The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-01-03

corporations seeking deserved favor.
Whatever may be the multitude Of my
faults, have the virtue OF despising
the demsgogue and his tricks"
NOT AN OFFICE SEEKER.
This last thrust suggested the in
quiry, "Are you not in politics to
stay2"
"No" most positively. IL shall
never seek Office again. shall en-
deavor 10 do my whole duty this
term, thea l shall decline renomina-
ton if rendered me-"
"What, then, are your plansH" was
asked.
II am u lawyer, graduate Of the
Cumberland University law school.
But my education in the high schools
of my native city of Boston, my ex-
perience and my tastes all incline me
to professional journalism, which /
shall enter very soon after the close of
my term"
"Then you have dabhled a little in
printers ink?" queried the reporter.
A WRITER FOR THE PRESS.
"Incidentally for several years !
have written extensively. for Northern
news and literary papers. Only re
Gently the Youths Companion did me
the honor to accept my work. love
journalism; in fact, my fondness for
literary employments is my master
passion"
"How long since you came South?"
81 left Boston six years ago, located
in Johnson City, and haye lived there
since, except during the delightful
months spent in the congenial atmos-
phere of Lebanon, Tenn, where I had
hoped to spend some days en- route to
Nashville, had I not thought that by
coming on I might induce my friends
of the press to undo
SOME OF THE INJURY
they have, without the slightest mali
cious intention, been doing me. am
heartily ashamed of it all, not alone
for my own sake-and | can not re-
press the hope that l am not wholly
lacking in the sentiment of modesty
indispensable to the gentleman-but
am, as | said, profoundly sorry that
the unoffending and intelligent peo.
pie of Washington county have q
representative who has even thus
guilelessly subjected himself to this
humiliation"
"Verily, Mr.. Duncan, your state
ments do very effectually puncture q
large and brilliant bubble of newspa.
per sensation. But you must have
had remarkable trip. What was
your route?"
NOT A PRESS CENSOR.
II have neither the hope nor ambi-
tion TO reform the press. 1t publishes
what the people crave, even though
sometimes as in this case somebody
must thereby suffer. But / like the
newspaper fraternity. Among them
are my staunchest friends, and it il
to some OF these friends, few of whom
are possibly tainted with Mulhstton'
ism, that | am indebted for the fact
that / am known across the continent
as the collarless statesmen of Wash
ington county. They meant to dc
me no harm, but they did, neverthe
less, and am confident that they
will with great cheerfulness undo al
much OF it as possible. Indeed ! dit
have delightful trip. Until the arri'
val of this Christmas blizzard, thG
weather was superb. left johnson
City December IA, walked along thu
ridge which skirts the railroad tC
Knoxville, visiting on the way Wash
ington College and Tusculum College
famed institutions Of learning which
I had long desired to see.
AT DAvY CRooKETT's HILL.
II passed over Davy Crockett Hill
and through much other territory a
grandly beautiful as it is rich in his
tory and legend. In Knoxville spen
one day, going thence to Kingston t,
examine several collections of Indial
relics. You will remember that Kings
: ton was on one of the greatest Indial
trails OF the continent. From Kings
ton | walked to lockwood, leavin
all roads and threading the forest
and mountains, interviewing tn
while every specimen of real mour
, tain manhood met. l was particu
: larly fortunate in meeting old mour
taineers whose marvellous msmorit
l are fairly crowded with delightful
/ weird reminiscsnce, upon all OF whiC
s / naturally
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