Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-25
ELECTROMAGNETIC
Why . S.e1ographer Lost Faith In
the Worlds Honesty.

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Something phcuoT<uaL No nan Wa
more sought after b. Publishers ard
th~ editors Of magazines Nr- Fipc
had hen Soueuha. proliSc at the b.
ginning. but now that he could get
P~rsrtscaliT any Prir- he asked for his
N>>. ne became more careful IL was
more and more dIassult for a magazine
~ go a story By this now celebrated
az'h0r-
one 6ay there am - his room 4
UaE whom the v~orid apparently had
not u~~d generously
Il have couse. sail h 70 Mr.. Fipp
TO s~e y9u without auv letter % fu.ru~
ductioD- ~ without anv preliminary an
r-ourcruen+ I vas .fr7if - let vuu
know ! Inteniesf 10 eoGze. N - huSv n
man - yoa might well have refused 70
Sc a strange
4 an not Il busy mar. Ssid Nr.
FliPP- Il doubs IL anyone in The town
has more l>Sure than l. - down
What can I do for fog YOU
My name said the strange rs
Crosby am a shorthand writer and
I wan; 10 work for VOC
My dear sir, replied Flipp. II have
m use for 4 shorthand writer I have
never Dictated IN mr. life. ami I touhs
II ! cpuld Everything : write 10 With
ny oSn hand lido not even uSe a iyp~
writer
Il do said CruSbv- Il have a type
writer at home and If you viii try dir
taiioG for awhile IL sill occupy but
Ettle Of yoUr tire and you may End Il
extremely useful IT. on the other
hand yOa eoa>Iusie that IL i % no ad-
Vantage 10 you- m harm wisl he done.
i know before we bexfu. said
FHiPP- that l. wouldn't work ! an
sur Of that
How can yoG he sare. asked Cr<-
b. about something roo have never
tr5s-iF Let me ask you a question Hare
goa ever forgotten any good IDEA that
yOa ercr hzST
Hundreds os them answered Fi7u
Then dos not ,ha, strike voz aSa
tremendous waste Of brain p.o~ers Have
vuG never feit annoyed 20 taiuk that
ssae good hi~a that had ocrurresi 70
ynu had slipped into oblivhong
fnup vEo bad hen walking NJ and
do1u the u.7u With some impati-zrp
stopped and hpa<cs at b. visitor.
Presume h sass a. IaSs. ever
e-iy has bad that sunoTin< experience
Ths fish that EeSEway : awzybrx~r
than tAs-~ We eateA
Preesse{v. answered crn~hv- Then
shy les sh-n get away You agx a
young man BOW. bat th-re viii essuar a
time -heu you viii regret the waste
that probably row s--aEs trivial
What sal1ry 6o yoa want asked
the writer abruptly
= don't want any salary. replied
Crosby i shall - ver- pleased 70 give
you an hour q dzy for nothing At
least he said- seeing FTiPP wave his
hand imPalenslv. until yoa find
whether o. not the proposal : - vaIue
- you- nee down on paper an idea j.
hxet and forever uaxaer yozEr control
Merely coating on your brain IL may
n and rSe 10 the surface
again
There Is Ssre.hinx IN that aid
FTP mesfitatively- At last Is VII
Do no harm 20 try As yoa cane in I
was thinking Of a story that ] ou<hs 70
work cat rez~saably well Have you
POUR nosehock vita yoa
Cr<hx produced IL
FMPp walked up aza Sawn the r,om
fora few mssuz<ntS i'm silezr~-
>uPPs-< Ne bad II ~ a Th<
Parting q the wa~
Cra@bF vas ~~Tasxntlv an expert short
asa writer fE wh>a F1ipP s~ezne m
trrrssed ia th~ story he talked verv rap
hiy- bat CruzhF. without appa-rus
hRss-, noted i al down never our~
ek-rEn< The speaker
IAerw. nd Elipr. wh~a he had
nHshsA what DO yog think Of tia.
story
Really. sid Crosby. 4 cannot tel
Toa hzve MT heard ia
Net k<ar1 il exclaimed The novel
81 ~HAse - ! Just dictated il 10
yoa-
Gou have Dictated II aid Crusbv
- n machine I shall give o mv
oPlnhca zPoa i wh@z I have rad the
typ<wrrtten NJ That -. he aided
- roo care for the opinion Of a no
hoav- Nhsa shall call again.
IA N NJ AAEEN sac z LIDO
Tbs hugr t-EorroWT
YES. Il that SHIFTS your convenience
The stranger snapp-dth the elastic band
arn9.a hS notebook put the cap upon
The autographs pen and without a
wora departed
n = aqaeer 6>h said the writer
% himself when his visitor had 1ou~-
I dousr more than half Ike -he I.o-
Of him
Nex day the stenoxrzphe- called n
the sane hour. and placed before the
sovelist ten pages Of typewriter Ms
heaee6 The Parting OF the WAYS
II = one Of the best stories you have
zee written said Crosby, If you wart
NJ oPinso1-"
Reginald laughed IF you were after
. large salary tha, would BE The kind
u remark ore might expect you 70
make
i AZ Tot after a szlz- q, all Ar
swered Crosby ~You asked M o-ir-
pa and ] give it Il mzy Be worth
le
" hich-the opinion or the story
If o1e is said Crosby. the Other
naturally ERst b. Shall l take down
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