The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-06-13

es, Jc. Cummings catered the edi,orl
i'd sanctum of the Pottsville News. Ey
Ut IDENTIFY, thought his feelings we
ito hurt and there was to be war to Il
en- knife.
ny He was a miSdle-aged bachelor, wi
ur (of c~ourse) considered women to b,
nd long to an inferior order of being
of and did not subscribe for the New
&c lie came up the stairs with a red fac,
&C. and a riding-whip in one hand.
OF He spoke to Jennie first.
0. MY attention has been called" h
st began, ito the outrageous article /
your paper this week"
There is the fighting editor" in
N terrupted Jennie, pointing to me.
I'd was doing some job work and cam
forward with a big smutch OF ink OF
g one cheek and another large dab EN-
b~ellishing my nose.
20 am short and fat and far from for
d midable in my appearance. The frs
selectman looked at me in silence.
Did you wish to horsewhip me
sirp" | asked. in my softest voice.
The first selectman began to suffer
slight relaxation OF the muscles abou,
: his mouth.
I Because" | continued. II must get
my revolver first The freedom of the
press must be defended"
The first selectman took off his hat.
: Perhaps" ran on, ''by the time
> you have fallen into mud holes on
dark evenings on your way home as
many times as l have; perhaps after
you have nearly broken several Of
your members over Pete Smiths wood.
pile as many more; perhaps il night
were made hideous in the vicinity of
YOUR house every evening by lawless
boys, who 60 about terrifying old peo-
pie and tormenthg little children;
perhaps then you'd agree with me
that it is time that somebody should
say something"
The first selectman began to smile.
and then to chuckle, and then to laugh
outright. Meanwhile Jennie, nervous
and excited, had begun to cry. The
Hon. 10 Cummings laid down his hat
and went over to her side. Utterly
unmindful of me, he tried TO soothe
her, to apologize, to say any thing
rather than the thing he had come to
say. Then Jennie went off into hys-
terical laughter, was accompanied
therein by the first selectman. and was
finally Joined by the senior editor and
job printer.
We became quite we'll acquainted be-
fore the morning was over. | was del.
uged with manly advice, some o.,
which l protted by and some of which
| scornfully rejected. But l got even
with him by criticising severely the
course OF the town fathers in many
things, But we were sworn friends
when he finally went away to his
sumptuous dinner and left us 10 Our
cold lunches, cheered and enlivened BY
a cup Of hot tea and the chance to talk
him over.
After that he fell into the habit OF
dropping in occasionally. Then one
day. after giving me plenty Of political ,
advice. | told him to turn about and
embody his wisdom in a brief editorial. :
He did so, and from that day has been ,
one OF my strongest supporters and :
ablest helpers. .
At the and nf the wear we ..iook ac. :
count of stock" We found that we :,
had a growing list of subscribers. the :,
good will Of most OF the county, had =.
paid all our bills, had dressed well and y
lived well, and had a small cash ac. +
count to balance. :.
''Hurrah." l exclaimed, ''for the
Weekly News. See what two
women can do. And we'll do much .
better next year" y
Fan said my sister, h~esitatins a
title, II suppose I must tell you. g
'hall probably become Mrs. 10 Cum. n
nings before the year is out, and be A
to retire from active newspa. !,
yer work" r,
| squeezed her hand but said moth, Al
ng. 1t had looked that way for some n
ime, and | was not surprised. "
Fan" she pursued, emboldened BY tC
ny silence. Il wish you'd conclude t. Il
ccept young Palmer. He's very prom. d,
sing and is so fond of you #
Jennie Pike" l replied, that kind T.
I thing may do for you, but | have re
ct out with a greater object in H!t n,
han the old-fashioned Inevitable fate II,
I women We have proved tina. or
a not only edit but manage HI
print a newspaper successfully. IN
less us, ! am already welded to the fir,
News. l shall devote my. ",
'lt, not to the discussion of the WON. re
rights question, but to the prac- wi
cal demonstration Of the fact that she ar
capable OF taking care OF and secur- r.,
for herself all the rights she wants. i,s
nd so, while you choose the life OF of
pose and ease which is supposed to Sc,
to the married woman, with a of
and a husband, and perhaps hall ,b,
dozen children to look after, I'll be IN
oor' Torn critter,' occupying the proud tn,
'sltlon OF owner and editor of one o. mo
e best country papers in the United me
ates. Long live the Pottsville Week. ola
News."-Helen NJ. Winslow, in Bos. IN.
n Globe. IL
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