mmencenent "..commun;on " ..;no;n
Grafton. =" or "emancipoiinn Mr. St;eLI
pen laughed hoarseIv Ms he heard IN
eroans.
Howl foy copy. will vou 90 becbucllo
defantlv. mi give Won conv thot wi,
make your hearts sick"
And he wrote more wildly tbo, avo,
and only said "Ho. In ~ when war
came that the distracted nroof. roodor !;
the next room lind Lnngsd h;msolf
Next morning wbile (,o1f,o,, c,;o,l
pen sIcnt tLe T,,,Ln,,co ,ros n,,ono 'J''o 81
tbmsand Lsnny LreoLfost ta,,1pa ou1 ~ ~
WINS Turned XIX monrn;ng no aid Jn ro ~
inc md wniIiug md onasL;n,o my ~ t moi
The first tl,inp tho suhscr;hnrg roaJ w.
ss follows. 'e'' W"
A PnAyroM Hoss.-Bep Harrigop cam
NIL the wny to our Office Last oponino :
teil ns tLnt he had Incl raoo;'oJ 1ninS
nortod invertebrates thorougLbroJ frn,
ENGLAND. n mapulficont .,ennor VIII
roc0rd oi 0.05 tLot cost Linrp ,,;, w. IT,,
drel dollars. Wnrnock ot whose stahii
tLis maichless wonder il JonseJ ;nforn,