The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-21

them there looking for you with shotguns.
They're making things happen around
them, / promise youl'
1t turned out rs he said. In my inno-
cent zeal TO do honor to the German ele-
ment, had unhappily selected words
which expressed to their ears the most
| pointed and humiliating ailront. The city
editors anger, however, was not proof
| against the pathos Of my situation, which
really was rather a serious one, although
my mistake affected him almost rs much
as II did myself in his capacity OF rcviser
or eXpungcr OF bad matter. lie was silent
moment, and then said: Look here,
old man, Pm for you; ! don't want those
rascals to do you up. Sneak up stairs, get
some paper, and then Wen go and mon
key with Fritz and get him 10 talk to his
plagued countrymcn." Fritz was Ger
man Il dare not say Dutch, even now
saloon keeper, much patronized by our
| office. Without going into details, let it
suffice to say that the purchase OF enough
| lager beer TO jaundice an elephant most OF
which | Clandcstlnely deposited in the va
| rious spttoons that adorned Fritz's floor,
an hour on two OF indcfaiigablo flattery,
| the expenditure OF nearly a months salary,
| and two columns Of explanatory matter in
the next mornings edition had the effect
| OF neulraliZing The banciul effects OF my
! temporary authority. | do not think We
! permanently lost single subscriber but
] never heard the last OF my Dutch
! Dancers
Tie next misfortune which fell upon MS
! had no hand in bringing about. The
! printers struck We were then paying 80
cents II 1000 ems; the union, however,
backed by two rival uaily papers, drew the
] line at 10 cents; hence the disappearance
OF our men. We tclegraphcd to Chicago
! for fresh force oil non-unon men, while
in the meantime every available man
about the Office was employed in some to-
tally foreign and uncleWn manner. We all
worked with will though and managed
! 10 get out some sort OF edition next morn
ing
Hearing that the new printers were on
| their way down, the manager, an odd, ST.
lent man whom no one quite understood,
put his lavoritc six-shootcr in his pocket,
and was walking oil 20 the station TO re-
ccivc them when the editor suggested:
"Ioud'd better take somebody with you,
q. You're likely TO have trouble with
those blackguarls"
Reckon not" dnwlcd the other, drift
ing, as he spoke, round the corner.
The railroad offices happened TO be
among the places visited every day in my
thirs, Tor news, and CHANGED TO arrive on
this particular day before the train bearing
the expected printers WIS due. The plat
form was crowded. with union men, all
more or less drunk, whose object in Assem-
bling there may be- easily guessed
was coming down from the offices
above the bridge when | saw the athletic
figure ui the manager sauntcrinC carclcssly
toward me. lie seemed to have BOUNCED
in during q III oi abstraction, or 10 have
blown ~, as they say IN the south. Ills
lucc bore an expression Oi quiet boredom.
lie never noticed me as passed him, aud
! should have probably gone ont had not
tho arrival OF the train attracted my attcn-
lion. Passengers began g. aight, negro
poricrs 10 rush about lot victims amid the
hurry and hustle, when, above the general
excitement, heard Tia loud voices OF the
| union mon as they made q rush Tor ono ui
the ears from which ! saw several men de-
! sucnding. lhcy were sure OF their game:
| the now printers would soon be brluddcd
| into thc fellowship OF the union A tain.
! straight figure seemed TO rise before them,
/ ANA something -honc IN his hand gs IL il
| had caught ,ho glitter from his eyes.
/ "StHnd back hc shouted. I'm Gl the
/ liut man thut intrr.rrrs with ms business
! 30 full u holes thg, hc won ho,dsmrks,"
M. iihcr Ut his zine figure tr.mblrd, not
q muscle OF his face moved as hr faced the
mob Of desperate men. They were all
armed, but up one seemed eager llr puI-
| i1mtiun. With quiet, almost sad smile
| lac turned to thc new mon, aakpd one
I a. 4.
few minutes later lac crrortcd them Ia the
office. Tina, night Sc had fall lu.,n.
Shortly after this utonl our candidate
WIS elected Governor The glutony ui
| Joy upon lh.. event caused our sheet tu
| break out with au eruption ui GROWING
/ 'uustpr' and other cuts illustrative oi
! oNul,nut mJ,aphu-, which m tie south
| generally iiutg expression Iu some animal
| type. ltWIs fortunate, indeed. that these
| symbols hilgi up the splau col several e4,-
| umuH, Tor otherwise | lHWlkNUUnUlinu.
! edition wgnlsS~hINc rTDn 'p.V,rm .rai-
lerni' Ia ihc way ui news. no, mlnreiu.
editor hHi sucyuuhgd tu tlu mingled jon.
tuNi,l,'un eft nptuv aud bis usu.l habits.
and wis "nid out boo I.dHn urun n
couch. with h,s lpli piliuurl uuun 4
tack col u1pur, What little writing lh.
r.iy editor accomplished had 90 In don.
with hs lglJ hand. his right being mra
IpscH',d on account ola ku.i' wound rr
,c.NuI while uuiuWuuug Zoo separate u.s.,
ruuiyuluu printers up stairs Ivory ON.
| else ,umrd ,u consider our success ls 1901
u,.u.y .ura glorious indifference, tu talbot
ui amy kind. while even the press duwt
Stair seemed Ca have caught tho prevail
iur irruN banging lud rlushinFuvus u.
it ntilrt uu au entire NuHh'- pis Cd. iuIi
lHut creatures with unprecedented 81,
IOritN.
Our Inflated sheet did not long sur,iy,
the delight ul -uryres mot NyIy ruHlk
able HH whom luu consider .Hmr ui tED
myls which have ,nuIlyl tu nos vIdrf.
A month ur two later DO collapsed. au.
ilu,t ul ua Who Dat survived ihp Wupi
without Hsiu physically cor morally urui
Inflated, oul.Uyl with more cfuiHb,
Iau"..
LIMO. II|N.E