The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-12-29
WHAT THE EDITOR GOT CHRISTMAS
Abridged from a Tale in the Logan Ma
tion by John F. Prebyl, an Ex-
perinoed Newspaper Man.

1t was Christmas eve.
The editor sat in his easy chair. He
was alone in the sanctum sanctnrum.
In the composing the Office towel
leaned against the wall and heaved a
sigh of relief because it would have a
days vacation.
The editors thoughts were with him.
lie bad aswhole train of thoughts. But
they did no cost him an~ything-not
even an effort. That is why it is nice to
be an editor, he gets his thoughts so
easy. All he has to do is to think them.
And so the editor thought. He thought
OF all the hard work he did during The
days OF the past year. lie thought Of
| the many nights he had lain awake up
on his couch and planned schemes to
,:acify his creditors. He thought OF the
hard work he would yet have to do, and
| the schemes he would have to invent to
pacify future creditors. He thought OF
the long and cold winter before him,
and he thought of his one tllreadoare
suit of clothes aud he wondered il il
would stand between him and the ele-
merits until warm weather, when he
could get along with only a linen buster.
He thought of the ron wheel of wealth
that was crushing the poor man, OF the
malay good things he would do for a
kind II he was a rich man, of the wealth
he would possess il his subscribers paid
up; OF the happiness he would then exl
~perienLe; of the fine oitire-building he
would erect; of the many improve1
nents he would make in his paper; Of
the good clothes he would wear; of the
comfortable home he would have; Of
the pretty wife and happy children that
would be his.
He was thinking Of . lot more nice
things which would happen if the people
who owed for his paper paid up, when
the door OF the sanctum openei l. :
1t was the leading merchant who EN-
tered the room. He, in the po,itest
kind OF language. informed the editor
that he had called 20 sign n contract for
Increased advertising space in his paper
| during the next year. The paper was
such an excellent advertising medium
that he had concluded to double the
smoant OF his space.
The office door again opened and the
chairman of the political party OF which.
the editors paper was the county organ
strobe up to the editors desk and he
| placed q $500 check in the editors hand,
begging him to accept it as a slight token
OF the party's appreciation Of his noble
work during the campaign.
And then four persons invaded the
precincts OF the editorial sanctum. One
of the men was a clothing dealer. He
had called to ask the . litor to walk over
TO the store and pick out a nice overcoat
for himself and accept it with the stores
compliments. The next man also was
a merchant. He wanted to renew his
advertising contract, but he wished to
advertise ON Il much larger scale than
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he did the past year. The third man
was a shoemaker. He brought The ed
itor q Christmas presents pair OF fine
shoes. The fourth man was u sworn en-
envy OF the eiitor's, who. had seen I .
error Of his ways aud tame to make up
and shake tlalds and subscribe for four
copies of the paper for himself aud sorne
friends.
Then a bevy of young ladies came in
and filed his desk with slippers, pen
wipes, hat marks and other works oil al .
A representation from the religious
institutions Of the rity walked into the
room and said that the church organiza-
tions of the city had decided not to ask
the newspapers ior any free advertising,
and were going to pay for all notices OF
| church entertainments printed in the
papers. They also would not ask the
papers tn do job printing for the churches
below cost aud then wait for their pay
until all the other bilis lad been paid,
and if theae was not enough money left
to pay the printers bills expect the edi-
tor to accept what there MAS with good
grace.
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