Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-03-23


the sympathy Of nobody!
In addition, Rowe would fret about
the paper, which ought to come OUT
next day!
I'm going out for few minutes
Bud" called to Haskirs.
Coin far|' he asked, eying me WIN
an exceedingly penetrating scrutiny.
"Oh, no; Just up street a Bit l an
swered, embarrassed.
My reception at the Spy office was
chilling. AS l entered the dingy, pine
boarded room, Mckay a big, stupid
looking man, stared. and then sided
toward a mallet on the composing
stone
Il want to see Mr.. Rowe" said I.
"He's in bed up stairs! growled NC
Kay. lifting the mallct. He's too SICK
to fight today"
Nobody wants to fight" said I laugh
ing. II came to see if 1 could do any
thing for him."
You don't want to fight him?"
mo-
Don't want to fight me?'
''NOt Il bit of it,"
Mex S establishment took away his
power Of speech. He motioned toward
the stairs, and stood gazing AFTER me
| WllllOuI any cApIcSSlOll, luDpiAAs "
side of his head with the lnallet as II
to stimulate the parlyzed brain.
| On camp bed in the attic lay Rowe.
flushed, breathing with difficulty. and
rolling his head irritably about the
coarse pillow. He seemed a combative
person. 1t took some little time to con-
vince him that my intentions We're
friendly. but when he became assured
of this. he met me with the manifest
franNnesS.
you're Il good fellow, Warren he
exclaimed, Selling my hand. i've been
fool
mo more than t.
"Vcll. then, we've been a pair OF
fools. If ever come out of this, we'll
be a pair of friends instcad-but--" He
broke off with a groan.
| Come, Gomez said T. "You aren't
going to die You'll be we'll in Il week
| or two
II know that. out the paper-the
| paper! l can't do 4 solitary thing-and
Mckay alone won't get the matter up
in Il week. Then there should be two
columns of editorial at least. after the
Herald He again broke Off i'll con-
| fusion. l finished his sentence.
"l'ftHr the Herald comes out. Right
enough. Now, let's see how we can ar
range it.. can do your part OF the COM
position to-day. and finish up my own
tonight. If we're both a day late it
won't make much difference. Ill begin
setting at once"
Rowc'S t,llni:s. l came upon a specta-
Gle which tctl my breath away. Stand
ing at Il case, sleeves rolled up and
thnrnyUh1,- ar tyne
into his stick ut !; great rate, was Bud
Haskins.
"HIullo!" said he, looking around.
Flows our editor. publisher n pro-
pri'tor to-day? Fin him pretty COM
ft'ble:"
How on earth did you get herc?"
demanded I.
Same as you did Got to thinlin'-
that's ALL
lie turned around to the case again.
winking hard as if something had got
into his eyes. Mckay. positively
smiling. came over from his place to
shake hands with Bud. and l rushed
back to Rowe full of delight.
"Hurrlh! The Spy will be on time
Tomorrow l eNultcd. Bud can set
type three times as fast as | can. and
do it cleaner, too. Now, about the ed
itcrals''
"No usc talking of them" said Rowe,
dcspondinGiy.
But there is. I've got a scheme"
In a few moments | was Scribbling
away on an imprOviSed desk by the
bedside almost us fast as Bud was
setting the type below. Scratch.
scratcl--tlinll an inStant-scrntch.
scratch aga;':--thnk once mOrc-and
so OH until Il Pile Of copy" had accumu-
lated. Then was ready to read. This
was the beginning:
A FATAL FALSEIIOOD.
Our by no means courteous and not
in the least esteemed contemporary. the
Spy which is at once Il disgrace to
American journalism, a libel upon the
name Of newspaper and a blot upon
the fair city in which it is as yet still
scornfully suffered to drag out an ex-
istence noNOus to others and Of no
value to itself. etc, etc.
Rowe listened without saying a word.
At the end he quietly remarked:
That's powerful article. Warren
well. see how this one strikes YOU"
And / began reading again:
DESPICAbIIE DECEPTIONM
We have hitherto supposed that the
shameless. hOnorless, constituencies
mendacity had long ago been reached
by that sheet unknown to fame but in
timately acquainted with infamy under
the name of the Herald
Rowe bounced up in bed.
"What!' he exclaimed whats
| that?'
60 intimately acquainted with in
| fanny under the name Of the Herald"
I re-rcad calmly It's the answer to
| my article. don't you see?"
DO you mean to say you're going to
| abuse yourself like that said he
II mean to say that such savage
article as mine has got to be replied to
little more savagely, if possible"
But to do it yourself
"WhO will, if I don't? That's what
I'm here for. BY the way. do you usu-
ally call me a 'falsifer' or an 'ignoram-
us':''
Rowe. by this time. had taken the
humor of the situation into his feyered
brain. He replied family:
Il think you'd better call yourself
'falsificr' first, and save up the 'ig-
| nora nuS' for 1,ca 1otar on Tov.a ri