The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
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porter"
When told Jack of the proprie-
tors decision he simply said:
"Im sorry Mr.. Brown doesn't feel
inclined to give me show as report
e., though l am much obliged to
him for the raise ia my pay. That
will please mother, anyhow. | want
ed TO surprise her with the news
that | had got up another round on
the ladder, but 1 Can wait. My
chance will come some time"
And Jack pitched into the work
again as cheerfully and as willingly
as ever.
Six busy months passed by. Jack
had not been absent from his post
an hour in that time, so one night
when he asked if he might remain
away the following day. jokingly
said:
'.This is something very unusual,
Jack. 7 am almost as much aston,
ished as if one of the presses had
asked for leave of absence. What
do you expect to do with your ieiI
for 4 whole day away from the Of
fice?''
81 thought of taking trip to
Chicago" he answered. "There's q
cheap excursion train going to run
there tomorrow, and, as I've ne7er
been there, I thought it would be a
good chance to goand see the place"
"Not going 10 look for q job on
some other paper and leave us, are
you?" inquired I, still jokingly.
"No; 1 reckon I'll stick to. the
Globe as long as the Globe sticks to
me-"
"All right; go ahead then, and I'll
expect you here at the usual hour
Thursday"
"I'n be here on time; you can de-
pend on that-unless the train gets
wrecked" said Jack, as he left the
office.
Those last words OF Jacks sound
ed almost like a prophecy, in the
light of future events.
The uext day came and passed
The usual hour for going TO press
midnight-had arrived, aud the fore
man of the composing room was
busy making up the forms, when a
boy came running in from the tele'
graph Office across the street with a
dispatch for the Daily Globe. | tore
It open and saw that it was from
Jack. 1t was dated at small rail
road station, only dozen miles
away, and ran as follows:
"Saye space in paper and send
special engine with reporters and
doctors. Excursion train wrecked
Several people killed and many in
iured. Leg broken or I wooli get
full report myseI: and bring 1t on
Send word to mother, so she won't
worry. Tell her it's only scratch
and I'll be oil right again soon.
Jack JoNEs.
The Globe staff did some tall hust-
ling during the next two hours,
When we reached the scene OF the
disaster we learned that Jack, though
suffering from o compound fracture
of the leg, had manage TO extricate
himself from the wrecked train, par.-
ly hobble and partly crawlto the sta
ton, several rods away, where ID
wrote out his message, handed it to
the operator with a request to hurry
it off, and tainted from pain.
We saw that he was made as COM
Portable as possible first, then did
what we could to assist others, gath
ering names and details as we went
along, and the next morning the
Globe published full account OF
the accident, scoring ''beat" ON the
Blizzard and the other morning pa
pers. About halfway down the list
of injured, the names being publish
ed in regular alphabetical order, ap-
peared the following:
"John w. Jones, reporter for the
Daily Globe, compound fracture OF
right leg; will recover"
Two days later, when / dropped
at his mothers where the plucky boy
had boen taken by my orders on the
night of the accident, to see how he
was gettieg along and 10 hand him
bis weekly salary, he counted the
money over in a puzzled sort OF way,
md then said:
"Youve made q mistake, haven't
,ou?" There IS ten dollars too much.
"Guess not" said I, nonchalantly;
didn't you see your name in our
ist as reporter?"
Jacks face flushed as he replied:
"Yes, but of course that was an
rror."
mot a bit of it, my boy" said 1.
promoted you as soon as l heard