The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-01-05
Who the deuce arc youi' Inquired
the city editor, looking up from his

Who the deuce arc you1'' Inquired
table.
"1'm Samson with my locks shorn.' y
replied Frank, "but Samson ARonistes
after all. Here's the full and particu.
lar account of the great Tomnoddy
wedding. two and q half columns at
the very least. While I'm writing
it up, you'd better give these out.
Here's the list Of the people in church,
and the pews they sat in;
here's the list OF presents. and the
donors; here's the menu at breakfast.
I'll have the speeches in full at table,
list of guests, everything In q little
while. The Blazer is ahead of all
creation. It's q great beat. Now
don't bother me. / must work.
'Well," said the city editor, "that'a
all right; but you've made q frightful
guy OF yourself"
Frank wrote vigorously, and threw
off his copy, and then as the galley
proofs came in, composed q flaming
head. a copy OF which he sent down.
stairs for the bulletin.
Mr.. Macaulay had been called away
on some business. When he got back
he found the street blocked up by q
dense mass of men and boys waiting
for the issuing of the first edition. He
pushed his way through the mass, but
paused at the bulletin board to read
the following:
THE Tomnoddy- Toploity nuptials-The
event OF tho season-Complete list Of
guests-Recherche costumes-$1O 90, 600 in
bridal gifts-Speeches at the wedding
breakfast"-The "Blazer'' defies competi.
tion!!!
When Frank came downstairs he
found q note in the Office. All it said
was: "Come and dine with US at
O'Clock this afternoon"
U.S." Happy day. He got home,
dressed himself, and was at Macau.
lays house in ten minutes before time.
Grace uttered little scream, and in.
dulged in q slight pout.
THAT lovely moustache!" she cried,
ruefully.
eth grow again." replied Frank.
Frank then told how he had effecte d
his purpose, while Grace. leaning on
her father, gazed at her lover, much
as Miss Desdemona might have done
at General Othell0.
Macaulay simply said:
"You will make great newspaper
man. You have the first requisite.
Your cheek is simply colossal"
"Only the modest assurance OF con-
scious WORTH" replied Frank.
~ tell you what Grace" said the
old man, as they went in to dinner,
''you'll have to keep a sharp eye on
this young fellow, when you two are
married. He'll always invent some
plausible excuse for his shortcomings,
and braZen it out with cool etEront.
cry"
But Grace only laughed, and Frank
echoed it. Such is the frivolity oil
young animals of the human species.
AS for the Tomnoddys and Toplot.
tvs, they had no notion how the thing
was done, but affected to be very an.
cry that it had been done at all. But
that was all sham. They were i'm.
mensely pleased, and among them or.
dered over a thousand copies for dis.
tribution among friends and acquaint.
ances. The account was so full, and
the description so brilliant. the speech
es so fine-Frank had altered their
syntax q ittle-that the paper went
of as fast as it could be printed.
The Grower people didn't affect
to be angry-they really were.
They showed their vexaticn by
limiting that the Tomnoddys and
Toplottys had furnished all the infor.
nation. That did them harm and
tho Blazer good,for it recognized tao.
lily the latter as tho "sassiety" jour.
nal.
But Frank and Grace at least were
happy. So at last was Mr.. Macaulay
Thomas Dunn English in the Epoch.