The advocate., 1894-02-28

news itself is all the other way. l had
the boss fellow for that business in
1880. Next day after the November
election, news Of republican defeat
kept coming in from all around the
whole blasted horizon, and my man put
on headlines, Great Republican Vic
toryP Glorious NeWSp Everything
Lovely for the G. o. P, and the Goose
Way Upland so on. And I'll be
switched if some Of our cute politicians
didn't give up their bets on the strength
of old YOkey's headlines. It's fact.
But drunk was his normal condition.
Somebody, through mistaken kindness,
got him to take the Kelley cure, and
he sObered up and l had to ship him.
Wasn't worth a continental any more
as a newspaper man. He's actually
teaching a young ladies bible class
over here in the First Methodist Sunday
school. How much does your young
woman knOWP"
"My niece says she is an elegant and
forcible Writer-says writing essays
seemed to be her special forte, and the
whole college, faculty and all, regarded
her as quite prodigy in that direction,
although she came from farm to the
college and had been there but four
terms"
eyes, these college fine writers strike
you outsiders as just the people for re-
pOrters. OF course we expect decent
grammar, and reporter should have
hundred words or so, if not more, in
his vocabulary. But essay writing is
not reporting. The reporter must be
short and spicy in dishing up news
when it's plenty, and he must know
how to make column out Of run
away that didn't hurt anybody when
news grows scarce. Reporters are
born, not made"
81 suppose that is true as to all Occu-
upations. Even the peanut Vender has
the necessity laid upon him of getting
himself born before engaging in his
lucrative and highly intellectual aVoca-
tlOn. But you cannot, unseen, judge
whether one is a born reporter.
have promised to take you with me to
the Avenue hotel this evening to call
on my niece and the young lady of
whom l have spoken. You can then
judge for yourself, and of course, if
you think she is not fitted for such
work, l shall MOI urge you further.
But if you do not go with me l shall
persecute you from the lunch-cOunter
by my much importantly day after
'iNow, look here, Bolder! You are
an old schemer. You think if you once
get me over there with pair of pretty
eyes looking into mine, l can't Iefuse.
I'll show you. I'll size up your embryo
journalist in about five minutes and a
half, and if think she will be no good,
I'm not going to ruin the great moral
daily's fabulous circulation by any eX-
perimenting on high and giddy non
sense"
"That's all right, Dan. l shall not
ask you to act against your own good
Judgment. 1t would be unkind to
Miss Cotterell to hold out false hopes
and encourage her to waste time and
labor on what she must fail in at last.
Will you go with me?"
"Old man, you are too easy. There's
hen on of some kind-I'm dead sure
of it. You're fixing to get me into
tribulation. If should get luny, and
that protege of yours should marry me
unaWares, you had better have some
sure-enough lawyer you can trust draw
up your will. won't stand any fool
ishneSs."
The Judge smiled and said:
81 know of nothing better that could
happen to you than chance to marry
such young woman as Miss Cotterell,
but she has good deal of discernment
and 1 am sure is possessed of good,
hard sense for one of her age, so there
is not the slightest likelihood she will
attempt to triAe with your youthful
affections"