The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-03-17

was as smart journalist as | ever met
lie attracted old Graham's attention
right away by clever thing he sent
i'll on a social subject to the Gazette
' and the old man asked him to contrib
ute regularly, which eventually ended
IL his joining the staff And the young
reader than Addie.
They had met casually at the Office.
and there is little doubt but what it
was the old, old story over again-love
at first sight. Why, Harry used to
positively make love to the proprietor's
daughter through the leaders and arti-
Giles he wrote. If he wrote a story. the
girls name was more frequently
"Addie" than not, or at any rate it be-
gan with an \. And the description
of the heroine was pretty sure to tally
with his sweetheart. There was no
mistake a bout it, we could read through
the lines at the office: and so could
Addic at home: but old Graham never
had the shadow of an idea of it.
The old man was n widower. lie
was what young generation would
call disagreeaOle customer, a grumpy
individual. And | admit that he was.
People were apt to mistake bis bluff
ness for temper and I've no doubt in
many cases they were correct
But there was one soft spot in his
heart, and you don't want me to tell
You who it was for Addie was his
only child, and he worshiped her.
She was just his one thought, and
when be entered his home at night he
threw off the paper, so to speak, and
wrapped himself up in the happiness
which his child seemed to bring.
Well, you know how it all ended.
Harry Britain went straight away to
old Graham and told him how he loved
his daughter The old fellow acted
vrry foolishly-hc discharged the
young man, and told his daughter that
she must never see him again. can
understand his feelings. Harry was
not the man he wanted for her. and he
himself did not want to lose his child.
who was all in all to him.
Harry was determined fellow, and
he was not the man to give up think
ing of the girl he loved with all his
heart so easily. He had ready pen,
and hoped to earn a good livelihood, as
his work was known and much sought
after. There was let of talk about
his leaving the Daily Gazette in the
payers, and some of the society organs
veutured to hint at the real motive
though no definite statement was
made. Old Graham was an influential
man, and although evidently the
scribes knew something" it was kept
back
To come to point, Harry and Addie
Got married 1t was arunaway match,
and the old man would not receive his
daughter back again. Twelve months
passed by, but neither he nor his child
had met. Evil times had fallen upon
Harry; his work seemed to be dwind-
ling down to mere nothing. We
knew his work we'll, there was no mis-
taking its style, but what little ap-
peared was wanting in the brilliancy
that characterized his earlier efforts.
We journalists knew what it all meant.
lie was in trouble. There was strain
for every line he wrote; we could see
It; we could tell it. You want to be
happy and free to write well. Harry
wasn't, and l feared his poor wife
shared his unhappiness
AS for old Graham, his face grew
l'aler, hi, hair winter In word, he
loved his child as much as ever per-
haps more, but he could never beat
down the arguments which kept rising
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