The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-25
The Traveling Type Setter
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lie walked silently in. We knew :
 tae nemen. we raised our eyes and .e hIM s:an&igs there. In fac,. we had bee
 expecting h.nl he nearly always co.ae. when We are IF lust such strait 4-
 nee ,iag him. He always wears the sa. s:y.e oi cio;hes-coa, of one kind al. pants Q; another: he hasn't any vest: h shoes are wn-n ort and run down I: .he heeis and his ha, is battered and das;y There are spo:s of ink abou, his shi,. which hangs over his wais,band. and h. new paper collar Is the only fresh. wh :e thing abou, him. and it looks as ,hou-h he had jus; put il on with soiled fnge:.
 He Is pale. weak-eyed and premature, sray-haired; he looks as thou gh he hli never known regular hours, either .3t eating or sleeping, and he mus, have come thousands of miles, and been com. ing ever since he was boy. His star.in, point was so far away, and so long ago. that he has almos, forgotten when or where IL was; bu, we have an idea that |. mus, have been when his mother buttoned his little blue shirtband around his white boyish throat, put on his little white ha; and sent him to work in the printia. office. How proud he vas when he wen; home that first night anu showed his nea brass rule. and tells mother he had learne, al, the boxes, and has free ticke, to n. circus next week, and the editor gave him big piece of wedding cake, a pa-: ot which he had brought home for .he baby. and if he sets up a colu1.n ir ore Jay nex, week he can go fishing a Saturday. Yes. somewhere abou, the
 .t, 1f lourney. ana here he is now. perhaps;v
 thirds or the way. He asks: Wa, the show for si, :: We give him a eas= and oy and by he says he feels fa.s
 and asks II we can, lend him qGa.:e he hasn't had any breakfas: yer. N- know his weakness. and. as we need : work. we 5o down wi:a him and orc. some breakias; for him a; the neale, restaurant. When he comes back
 looks happier and better able so wo,
 la the evening. when he goes ,o l.. ;ri5g:lrs h;s case. he recoaa,s the hislo. 0, his la,e places of employment: !: knows the circulation and amour.
 business of every paper IT the state. ar
 cs: why the D:stii4h suspended. aa why :ae df,'e.ifs sold ou, to the Csat- ;e''. lie Is well acquainted with the ua- known editor of the TtuHiersy. and l.. trends on the editorial force of al ;he leading journals of the county By an oy he whistles low an air from the Itai.a. opera. and in reply to a question answe., with Latin quotation. He stays VI
 US week. and we grow to like him rla.- and more every day: he has read eves. thing from Shakespeare and Ruski..
 Mark Twain and Bill Arp: he know. more aaoa: our laws. national and s;a:e ;han the bes; lawyer in ,he city he : well acquain,ei with the life of even eminent person of his age. and Is De tect encyclopedia of current events. B. we eanno, afford to keep him any longe so we pay him of. and again he sta, or ,ha, long road that leads-no. home for he has none: no, 10 the soe.ea o. intelligent people like himself for O.. s.de of the printing office he is unknow5 maybe back 10 night work on soa. cty daily; or. if too worn and old :. that. rapid descen, from one coun:7 oHice to another. with whisky a. laudanYU for companions. to an -.a. marsG grave by some lonely wayside.