The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-15
WHY He FAILED.
Gould Explain the Tariff, but Browning
was 100 Much.

was 100 Much.
From, the Ne,c York Eue aino Sun.
reporter was much surprised to Iun VI
against a friend whom he supposed was by thi:
time successful newspaper man in the bound
less west.
The young man had left the scenes of hi.
youth shortly after the memorable blizzard OF
last March, and had taken up his stand in sinai
town in Arizona where he founded and con
Quoted model paper, literary IN character and
journal received by his friends at home had
been accorded most generous praise, and it was
universally believed that young b had finally
settled down to life of usefulness.
II was therefore with much surprise that the
reporter met him on Nassau It Get the Other
day, seedy of dress, his counteuance sickle d
Ger with the pale cast of thought"
Hello B. said the reporter, when did
you get back? / thought you were illuminine
the boundless west with the light Of your in
tellect?''
Yes, / was thought was doing something
for the cause of education, but thought wrong
got back last night"
Whom did you leave in charge of the
paperY"
I'm charger Ha, ha! That's good" rejoined
B. Then in slow, measured tones he added
The sexton is in charge OF its remains pre-
sumo"
rs it dead?"
1T is. Died OF violence on the 9TH day OF
August, 1885,
Violence old mann"
''Violencel and extremely violent violence at
that"
''Mners?"
Yes The miners killed it, and nearly killed
me in the bargain"
81 thought you wrote home that it was boom
ing, and that your circulation was large, and
that the advertising was"
II did. did. And it was until one unhappy
day | overstepped the bounds of prudence
and"
You didn't libel any one, hopef"
mo. didn't with I had 7 co,lld hava
explained that. But one day in July reprinted
the prologue OF Brownng's "Parleyings with
certain People" just to show the cultured
classes Of the town of Coffinville how Browning
wrote. l got it up in nice shape and issued the
paper as usual. A day or two later commit
tee of prominent subscribers called upon me
and asked me to explain the first stanza, wherein
Apollo says:
Flame at my football, Parnassus Apollo,
Breaking blaze on Y topmost peak
Burns thence down the Gepths-dread hollow.
Haunt of the dire ones. HASTE They wreak
Wrath on Admetus, whose respite seek.
We'll, tried to explain it, but with indiffer-
ent success. The committee interrupted me in
the middle Of my clucidation and requested to
You with the spindle grant birth. Whose in
ducement
But yours-wi niggardy dgits-endears
To mankind chance and change, good and evil!
Your shears
And you explained:'
No" said the ex-journalist. sadly. THAT
is tried to: but 1t was 100 much for me. |
couldn't do it. The committee took off its coats
and wanted to know if thought that COM
munity was Of the sort to stand any - fakes. >
laSsured TEEN it wasn't fake; that Brown
Inc wrote the lines as tley stood.
"UnfortunatrIy they wouldn't believe 1t I'M
ess would produce Browning and get him to
substantiate my statement, aud before had
Chance to say that the poet lived in England
chey had returned verdict that had been
,'lil.y Of paiming of some Of my own -
1b.cure drivel Oh them and taking pay Tor il ,
sn.i rcss! we'd the full penalty Of the law
What happened?'
That don't know. When opened my eyes
a:ar Wa bound east. From the appearance
Of my clothes beneve the paper died bard and
.uy o.dl wunier IS that didn't go with ii.
in sorry it failed just as t did, because l wa
..sttiql, up dandy Christmas number, which /
AiGk wond have been appreciated. HIt per
raps it's just AS well as it is. I'm home again
and what writing do now is published on some
20 ~ else's responsibility"
"Oh well said the reporter, there's consola-
lion in tie thought that the good die young If
your paper had been bad it would have lived. =
That's true-but what an Internal sinner l
must have been to pull through"