The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-03-24
AN AGGRIEvED CITIZEN.
He Pours His Woes Into the Ear OF Bill
Nye.
IN. Y. World

Nye.
IN. Y. world.l
On board dag coach of the great
trunk line running from the Battery
via Sixth avenue to Harlem | fell in
the other day with highly cultivated
old gentleman who now resides in
Brooklyn. Together we enjoyed the
delightful stretch Of dark red scenery
and advertisements which greets the
enraptured eye along this great scenic
route. Together we inhaled the thous-
aud odors of hot, sour alleys and damp
cellars, and together We looked into
second story rooms where poverty lay
painting in the awful heat OF the day
and now shut down with the night
like sitting garment. In our con.
versat;on he said:
II generally aim TO let the papers
alone if they'll let me alone, but when
first came here a friend of mine
brought me slip that he had cut out
OF a prominent morning paper in
which my name was used in a way
that made me mad; so | went right
down to the Office of the paper BE.
fore went told my wife about the
piece and that | was going to SIC
about IL. She saw that ( was excited
and became alarmed she hung nn tn
me quite while aud said she wished
l wouldn't go. We hid always got
along SO we'll. and since We bad been
married | had never killed anybody.
and she wished won j take her All
wise and not go, but was thoroughly
indignant and mad. So | went down,
and at the counter | asked 10 see the
editor.
The young man at the window
where | went was counting the words
in Want advertisement. and 1t was
long time before could get his eye.
Than he said in brief, cold way that
the editorial rooms were on the fifth
floor. / did not like his way, aud |
would have been glad to lick him if |
could have got over into his cage, bat
| couldn't. Then | went over to tie
elevator. was going TO ger 10, but
the elevator boy, who weighed about
nineteen pounds, put his aand against
my person and gently pushed me out.
"'You can't go upstairs without stat
ing your name and your business and
who you want to see. Here is card
that you can ill out
He said | would have to be explic-
II. If wanted the city editor, OF the
marine editor, or the literary editor,
or the polo editor, or the birth and
death editor, or tho scrapping editor,
| would fluid them in; but the manag-
ing editor and the telegraph editor
and the night editor aud the mirth
editor and the bathing editor were all
out.
Finally went in and found q
small, good natured man that CT uld
have handled without any trouble, but
when | stated my business ne said that
1t was not In his line at all, but that
ought to go to the city euitor. By
that time the city editor had gone 10
lunch. ! waited for him Till got SO
hungry myself that | thought would
fall apart.
"When be came he had about nine
teen men TO talk to all at once for an
hour or so; then he let me In aud
told him what the trouble WIS. He
didn't remem Der any such story 10 the
paper rs Ispoke about, but would find
out about it and see what reporter
handed it in. Meantime he would
advise me to write out a statement o.
my side of the case and leave it there.
He would Investigate the matter when
the reporters got in in the evening.
II went to long table and wrote
most all the afternoon on piece
which was not so scathing when got
through with it as thought il was
going to be, So tore it up. Then l
wrote another one. 1t was quite Bit
ter, but not so bitter as l wished 1t
had been, 1t had tame places in il
where il seemed to all ffatten out and
fail to get there. never suffered
mentally SO much in ny life, and now