The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-06-24
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him the moment We raised our eyes
and saw him standing there. In fact
We had been expecting him: he nearly
always comes when we are in just such
strait and needing him. He always
wears the same style of clothes, coat
OF one kind and pants of another, he
hasn't any vest, his shoes are worn
out and run down at the heels and his
hat is battered and dusty. There are
spots over his waistband and his new
paper collar is the only fresh, white
thing about him and it look as though
he had just put it on with soiled fin
gers. He is pale, weak-eyed and pre-
maturely grayshaired, he looks as
though he had never known regulari-
ty either for eating or sleeping and he
must have come thousands of miles,
and been coming ever since he was
boy. His starting point was SO long
ego that he has almost forgotten when
or where it was, but we have an idea
that it must have been when his
mother buttoned his little blue shirt
band around his white, boyish throat
put on his little white hat, aud sent
him to work in the printing Office.
How proud he was VIXEN be went
hmoe that first night and showed his
new bass rule, and tells mother he
had learned all the boxes, and has a
free ticket to the circus next week
and the editor gave him a big piece
Of wedding cake, part of which he
had brought home for the baby, and
if he sets up colum in one day
next week he can 60 fishing on Sat-
urday. Yes. somewhere about there
was the commencement OF his long
journey, and here he is now, perhaps
two thirds on the way. He asks,
Whats the show for a sit?" We
gave him case, and by aud by he
says he feels faint and;asks if we cant
lend him quarter he hasn't had any
breakfast yet. We knom his weak
ness, and, as we need his work we 90
down with him and order some break
fast for him at the nearest restaurant.
When he comes back he looks hape
pier and better able to work. In
the evening when he goes to distrbut~
ing his case he recounts the history
Of his late places of employment. He
knows the circulation and amount OF
business of every paper in the state,
and just why the Dispatch suspend
ed and why the Advocate sold out
to the Courier.
He is well acquainted with the I'M
known editor of the Thunderer and,
has friends on the editorial force of
all the leading journals of the coun>
try.
BY and by he whistles low an air
from the Italian opera and in reply
to question he answers in a Latin
quotation.
He stays with us a week and we
grow to like him more and more
every day
He has read everything from
Shakespeare and Ruskin to Mark
Twasnand Bill Arp.
He knows more about our laws
national and state than the best lawyer
in the city,
He is well acquainted wsth the lite
of every eminent person of his age,
and is, a perfect encyclopedias of cur,
rent events,
But We cannot afford to keep him
any longer, so we will pay him off
and again he starts on that long road
that leads-not to home, for he has
none not to the society of inteli-
gent people like himself. for outside
of the printing Office he is unknown !;
maybe back to night work on some
city baily, or, if too worn and for
that, rapid descent from one coun,
try Office to another, with whiskey
and laudnum for companions. to an