Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-15
The I" GAZETTE BOOM
a LITTLE ROMANCE or COUNTRY
JOURNALISM.
A Lawyer Who Learned Thai People Sec
Things That Are Printed in News
papers Marked Copies.

Copyright 1903 by Z 5. Miues)
Frank Hastings came down To- BITS Of.
Gee one "Wednesday morning and found
upon his desk thirteen copies OF the
Bifghville Gazette. Being q man of 40
eupcrstitions he lid not attach any pre-
montion Of iil-luck to the number. but
on opening the first one he found para
graph circlcd with blue pencil-mark.
and his brain clouded as he read:
1T Is understood that Frank Hastings,
the popular young lawyer, Is sDou 10 wed
Miss Dorothy Lawrence
He read the paragraph over again and
then glanced Ht the remaining dozen pa
pers. each addressed in different hand
"COnfound il" he muttercd, biting his
under lip. while a tint Of rose spread
from ear TO ear, I'D Ike to know who
did that Probably the asinino editor,
who wants TO run the planetary system
aud the people ON this particular planet
as well. ConfOuud it,
II was a serious matter % Mr. Hast
ings. He had gone 10 Brghtyille 10
study UP his suits for the coming winter,
aud in the meantime had made love to
Miss Lawrence. The positions were re-
versed ahortly-that Is. The law business
occupied the meantime, finally there was
no law business. Then be- returned to
town and took mp law again with the
echo Of mo- ringing In hi, ears, de-
cided no, that had been repeated after nm
interval Of - hours and was evidently
sincere. For six weeks after he had de-
serted the green country be devoted him
self 10 law dry. musty law that wouldn't
let him forget his ideal-by force Of cou-
araN n was 81 the beginning Of the
seventh week that he found the papers
on his desk.
TO thunder with M country editors"
le gruwlcd. after a moments thought,
the editor and then reporting 10 Mise
4 a. hat no luI H..
cision received confirmation as he opened
the frst letter and found IL TO be- cou-
grutulatiuns from \ mutual friend sep
araung his business letters from those
addressed iu familiar characters he
threw the latter into his pocket, thinking
50 read them after lac reached Bright
VILE II hc needed any additional stimulus
60 the undOng of the scribe and editor
al that false iournnl
The Brightyilo Gazette was the lead
ing paper 0f Dunbar county la fact the
only one. IL appeared every Saturday
morning, and according to a reliable
newspaper directory enjoyed cir
culation of 600 cCyics which est
mate the editor and publisher declared
81 be false though he never got the cN-
act iigurs It's columns contained
summary Of every thing thut happened
seven days previous 10 rs issue. and Che
movements of every body within range
OF it, eagle eye were duly chrOucled
therein. IL Published things that 81.
listed only IN the editors imagination
where there was lots of room for lots of
things 10 exist, hut IL was never sued
FOR libel because the transient residents
didn't think Ii wort while, and The
townsfolk were only too happy 10 figure
IN its columns Iiut the very people in
Brlghtville who didu't want 10 be- immor-
f0lized weekly In cold type we're the
very ones about whom the editor wrote.
for that intelligent Journalist reasoned
that the duty they owed tD society at
large outwcighed their objections As
every body lived out of doors In summer
the editor could observe their movements
and his heart was sad when they went
inside. Then the editor rcsorted 10 hc.
tion. Nirs. Poindcxtcr was credited
with n dinner she never gayennd though
tho yillagera were delighted with the
account OF Barmecidc feast Mra Pon-
dexter was exceedingly wroth. being in
mourning for deccnsed land wealthy
relative. when full description of a
card party NJ Alrs. Wnthrop's was pub
hahed In the Brghtyillc Gazette society
was Mortified and the worthy lady her