The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-17
LEN GauSETT.
BY OPIE P. READ.
CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XIX.
 With tirelcss energy and with daunt- less persistence Ned devoted herself to herworll She soon learned the boxes, but then it seemed that she was com pcllcd to encounter difficulties still more pcrplcNing. There were so many little things to remembcr such cXactness de manded, that the girl, scarcely able to correctly spell d word, except by closely following her reprint copy was some times tempted to run away, but it was only for d moment at time that her spirits would sink.
 Don't permit anything todiscourage you Len would say.
 won't but, Mir Len, l ain't got larnn' clnuli fur this sortcr bus ness.
 The learning will come. You can read better now than you could at first. z "Oh, vas, an spell better too; an after while ken talk better. study my hooks eyer chance git.
 That's right Why, just look, my proof is quite as bad ao yours and have had the advantages of education"
 Yes, but you-I don't say yer any mo, doI2-yeu ken sct-set--3
 Manwscript?9
 Yas, you ken set manuscript an l kain't'
 But you will learn after q while.
 know, but after while is SD long. Oh, not so very long You have only been at work here a little more than month
 Ycs, slpas SO. How l dc wish l could set type like Mr. Collins ken
 Why said the old printer without looking up from his work, you can beat me all hollow pretty soon. You have made wonderful progress, and it won't be loBg Mntil you can correct your own galleys
 I'll try ii now if you'll let me.
 No, most too early yet
 know m rarnin fast for at night l read to dad He thinks I'm the finest scholar he ever seen
 The P,'k0 increased in popularity and the circulation began to assume slow but steady growth.
 Collins Len one day remarked, :" l think that have at last found the busi- ness for which am suited.
 A man that's failure in everything else geia rally makes good editor, the printer ucplied There's a Memphis paper" pointing, that has copied one of your sketches
 Len eagerly took up the paper. Yes, here it is credited to the Pickd I'll take it home and show it to the old people. Here comes Colonel Bently Come in colonel
 Good hlorning said the colonel as he entered the office "Gansctt, he added, ss he sat down and placed his arms on \ pine table you are making an excellent paper, one that would re- fleet credit upon the intelli genee of any rural community
 !" l am glad you think so, Len replied. Look here exhibiting the Memphis paper
 ! Well. ] declare, said the colonel That's a first rate article and warrant you that it will go the rounds of the press. Ah, my dear boy, l knew that was not doing wrong in establishing you here. How are you getting along, Miss Hobdy?'
 Ned blushed and replied that she was getting along very well.
 What are you doing now2
 Correctin' galley" she replied
 ' She sets first rate proof, consider ing her length of time at the business, said Collins. I'm going to put her on manuscript pretty soon
 Not till l can read bettern I can now" the girl rejoined.
 "She is close student" said Len. " l have never before seen any one improve so rapidly. have realized one thing: that printing office, even though it be small one, is a great school as far as it goes, and that its methods are practical although they are technical. studied punctuation at school, but I find that the printing office, in this branch espe-