The Springdale news., 1888-11-02
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CHAPTER IX.-eoSr1srED.

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 Allen toolithe roll of Ms. and after much trouble unrol1ed and smoothed 1t out so it could be read. An amateur manUscnpt may usually be recognized by being rolled So tightly that the editors patience is c.,- hau,tcd before he= can getit i'll shape To read. Frequently ythe manuscript ls rejected without beng read for this very reason. Tho manuscript contained only Il feW news items, as follows:
 Mn EnIIER: Not haYin' seen any thinst rum Billy Grtctl2talYi thot that woula rite#a fu lines fur yu. Times are good hars. Crops is spleaa Il, aa f4rmers uEOat dun ltoT!n' corn. Ton Drigg, fell and Dyoee his arm last sunda. Jim ioacs tux mat SIiFers to meatin' lat week. We have nectta again at Inc school house. sam hcrr:a was hccrd cu3siH the other day, bekase soinc leiler had his OK yoke. Sam had Letter bring back tho corn l.alfe he Dor 1erel irEsa Eac last year, when l Huz&at at tome. Had aaacc last week at Bart DaFises rousa. Sol S2altA WAS thcr2, he was s2 tell l. bumped h.s head agin the Iist. Si he'd 50 much tocn Iu3te he made tha floor crac'S Stiza VII zzcr. ti. L." Who wrote tais2" asked Al.en.
 ''I d.d-won't t do"
 II .,less so, if it is not so personal a5 to give ofTcnsc to any one"
 On no, no, it's jast all a joke, that's All.
 Are you g subscriber for the papcr.'' No, how .aueh k |, Ii ya3'll put that :iece in, l believe I'll sign fur t.
 It is one dollar and fifty cents per an nun
 But how much i, | fur year.2
 ''Oae dollar aad tiffy cents. -
 Tho citizen from BnlF's Creek had only aftg cent5, but he promised to bring ia the aalance next tlao he came, and Il country
 
 |ecially when Ee gets onc-third cash.
 The coantryman was gone. and Allen was atriYing. bY toll, to drive away the sweet, sad image of that beautiful face which had :u.do such wonderful impression on him. ahe' the door op2acd. and this time 1t was be ambitious politician, Tom SimmOnS, who entered. No thunder cloud Was ever dartlcr sada Smmous' eountcnaucc.
 Be seated, Mr. Simmons,' said the suitor, calmly and politely.
 No, sir; l don't want to set down. V srowlcd the politician, nervously lingering como stereotyped advertising plates that JAY on table near.
 Very well knowing that storm vas coming, Allan determlncd to Iaectit boldly, snd continued VT ting away at his desk. "Therc's soscthin' want to say to you, n :ad the politician, in q voice somewhat saskv.
 What IS it, Mr. Smmons!" He did not look Tp, but spoke ia q manner as impcrturbable fS if he were discussing some ordinary mat sGrs, and knew nothing of the swelling vol Iano at his back He was cooincsS itself, llerc was not the slightest quiTer ia his toIcc The total indifference of the editor vas somewhat embarrassing to the angry Politician.
 Mir Simmons cleared his throat, and bracng his ner1es for the terrible ordeal, in q voice still mora husky, sad:
 'Pm satisfied n:,s that you are playin' me treachery'
 Then you don't asieve what I say on the Eatter@
 No, 1 don't"
 Allen retained lns temper, and as cooly as if he was merely taking down items of f,.ws, continued 10 write. He was very b7sy After few tloments he sad:
 ',So you accuse Id6 If trcachery:a
 '.Yes, I do. You 7romiscd nc to stand by me for the Lcgisla.ur, and the rinnit I'm away from here, there comes that internal Strong, and you arc connlvln an con- niYin, an no one knows what III the World, yer up to, only I know yer settin' up some kind O I job on me- Yer playin' off on me an I know it."
 The editor made no answer but wrote steadily on until he had finished, and then eoolly pressed his blotter upon his p&pef.