The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-01-26

icy Al that juncture not sl,osstbe prep,
ris' s-ssing somsp entered.
ny Bs yoa the ediior' she sshei. hxins
~ sev,ir slsrce upon Lsetop.
be. be replied. With . solsa,nity bsf
ry ting the charge.
in sent poem here Monday, snd il h
ce us come out In this weeks paper.
'fs Something about gentle Willie vs be,
nj missed you. snd expressing rsra At b
nj depsrtaref asked Lection ssrslsssly. III
Of charge for such verses 10 I've cents Ito,
ID Why. | never heard Of such thing .,
Of elssnsd The vi'i,or. vrsthiiy.
n Possibly not. The lnfor nation may b
!, OF service IN the future.
's Young mar, 700 can stop my paper.
b don't =
10 ALI right; that's easily done. whsl
4 namsY
d Amanda Pertiusl spissiully. Tue ou.
ragged postees Aouaced out Of the oiiice
= the compositors Uttered. while Les,ou
i preserved animpertnrbsble calm. Another
tradition smashed. he murm ured as he re-
turned to Lis writing.
AZ the day wors on matters became
, more serious, snd when o'clock arrived
. Rob rts announced the stoppAss Of thirty
! odd subscriptions aud the withdrawal Of
the patronage Of the principal local sdvcfi
tisers. all stsunch Republicans. who felt
outraged BY the editorial uttsrsn css OF the
copperhead dude from New York. Rob,
erts was in despsir
| What are you going to dor he asked as
Lesion locked his desk aud drew on his
overco.t
| Tam going up 10 dine with the major,
was tie reply. Telegraph for 200 pounds
Of BREWER and hire another oompositor.
Roberts stood in the doorway and
watched the erec. figure Of bis chief out
Of sight.
I'll be banged be sol,loquizsd. Which,
while not very elegant expression, sx
planned 10 some measure the chaotic oon,
dition Of bis mind at that moment.
This condition prevailed. more or less,
for the following four months.
don't want to be bothered With your
inancial nightmares. Lesion bad said to
him. | bsve placed you in full charge.
When you want any money IL. me know.
Aud Roberts let him know several times.
But there WAS no denying the fact lhst
the Palladium had vastly improved. The
patent inside aud plsts matter bad been
discarded and the paper reduced to four
pages. And bright pages they were. The
correspondence hsd doubled, the local
columns we're filed with bright and pitby
locals and the editorial page scintillsted
with brief. witty editorials that threw the
Republicans OF Rusebry into Mysteries
and delighted the small contingent of un
resener4t,d Democracy. The maj ,r was
pleased aud Lesion was supremely con,
tented. II
Lam epj,ying my experiences immensel
ly. he wrote home to New York, and have
gained ~ pounds in weight. intend to
break away before loog. however. - il IL
getting = uihe expensive |.
Oaly Roberts WAS melancholy. lie kept
the boo ks and the ledger was not 90 bright /,
rs the editorisl page. Something weighed q
On his mind and one afternoon he explod. q
ID. Lesion vas sbout t.king bis depart, '
are for the day, when Roberts sppesred
rom the job room with Can see you '
moment before you go2 In
Sure. Harry, my dear fellow you are &
getting thin. Yon have bsen figuring too /.
hard In
You told me not to bother you with \
financial nightmares, began R)berts. some
vhat embarrassed. and haven't. But /
lon't think you know just how the m after
tsnjs. Here are some figures detain ),
'ou only few moments. Since you !,
,ougbt out Scott the subscription list hss
brunk from 800 to less than 500; the ad
'ertisiDg bias fallen of to almost nothing: ),
he compostors' bi !, foot up more in one !,
Veek than we are earning in two. and
And woe succeeds q woe. as wave .
rave. eh? No more OF that, Hal, as thou
ovest me hve = cigar. interrupted LES. !,
on.
Roberts dropped into char and chew,
d the end OF his cigar to pulp. y
Don't loo k so confounded forlorn. said 81
.sston, laughing. Draw up q detailed o
tstemeDt Of the csl .mily, and let me have
tomorrow. have about conclu led TO q
i've up the Palladium. c'
AMI IL
Bat that is no reason why you should p
OF 90 right along During the last four u
'ont yoa have served me faithfully and y
cue we'll and wait to see you succeed =
on have pluck and brains aud 80 inolins-
on for bard work tast is simply dreadful. 81
ouid you, doyou think by rshoisting the ss
spnbIiosn banner aud changing the pal u
Or back TO ils old form. put it ou pay nr
g basis without any additional outlay2 ve
/ think II couli DO done. replied Rob
-. Expenses could te reduced over one OF
NJ; much OF the stoh that w5uid then be bl
u nssdsd oonld be converted into cash. "a
I'd the old sdyeit itsers-
Then go ahead sad do IL, said Ls.ton. co
he put on his hat sad lighted . cigar "
u r,osfsr all my r.sht and ,isle to you. % W
We aud 10 hs IL toe said !. .isnted pretnise- -
Ito ell the p.isicses sad sppGrselsGces
errunto belonging. aud % on. "
Bot bsven't the money 9"
Bother tue money! II you get rlch out
the business. which / doubt. you cin to
y M; II not. sell tla remains sud ven po
vide tue proceeds. SO
And what are you soiDg - dor 10
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