The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-31
BUDS COPY.

BUDS COPY.
The city editor opened the door and
peered impatiently through the clouds
Of smoke rolling mp yer tho long cen
Ter table i'm the reporters room.
ibid you get that story. Carleeona" he
asked.
.sCarleton's not I'm vet, MI. Reward. /"
one Of the men replied ssHe
But the door shut with = bang, 20
open o minute later, whenfAtfsA same
worried voice inquired:
where's Budi No; I suppose he
isn't to be found eitheri Did any one
ever know him 30 be On hand when he
was wanted? Here, Bud, " ~ the grimy
faced galley and general utility boy in
question came i'm with his proofs. 'go
down 20 the foot OF r street and find
Carleton. There's o wreck or the point.
but IL won't do ms any good unless he
gets here with that copy pretty soon.
We go TO press at 8 o'clock-in just two
hours BUD
He stopped with q half smile, for the
boy was already part way down the
stairs ON his way 20 the street.
None Of Ms knew exactly why we gave
the weird, shriveled specimen of boy
hood the name OF Bud Possibly it was
because or the certainty we felt that Tie
would never become . blossom. He was
q thin shouldered, sunken chested little
fellow, small even for his 12 years with
q sharp featured, unchildish face, and
the suggestion Of eternal Group In his
voice. He had drifted into the ofice ono
stormy night about . year before the
time OF which I write. and although hii
request for "a place. had been prompt.
" refused he had calmly staid cn and
become d fixture. He was not cominuni.
cative about himself, and we were moi
particularly curious One OF the women
proofreaders discovered before long thai
the gray rat under her desk wae not {
more constant habitue Of the office thar
was Bud He spent the hours between
the time that the paper went % pres
and the arrival Of the day men at Il
o'clock sleeping On d pile q empty mai
sacks In q dark corner Of the 6ngtn'
room, but from that time on he wa
alert and ready for business
Az 'understudy'' for Franz, che reg
ular galley boy, he YVES fast picking vi
q knowledge Of printing. and had DC
casionally displayed . surprising amour
Of information regarding the genera
makeup Of q newspaper. Strongly Inn
bued with the idea that all things wen
secondary In Importance and muEt b
subseryient TO its requirements moth
ing pleased him % much al an erraIa
Of the kind just given him by the Cit
editor, and we all knew he would re
turn ON time il he was alive
Carleton was q new man d the pc
pen, o little green in the business bu
with q nose for news'' and q sense &
honor and the eternal fitness Of thingt
coupled with reliability Of statement
] Mr.. Howard had looked over bis Bta1
that night before giving the assignment
1Get TO that wreck, Carleton. ssxA
said testify. lyon . the ohIVsHaa
here who can write ID up without laS
ing the waves roll mountain high
And the new reporter had torn d thfc
section from the block OF copy paper m
hurried away.
Bud found no difficulty in locatin
the wreck, although he could see Il
:. dark spars outlined against the sk
0 much better by running along the WI
] Ter front as Tar "a Fl street. The storm
which had been raging for three day
. and had finally caused the disaster, hd
4 subsidized a trifle, and from his distana
! the great, black hulk seemed restin
, easily upon the waves. On account /,
2 the hour there were but few spectator
..I-only the hurrying life saving crew
! the patrolmen and the inevitable grou,
az ragged wharf rats. And Bud obser'
Q cd. with delight, that NOS azaother pap
i had d reporter On the scene He looks
around for CarletoaA, aid some toI
him that the Chap chat had B6en Wi
! ing there for d long time, sitting On
Overturned small boat, had at a txigh
ID che little craft and set cir for Il
half submerged shin &.
II "He hadn't oughter either, = u
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