The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
WHY HE LEFT.


 inviting when came to the o.A;e, said the religious editor of an apostolic paoli- cation. ''bu, came regardless Of invi'a- ,ion. entered the newspaper business al quite an early age, and soon became local editor of the Nashville Lisios. a paper that fiouriShed before the war. We had no reporters iA those seEni-~eekly days of Southern journalism. The local editor was supposed 10 gather all the ncss and write t in accordance with his own ideas. There vas no managing ed flor. The editor was too n ich occupied
 With polliics 10 pay any attention b news
 matters ss the local man. especially as his depar,men, was one ofs-condary con-
 sheraton. had comparatively easy tune
 and very poor salary. One nigh, went ou: ,o report the closing exercises of the
 Medical college. This was grea; even; n sosle,y circles. and the paper contain ing full accoan, was treasured by every one preseri. The political editor oonde scended ;o tell me lo make fah report for our mex; edition. which came ou, on the following morning. and impressed in no small degree with my mission. wen, forth 10 execute the grea, command. l had not gone vey far when me; party of friends. They recognized my im- portance and honored me accordingly, hni veniured 10 sugges, the pro2rietg of going into saloon and taking some- thing to drink. As ~as rather early for the ceremonies. went in and formed one link of circle around a decidedly conyivial table. We took several drinks. when l arose and declared that l must go. .S't down. said friend. .Wha, the thunder do you care for ! lot Of doctors: You've go, a programme. so what the difference whether you go or not, a, down again. and before could realize ho~ tune had flown. late hour had ariived. hurried 10 the o:ilc and from ;he programme wrote up glowing account Q: ;he exercises The editor read the pFaof and expressed him self highly grained with the aryicle. He be- ame so enthusiastic over l, that he declared hlS intention of increasing mv salary. wen; ;o my room. pleased with my self and saiisied with the world. l lay in bed and smoked my pipe with thrilling sense of pleasure. dreamed of fresh laurels, oi coming greatness AS a journalist. swoke with pleasant re- collection ofthe previous night. The ed flor words were fresh in my ears. would be a grea, lourn .lls,. The servan, en- tered the room and handed me the oppos,- ton paper. l held Il ;ar l moment and wondered f the poor fellow who wrote up ,he Medical college exercises had received such compliments from the ed iior aS l had swallowed I'll read the poor fellows report. l unused looked for double head bu, could not ind IL . Unequal 10 the occasion.' l though, Jus; then my eyes fell upon ,he following sensational paragraph 'oSing 10 the illness of Prof. Eve. the commencement, exercises of the Medical college. which were to have taken place las, nigh, were postponed l was stunned. reached for my pants. and drew them on in dazed way. lei, the room hurriedly. While l stood ai the foot of the stairs. saw my editor enter the front door with shot gun slipped around. climbed the back fence, sough, the suburbs. and medi,ated. knew that return b the city was certain death. had ID money. bu, started on foo, voyage.
 After months of weary walking l reached Arkansaw. where secured a sit uauon AS editor of reii sious paper Here cannot ioresiall events. The ,p-l goes ahead. Once heard ,ha, my old edi,or was dead and started on vis, 10 Nash vile, bu, hearing the report een;-adicted. l returned. Editing a religious paper may not be so sensational. bu, i, is much more safe