The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-22
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10 behind inc Yer truly written us
SNAPPER life We work and worry Woului
elrS olS BY a good many n.y. guI nSr man
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sing 'no ar IN the harness LOT a v ,Irrp,
has pe'r ann recoliect scores u "a ,eros
s OF SO %" numbers, practical JoSes'
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= eneoul.ttla,t crop out from one yen .
nature s'.s' In tne offices of tue ~ e.ll
to the Qua QUA furnish an entertaining
ials WVu'a y,,roraneous history. ,-,
OF co 2n',I who has since sett'e1
gene leu li,,rc the poet laureate OF
anu ,ssd 10 be an out anu , Gu" !,,, @T
lso "a n inyeterate pracueal JIM ,I,:
an az n. was managing editor oi ,.ls
s asp ~ T,n,ns and the foreman was
as OlU al crusty SCotchman haiieu
Rbbedl, ' vi McNab liked his today
pas Me.b nt never drank to excess
iionaliy ~ competent workman lie
Eas q VGnnerylous to any sort OF
p -,t Field wrote a paragraph run run
me- thing like this; "Ihoh,"s AlN-
.o 9-s,,sn Of the Times, arrived AT Wy, W.
ioIel'i room at II o'clock p. m, IN ms
'ps.he ~ beastly intoXicatlon'
saw tjs IN with the other copy ana
3stnt WI I,5a GOT IL simply grinned ana
finle' Tstsr on McNab, IN looking
\ up. ~ saw IT,, He was thunder
pc p aoti into Fields room ne de-
4 an explanation and that gentle Ii'
2 S5lv apologi2cd ana assured MN Nun
'a n,s Joke. AlcNah went out laIh-
y o SsE,sself and threw the offending
Y Want \ mi OF the window.
II apa v gisst Field did the same thing,
3 n'A ~, mig night and the next, In short
y psA w for several weeks. The re-
~ y ~ ~. :, NcNab would hang over the
|f|p y We rorniug before he sent them
q a,sins frantically for thls paiuSu-
'V nj swearing Ike Il pirate. one
s-.I omitted writing II aud McNap,
1' ~ NAT Inc item had been sent In
III y ,an,ehow eludcd his vigilance,
N 4. ne naper and missed the mails
yH +or IL The next day he resigned.
~ RAT he wouldn't work under the
f5of with such a man.
w.. mild. however compared to
\ u Fields other FRANKS. on one oc-
II ne delivered q lecture entitled me
~ FalI OF Kansas city, aud an
IN in his advertisements that he
h. ~ assisted by q chorus OF promi-
Y Iysns giving q list OF the leading
,Na Mace. These people We're, of
Ia SIgbiy indignant and came out lu
"a mel DENYING that they would
"a ~ Tie,a,s lecture When the cur
~ ~ 49, cIo,ns was disclosed. IT was
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a s,s . ,ysr N where pixey stood in the
VA ~ no stage He had what an
", bo massive gold watch in his
n ana presented ~ a.. ,,tl,aI Ivy
IN ., nm making fl horrible noise
81 al aver ava the house. The time piece
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~ w,rts Dlyey was So bewildgred
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mn q he c Globe-Deniocrat Is a
s3'}., an spzsre man and nobody on Tho
B. N M d take any liberties with him
|s',:| years ago there was a reporter
as,oA golss on the p5ucr who looked
XII. nr gse McCuliagn from a rear
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I attifpde mas temprlnc and ouicilv
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( be tlp.toed up to The reader and
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