Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
"REDDY'S" REVENGE.


me Scehe was sHdll MlsSourl TOWN. on
the Mississippi river, trifle more than one
hundred miles north of st. LOUIS the time
well, not twenty years ago. was lust
out of nv teens. and had tolerable knowl-
edga of tbe nrintino brsiross r. ,,,,s ,ros
;ae,,,;a, ,.au ...1 . ,-..', -
~ ",,' . iio'''o'' 0"i, p''iS was
on l was puoiishlng SIX column folio
morning paper set IN long primer The
use of material and press ! rented from
one of the two weeklies of the town. The
Star q withhold the true name) was issued
as a morning sheet because was able tn
nrocura tbo Ct Ionic evo,inr ,,oror b,.
exnress between II and 10 o,rIocli ~ ~ on
fine dov of tbeir nrlI;c,tion .nJ Lr a iu'
dicio,,s u.a of + Le sha,r. f,o,.o ON. Ii,tIo
uuhlic l,te trIo,,r.rh nny.s sa,,o,sl hn,,rs
in advance nr thn arrival Of ,bn ,,.vt n,or,,
in,Js ritv rnners This rras NV. fryt
Instf9,-f,tino Sarvica h,. ,,i.a ,,.as o,,.
of tho ,ues,ion
was nronriator edi,or ronor+oriol s+of
and General hnstIor 81 MIA Ctar TI,a
"fcrcn,, corsistad of tbroo ,.o,,,,,, ,,,o,, -no
If whom uniformed thn d,1tios - fora,r oa'u
and mal,aun and an orrron,ica W.
Lncw pothinI of nnionism and ifa .,cbonaI
1uprtiuU'' had boon mnutiona1 ,va would
have started a HYMN ar tala mn :, ooI,ao.
tion
Ono Santember afterroor nc ,,-os ,,.o
noring tn on forth in tbe c,naoi+,, nf ro
uorter the foreman nokad lie ho.d into
N, room which country editors daIir,bt to
call th,. 0sanrtum >, and said.
.rom inst sent down word that hos got
n chill and can't worl, tonight Idon,t 500
how we'll fiji her mn unless Won cot CON
siderable TYNE voursrIfn
Don't believe | can do mucb Ale ~ 7
rcnlied "rvn COT to a+tnnd thn Crnss,,
Creek mcetjno. and con,t get hacl, Lnroro
1Oo'clock Dntbn hest Won c,,, and mi
fill M with Adj. from fbe v.enl,I,. ;.
went to tbe ,,aotiuo u.Li,L ,,... =, Li,,
blowout for The Stur,s c,ndid.ta. WIN
il was ov,., drove to town ne f,,.t. ,I,a
REGARD for life and limh womb nern,it II
lacked lust ten minutes of 10 as | rushed
into the office. cxclaiming.
abe. Won and Hank work ovyav ON that
l. cal new. and I'm set The mcntin,, from,
" notn,'--uot an unnsuaI nroren,,i,, :
y nh me in those DAYS
threw OH my coat and Turned tn the
rner of the room in which the wcelsI
1mes stood. where | eynected ia find a
in of full cases. Twas astounded. tn ,tote
mildly. Il, what | SAW. Perched unop
e ONLY decent STOOL the office afTori.d
it'll my sweetbriar nine in his mouth was
stranger He was distributino Iona
inner at "A hirb rate of sneed
ram close nv eva. .n1 500 hin, NON.
ewa- the first of Ills Kind | avar..,,, and
IMPRESSED me so tbat | shaII nrve, for.
It him. He WAS nearly six fret in Ln,obt
as learned when he GOT off tIe s,nol-
in rouud Saunders. aGo son,a,,L o,. ba-
veen thirty and fifty His hair which
idn't associated with a noir of shear. for
least six months. was of tbot shade
INCH the bows always smoke If as red and
fao. WAS nearly covered with a ebaogv
ard and mustache of the same hue
On one foot was a boot on the other
shoe botb badly dovn ot rho bool ana
rusty rs a barndoor HINGE His trou-
RS. which were inartisticaIlv fringed OF
re bottom were held nm nv ana ..f-o1Iuem
,ade of bed ticking Waistcoat he nod
one. His coat which hing at tho ard of
ne frame WAS a donble breasted frocL
net had once-6ve mr. siv ware haforo 7
wv it-been q handsome oarnept hnt i
al cbanDed win veors H. !, did
,ineI On ono .ide ,iara ,ras an a,t;no
,sence of huttons On rho othar sido
ere two one cloth covered and ono ~
lack harm nearly ~ l.r,a nc - ILL AZ