Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-27

masses 0: manuscript s:ith fapit.ty that
was nothing short Of miraculous. IL made
Lynn alrn7st giddv to watch him. Sheet
utter 81 Get was cTump!e, up and tossed into
the w5sfe-beske:. bundle after bundle was
uafo'dei. its contents read, and apparently
altered and condensed. and so dispatched up
ward. Very soon the table was partially
cleared. Lynn had sat for nearly an hour,
SILENT idle and wondering. Keep your band
well on the copy, Susjen.' said peremp
tory voice beh nd him. Lynn turned and
saw Mr.. Mallory. 'Su.ien, give Mr.. Lynn
something TO do. will ysG. by-snd by; me
OF he paragraphs What are YOU se:tinsf
Gladstone. Hes culning in on two wires,
said Mr.. Susdeu, going on STEADILY with his
his work. 'yaughan's at Kim be added.
'Ah. all right. What are they taking in the
next roomT Crisis in Paris Very good
I'm going 10 write about that. Tell them 10
send it TO ne. Now. remember. Susden, the
measurement is high already; sit well down
on the eopy. Just keep him going, that's all
Keep your hand on it Mr. Susden. TO
whom this Injunction was delivered lightly,
answered no word and the eiitor departed
TO his room. Lynn wa struck with tie diff
ference between Mr. Naliory's manner
within and without the Office. Without, te
discoursed in a style of slow volatility and
treated his listeners. to what mic ht be term Il
a species OF ornate imIertineuce. Within, he
eschewei the e: i;rammatic: was curt, unsf-
fected ami thoroughly practical he spoke
sharply and quickly, and even dis
pensed with arching his eyebrows.
Look here, Mr.. Lynn said Sugien, after
a tims, You might take these -iins.esT
and cut them dcwu about half. Put them
right, you know, and give the different para
graphs headings Doa't bother over them
they aren't worth much 10 "a You III an
| am 10 improve the style, If can, AMI
abridge them: Jus: 50. We've got TO
boil everything down 10 the tare bones to-
night. Fire ahead, cut and rarve-yon1l
soon come into TIE thing Lyna took the
"fiimsies the thin, gray .,istling n ITS Of
kilograms. which ho had seen Sugien d s.
posing Of with such apparent ease. lie de-
ciphered them with extreme difficult. The
composition was certainly worGy and
slovenly. Lynn questioned if il were
possible to correct and coldense the
paragraphs without rewriting each. and
plainly. there was no time for that. How
Suyden could deal with these shsets Us lie iii
seemed irexplicable 10 Lyan- How long it
took him 10 real, correct, and Curtail these
'flimsies, he never knew: bu. be knew that
he had never had such hard time in his life
before And this wes stio-eGiting, this was
Journalism, in none II his Visions had Lynn
ever prefigured anything Tx this Lynn a
last returned the p!rrgra phs to SGg len with
some diffidence-'i Il nj know if they are
right. yet he .ai' 'ch. You'll Scon DO
fully; you'll drop INTO IL You are
too particular. yOu know. We haven't
time to cut tine stuff down that way Here
Eugten took one OF the paragraphs. drew
his pencil down halt the sheet, wrUte two
words at tho top and sent II from him. An
other. which Lynn hal almost entirely re
written, and that with II, small care, h. had
the pleasure If seeing confined - the fast
filling basket. with the remark that it was
worth nothing ut all Sug Ten gave him
another batch of 'nimSes,' with which lie
suffered and toile,l as he hal with the foTner.
Now and then reporter would enter ard
talk To Sugden, who answered without raj
ing his head or ceasinS 20 ply bis pencil Ut
.he conversation distracted him gr.eyous.y y.
"OverSct' means when more matter i
compo Ell than the payar VIII holt. Down
came tn" night foreman. frantic AMI reri,h-
ing. his :hiTt-sieeve' rolled above al lib lws.
The paper i over>et. n cried. You se3
what you have done So-. then, what AM
| to do. Tel me How am 10 &c; TO press,
j knew no" IL HOuNl illS WY Tue c'iF
has teen coming up, Do you wan; this "a
per out tomorrow. or do you not: What
am to take off When are You coming W
to show me. Then the cl.tor entered
You've done it again h sail. You've gone
and over set the paper. boic you re happy
now Get down ali the copy that's gone out
Of this room in the last half hour, CT.
II down at once. | say. and cut Il
to pieces. Tear that copy into ribbons
SugCien. Put every one Of your id para
Graphs into lines. do you understand, literally
INTO lines How is he u get II press il vo,,
20 Oh in this way. This is not Suh-editin-.
s,uCien: ploughElan cou.i sui-edit Is well
with pitchfort Have'atI been telling rou
a night to SIT wei! down on THAT COW, Il,
mpnstrous-simply monStrousn NJ. 5 "lel
than whom an ADLER sub-eiitur never sat al
a desk. and who was not in point 81 fact.
responsible for the overseeing of TIE p1reT,
rose with an unmovei face and proceeded
upstairs TO see what re could take of
Tie foreman FOL, L. stil pr, phesyir-
lark things The editor continued 10 rail
a,ain>, his staff in general, in terms which
slowed equal disregard for Lvnns prcSercs
AMI for the religion Of humanity.