San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-02-15
ghe Dai1y Eight.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY. IS. 1899.

or perplexed man Of business"
But Mrs Wise still demonstrated "You
are mistaken" she said, ''in thinking that the
children do not need the daily paper. In
directly they do; l find great deal Of in
terest and instruction in our paper with which
TO teach the children. really hope you will
reconsider before actually stopping it.
II shall buy paper quite often, replied
Mr.. Wise "Of course a man must know
something OF what is going on in the world
about him. but | think daily OF numerous
pages quite unnecessary, and | must be al
lowed to exercise my Judgment in the mat
ter"
It is an old saying that the remark, "allow
me to Judge" puts an end to almost any dis
cussion. Accordingly Mrs Wise said no
more, but it depressed her to feel that the
friendly visits Of her favorite daily must be
discontinued.
At first Mr.. Wise carried home little thin
substitute for the old favorite nearly every
night, but by degrees even that came less
and less frequently When he boosted to his
wife that be really got the news almost as
completely as ever by watching the bulletins
and hearing men talk, she replied rather
dryly that men did have considerable advan
tage over women in the matter Of getting
news without paying for it They could
stand and gaze at pleasure at great scrolls
pasted on the side of newspaper buildings
and CLEAN good deal from other men. Yes,
it was a real sharp way to economic with
out losing much, cheap and perfectly nice,
she supposed.
Although Mrs Wise's manner was tran
quill as a summer sea, yet her words ruttied
and irritated her husband; and If truth were
known, it was not all quite smooth sailing for
Mr. Wise He did not actually enjoy sitting
in the station or horse cars empty handed,
among groups of men all Of whom, except
himself, had open papers in their hands; sc
he resorted to the expedient Of carrying
folded paper in the breast pocket of his coat,
that it might appear as il he had paper
which presumably had already been perused.
One evening az he was Lurrying toward
the station, a little ragged ganin, with
papers under his arm, squinted up into hi
face and cried:
Mister want to read all about the ellis
ionT
What collisioni" as4;ed Mr.. Wise
"Oh, you buy the paper and find out" sale
the urchin, his phiz In the air and his little
grimy paw held out for pennies
Il have paper" said MIR. Wise, glancing
toward his breat pocket
BET you amt seen bout the c'llision," per
sisted the boy; Its a special in my paper
better have one, sonny"
But Mr.. Wise haughtily eschewed all
counsel from such q source, and hurried on.
On the train he seated himself between &C
quaintances, who looked up from then
papers to exchange greetings
Bad news this evening" said one.
Yes; quite collision" replied Mr. Wise
"Ah, hadn't seen that" said his friend
where do you find itf'
II haven't read particulars" said Mr.
Wise, feeling the uncertainty Of his position.
"Wiu you allow ME to see your paperr
asked the gentleman on his other side. He
was an agent for life insurance companies
and added, I'm making a list of accidents
lately, with motive"
Mr.. Wise realized the danger of taking sub
terfuge in further deception.
II haven't the account in my paper" he
said II heard the matter mentioned, but
can't tell anything about it; thought might
hear moro from you" be added, blandly
Another moment he adroitly changed the
subject.
Next day in going to and fro Mr.. Wise
scanned the bulletins In search Of the "bad
news alluded to BY his friend, also for an
account OF the collision mentioned by the
boy, but he succeeded in obtaining informa
ton on neither point,
On his way home he encountered the gamiD
again, who asked, with his aggravating
squint:
Read bout the cllision yet, mister"
"How dare you tell falsehoods to help sell
paperSf inquired Mr.. Wise, sternly.
Read there fur yerself," said the young
ster, pointing to q paragraph in his single re
manning paper.
Mr. Wise took the paper and read:
"Boylston street runs into Washington
street"
Without word Mr. Wise paid for the pa
per and strobe on
Arrived at home his vito asked if he at
tended the annual meeting that afternoon OF
the stockholders of the X, Y. and 2. Rail
road company 1t occurred a week sooner,
she explained, than had been expected, but
Mrs Chester said it was advertised in the
leading daily papers
Mr.. Wlse's face fell He was not a stock
holder in the wealthy concern, but it had
been intirnated to him that at the close of the
meeting some appointments would probably
be made, one of which might affect him
favorably were he on the spot to press hi
claim
lie ate his supper in gloomy silence, then
went to call on Mr. Chester, one Of the stock
holders Of the railroad company. To his
keen disgust and disappointment be learned
that his absence had been taken for mdiiI@r
ence Cad the appointments had all been made
But received a circular stating that the
meeting would not tako place until next
week." said Mr.. Wise.
Yes" replied Mr. Chester, $50 of course