Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-31

when he reached
the mature age of
fifteen his friends were young men and
maidens of eighteen and twenty 1t was
not surprising therefore, to those who
knew him best. to find him at twenty in
love with a woman of twenty-five. Yet,
with all his fondness for older people,
Rush Hurlstone was not a particularly
serious young man No one enjoyed life
more than he. and he enjoyed the gaye-
ties of life. too-so well. in fact, that at
one time his family had fears that he
might fall into fast ways and not realize
the brilliant expectations they had form
ed for him His father dying at the
close of the civil war. and neither of his
brothers seeming to realize the situation,
though both of them were older than he,
he left college and went to work at once
to settle up his fathers affairs Capt.
Hurlstone had nothing but his pay to
live upon and when he died that source
of revenue was cut off
The mother owned the house she lived
in at Farmsted. an old fashioned New
York village, but there were five chil-
dren including Rush, two older boys,
John and Philip. and two girls, who
were younger than he, Marion and Rosa
lind John was in the army with his
father as a volunteer He was an amia-
BILE, popular. selfish fellow, who found
his lieutenant's pay hardly sufficient TO
cover his own expenses, and quite made
quate To do anything towards meeting
those of the family John came home
with negro servant and two horses after
he was mustered out of service, and set
tied down to wait for something to turn
up Philip was studying law in Judge
Gums office in tarmsted and he in
tended to finish his course let come what
would There were still two years before
him, and some one must pay his ex-
penses-he didn't know who, and he
didn't care, SO long as they were paid.
The girls Il and Is years of age respec-
lively. had their education yet TO get
II Rush remained al college (he was in
the Junior class he realized that lie
would not only be putting no money in
the family purse. but would be depicting
that small treasury; So he came home,
fully determined to take advantage of
the first opportunity that should offer it
self
or all professions in the world he pre-
ferred that of journalism, and. The
Farmsted Free Lance being in want of
general utility man--one who could do
all the necessary reporting for weekly
paper, write the minor editorials and the
New York letter and think himself well
paid on a salary of $500 year-he ap-
piled for the situation and got it. There
was no competition to speak of. A crack
Drained auctioneer with a weakness for
Shakespeare made formal application
for the post but Editor Dwyer said that
the love of poetry was the root of all
evil, and he didn't want any one spout
ing Shakespeare about his establishment.
So the auctioneer returned to his block
and Rush Hur!stone entered upon the
discharge of his duties in the office of
The Free Lance with energy and enthl-
siasm, The journalistic sense--the news
sense-was fully developed in him at an
early age, and he easily filled the col
umns Of his Journal with original ac-
counts of the sayings and doings of the
good people of Farmsted. Before long
his local stories began to be largely
copied by the state papers, and The Free
Lance got a reputation that it had never
had before; the column of "Glittering
Generalities" glittered for the first time in
its history AS for the New York letter,
it would have astonished the New York
ers had they read it.
At the end of year Rush thought he
had learned all of his profession that was
to be learned on The Free Lance. There
was not department of the paper to
which he had not contributed. and he
had even learned TO 'stick type, that
he might say that he had done us
much in the way of newspaper work as
Franklin did Benjamin Franklin was
his hero. and he sincerely wished that
his father had named him Franklin,
instead Of after that other distin-
guished Philadelphian. Benjamin Rush.
New York was the goal towards which
his mind turned. and he determined to
try his luck at getting on paper in that
city. He had fully determined to sue
ceed in his profession, and he could see
nothing TO prevent success. How to get
his foot on the first step was the serious
question That once accomplished, he
feared nothing, for he had sublime
faith in the efficacy of hard work sup
ported by enthusiasm.
Judge Gum, who for country law
yer had quite an extensive acquaintance
in New York, knew man ON one OF the
great daiies. The Dawn, and gave Rush