Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-01-05
CHATTER I.

CHATTER j.
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NNk1kKAv played with
@~&(S children of
I&0SU sven and eight.
MA<XN when he was ten
HVko&\ boys and girls of
EA7UA twelve and a..
HMNH teen wero his
~~ companions; and
when he reached
the mature age of
fifteen his friends were young men and
maidens Of eighteen and twenty. u ~M
M, surprising. therefore, 90 those Who
knew him Lcs,, 20 lind him at twenty In
love with woman Of twenty-five Yet,
with all his fondncss Tor older people.
Rush iiurlstone Vas not u particularly
serious young man No ono enjoyed life
moro than he. and be enjoyed the gaye-
ties % life. too-so well. In fact. that nj
one time hi. family hal fears that he
might fall into fast ways and not realize
the brilliant esJ.ctaiions they had form.
ed for him. Ills father dying at tho
Close 81 the cisil war. and neither of his
brothers seeming to realize the situation.
though both of them were older than he.
he left college and went 90 work at once
to srtile up his fathers AFFAIR." Capt.
iIurlstone had nothing but his ray 10
live upon. and when ho died that source
OF revenue was cut oG.
The mother owned the hous. she lived
In at farmsisd. an oil fashioned New
York village. but there wero I've chill.
dvn. including Rush. two older boys.
John and Philip. and two girls. who
~cc younger than he. Marion and Rosa
lind John was In the army with his
father Ne u volunteer. lie was an amia-
blc. popular. selhsh fellow. who found
his lieutenant's pay hardly sufficient to
cover his own expenses. and quite made
quaie 10 DO anything towards meeting
tho~e % the family John came homo
with negro servant and two hor~s after
he was mustered cut of service. and 1T
tel down 10 walt for something 20 turn
up Philip was studying Law In Judge
Gunn'. Office In farmstcd. and he In.
tended 90 iinish his course let come what
would There wcrc still two years before
him. and some one must pay his eI.
Jen-cs-he didn't know who. and he
didn't care. ~ long as they were pail
Tho girls. 70 and IS years % ago rcspco-
lively. had their education yet 90 get
n Rush remained at college tho was In
the junioS ,la~sl. he realized that ho
would no, only 10 putting no money In
the family purse. but would bs depicting
that small treasury; ~ he camo home.
fully determined 10 take advantage of
the ilrsi opportunity that should oder IT,
sslf
OF all professions In tho world he pre-
fcrrcd that of journalism. and. The
farnstei FREQ Lance being In want of q
general utility man-one who could do
all tho necessary reporting for weekly
PAPER. write the minor editorials and tho
New York letter and think himself well
paid on salary Of 800 q yoar-he ap-
piled for the situation and got H. There
was no composition 10 speak Of. A crack
Drained Auctionoer with weakness for
Shakespeare made q formal application
for the T-o-t, but Elitor Dwyer said that
the love % poetry was tho root % all
evil. and be didn't want any one spout
ing Shakespeare abou, his tablishment
30 the auctionccr returned to his block
and Rush Ilurlstons entered upon tho
discharge Of his duties In tho Office Of
Tho FREQ Lance with energy and enthu.
siasm Tho journalistic sense-tho new
sense-was fully developci In him at
early age. and he easily dlled tho col-
umns of his Journal with original nc.
counts of the sayings and doings OF the
good people of farmstcd Before long
his local stories began 10 10 largely
copied by the state Iaprrs, and Tho free
Lance got a reputation that IL had never
had before. the column - "Glittering
Generaiitics- glittercd for the first time In
its history. As for the New York letter.
IL would have astonished the New York.
srs had they real u.
AZ the end Of year Rush thought hc
had learned all of his profession that was
to be learned on Tho Fro Lance. There
was not q department Of the paper 10
which he had not contributed; and he
had even learned 10 stick type" that
L.. as.Is l.s H.
much In the way Of newspaper work as
Franklin did len jamin Franklin was
his hero. and he sincerely wishcd that
his father hal named him Franklin.
instead of after that other distin-
giished Philadelphian. Benjamin Rush.
New York was the goal towards which
his mind turned. and hc determined 20
try his luck Mt getting on paper In that
city. lie had fully determined 10 sue
cecd In his profession. and he could SO
nothing 10 prevent success How TO get
his foot on the frst step Was tho serious
question. That once accomplished. no
feared nothing. for hc had q sublime
faith In the efficacy OF hard work sup
ported by enthusiasm.
Judge Gum. who for q country law.
yer had quito an extensive acquaintance
in New York. knew a man on one Of the
great dailies. Tho Dawn. and gave Rush
q letter of introduction TO him. Ile
didn't know In exactly what department
his friend belonged. but was sure that
he was an editor Of some sort. This
surmise proved correct. Mr. James Spar
was the shipping news editor, and had
about as much idea OF the wants and
management Of the other departments
as Judge Gum himself However. ho
was a Kind hearted man. and. being
struck by the handsome young face OF
Rush llurlstone. hc determined 10 put
himself cut. u necessary. to aid him.
In the llrst place. be talkei over the
chances Of journalism with the young
man, and did his best 10 discourage him.
"a journalists lifo u q dogs life."
said he.
"You are always somebody's slave;
you must go where you are bid and do
As you are told You must turr night
Into day ..sj work fourteen hours cut OF
the tweniy-four. You may do your best
and get no thanks for Il. and though
what you write may make people talk,
they will never know who it was that
wrote L. All the credit goes 10 the
payer. OF To John Casper Piummett, the
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