Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-28
TALES OF TEN TRAVELLERS.
THE REFORM OF JEREMY GARBLE.
BY EDGAR L. wAKEMAN.

lCopyright, 1884. ALI rights reserved.l
Jeremy Garble, editor and owner of q
great metropolitan journal, had just re-
turned to his native city from an extended
foreign tour. He had dined with the Ger
man emperor, had been received by the
president of France, had been given au-
diencs by his holiness, the pope, and had
been permitted to erect a great memorial
window in an ancient and historic abbey.
Preceded by press dispatches, his for
eign journey had partaken somewhat of
the nature of q continuous ovation. Nat
urally, when coming back to the immedi-
ate neighborhood of every day business
rivalries, his individuality dwindled to the
measure of an ordinary human unit of
progress. This had an unpleasant infiu-
ence upon him.
The ledgers in his counting room showed
tremendous profits; the puzzle depart
msnt, the guessing department, the art
supplement department, the circulation
csrtifcstion department., and all the other
modern bazaar departments of one of the
greatest dailies on earth were in healthy
and prosperous development; while the
thunderings of added presses testified TO
his constantly increasing wealth and power.
Within his little kingdom his hundreds
of employees were more obsequious than
ever. His great newspaper structure had
itself received several additional stories
during his absence. Its dome was now the
loftiest In the city. Everything that his
eye rested upon In his mammoth estsb.
lishment was the greatest, the finest, the
coetliest and the most superb known to
journalistic development in all the world
But Jeremy Garble had received nothing
bordering on an ovation on his srriva
home. A few financial promoters hsd
| wsylaid him and attempted to ply him
with cheap wine. An agent or two oi
mild forms of lotteries were ready to pre-
sent schemes in connection with newspa
per circulation. Cunning politicians sub
mitted plots for the rearrangement of ex
isting parties. Eleemosynary institution
favored him with suggestions for increas
ing their own usefulness through thl
means of his Journals cooperation. Ani
various fairs, festivals and missionsr,
boards had postponed active operations
for public plunder until he could be per
sonally consulted and utilized.
All of this nsttled him. he should
have remained away longer, or not hsv'
seemed sadly changed or his introspectiv'
view had been badly deranged.
One of his old political editors, Rich
ard .Northup, coming suddenly out of hi
room, met Elm in the hallway and will
unaffected old time cordislity, grssped hi
hand warmly, and, being himself tria
deaf, shouted Justify:
"Why, hello, Jerryl God bless you, olt
man, Pm right glad to see You back againi
frowned aud said, "How do you do to
day, Mr.. Northupf" rather eoldly.
His old employe dropped his hand
hsstened on, turned and regarded hi
superior for q moment, In 0 hurt sort o
way, buttoned his coat about his stoop
ing shoulders and disappeared With du
bious shake of his head.
Jeremy Garble saw the action, or enougl
of 1t to sting him deeply In the moo,
which possessed him. "Old Northup,
he reflected, "must know how I hsv
been received abroad. He could have a
least shown me q little Difference. Tha
| t6 the ena0K6 Ou6 gete lOr ketpluB Wel
In their place beyond their usefulnessl
This, 1t may be observed, is often tn
view men of success take of those VIII
have passed their entire lives Loyalty con
tributing to that success.
A little further on he halted ct the roor
of the obituary editor. Mr.. Melanctho
| Mold. sOld Mortality" he was called b
, the entire force, and he had q chipper wa
of buffeting any forsivabls Office badinaG