The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-04-24
They Know tle Editor.
By Benjamin Northrop.

Fix it for you?" observed K Of course will. can do it as easy aS winking. No trouble at all should he delighted know the editor and he will ito anything ask him to
 So, so. You are going to fix it. are you, \. old boy? And il won't be a particle of trouble bccau>, you know tine editor Su You to, sa you do; and friend K, what k great deal more to the point, he knows you He knows you like book. Let me see. where did the editor meet you first? Ohi yes l have II now
 You were boys together in the same country town. Perhaps his father was a poor man and yours was the county judge Perhaps you wore tailor-madc clothes at school and his wore home spun and patched You didn't know him in those days, Mr. K, for you were rich and he was poor. After few wears your father died and you went into dry goods store as clerk while the ed itor went to the city and became newspaper reporter Not many years afterwards he was the editor of the paper. for the editor had what you al ways lacked friend N,-brains When he went back to his native town, short time ago, a rich and prosperous man-oi- the-world, you knew him then, just as easy. And you would have resented with indignation any reference to the old times when you didn't care to know him Don deny it, for you know you would
 Yes, you know the editor N there is no doubt about that but when vou visit his office and trS to fix it for your friend you will find friend N that he knows you too and don't believe you will find it as simple an operation as you imagine. If you don't agree with me, just try it and sec
 You have tried fixing things with the editor before. Yes you have If you have forgotten them, will remind you. Some years ago you wanted him to give you three or four columns of his news paper to puff your friend Jones for the office of alderman of his ward You went by the name of B that time. But you were the same old K you always were You knew the editor, the same as you did this time. But you made his acquaintance differently You met him at a political convention. You were in- troduced to him at the hotel, and you insisted on his taking a drink with you on the strength of the introduction Then you gave him d cigar, the flavor of which has never left the editor since that day, and never will so long as his memory of bad odors lasts You spent ten minutes with the editor telling him wAat great man vou.wcre, and ali tha; evening you told your friends that you d Il tl knew the editor" You have hoasted of it ever since. Don't ask me how l know because shall not tell you But 1t Is true all the same.
 You remember the time you volun- teered to visit his office and give Jones a boom Jones thanked you gratefully for the favor and you posed for time as beneiactor for it was not the editor who was going to render the obligation but you F.. the editor friend. An, B. old boy. that was a sly dodge Come confess. now, didn't il strike you then that you were a pretty sharp old fellow to pull the wool over the eyes uf Jones and the editor too?
 But il didn't work Somehow when you reached the editor office and men tioned your plan, he seemed to object to 1t. He didn't say much, but the next day he printed an editorial riddling Jones. and your nice article was empted out of the waste basket into the waste paper bag.
 Do you want to know why you failed We'll if you won | mention il to living soul, l Il tell you. The editor knew you That was the reason.
 Then about month ago you tried 1t again Let me see what was your name on that memorable occasion? oh yes it was C. You might fool other people who were not SO we'll acquainted with you as l, but you couldn't deceive me. l knew you were the same old x. the moment 1 saw you You met the ed itor at the club. One night you gave him light from your cigar and this led to few sapient observations upon the prevailing weather From that moment you knew the editor So you said to your friends, and of course you wouldn't prevaricate about a matter of this sort.
 One day shortly after this friend of yours got into some sort of financial trouble and you asked your friend, the editor to publish his side of the case, which he very kindly did If you ever had any inward doubts about your acquaintance with the editor at first this dispelled them forever. Not only