The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-24

way you had become a chmm of his, Not that you ever associated with him intimately but he had done you favor once, and that gave you claim on hlm that no esiitor has ever been known to disregard He couldn't if he wanted to, you reasoned. il wouldnt be protes- sional
 So when vour friend. the city official, asked YOU to see vour friend, the editor, and make him desist from the expos ures of the frauds in that office you gladly consented You didn't care So much to help him aS to show your power over the man you had obtained control of So YOU went on the errand with light heart and >mirk of conscious tri- umph
 don't know what occurred III the editorial room during the interview, but this much doNnow. At the club that night you didn't speak Ia the editor and ;he attacks didn't cease, You were no longer friends Why? simply thls friend C N the editor knew you.
 Dear me how the instances pile up. once disguised as D-like the shrewd old donkey under the lion skn-You again boasted of vour acquaintance wlth the. editor Your wife knew his wife, and you met him one evening al U put- lie reception That is the Way this in troduetion was obtained. lou had a bill you wanted To have passed by the legislature which would make you rieh at the expense of the taxpayers.
 So Mrs. p gave a dinner and the ed itor was guest Ah there i~ where you had him He ate your dinner, drank vour winc smoked your cigars and listened one whole dismal evening to your dreary hahble about politics amt other public matters about which you know nothing. but think you know all. After this dinner you knew Vou had the editor in the language of the phllo>o- pher in hole He had accepted Nour hospitality and now you owned him body and soul. l. l, true. he didn give vou a deed for hi, paper the next day. but this Was not necessary eu owned it all the same
 You called on him one pleasant Win. ter day and broached Nnur scheme l wish there were words in the English language to express Nonr horror and ama1cment at the result of yoar talk But can find them and have looked pbSii tNp 'ttN t4'llstl l'N ttit'' ~ ~ VI the cncvclopwd.a The vcrua, ular. friend D.. k strangely deficient in some particulars and some day We must pre- vail upon our friend the editor. h rem cdv this defect.
 He didn't h"ip yor scheme5 Nc he didn | II appears he knew you too
 There iS one more instance and l am done. This time you skipped half the alphabet and chose e for your name, hut penetrated your disguise at q glance You knew the editor like Il brother, so yua said You had met him at d -hanquet, and before thu evening was over you Were on tolerably social terms The next day you told evtryon" what devilish good fell the editor was. didn't hear him make any re mark about you. but that didn tre>traiu your ,'tfnsive affection from expressing itself
 A few day, later happened to he in the editor room when you called You had told your friends that you could get anything Nou wanted from tine rl- itor, and yup started out to prove Il by this visi; The editor was busy when your card came in
 @? reflected the editor as he glanced at ,hr rastcboard what sort of d look ing man k he?
 Dark tall wears a beard and squint- in his left eve replied the office boy
 Oh yes answered the editor n, he threw the card into the waste basket " Tcll him am too busy to scc-vi-jt..r>- to-day Have him write what he wants and mail it to me and call again sonlc hnc next year.
 Do you know him2 asked ,- the boy lett tine room
 Know him? l ,houll say did lI~ is the inehriatel idiot who sal next to me at the banquet the other night
 1 don't mention these instance, tn hurt your feelings friend K simply tp tell you that while you may know the editor tn, acquaintance l. often recipro- cal. You know him and he knows Nou
 >.h, = Ner York Graph,c