The Van Buren press., 1897-10-16
WINDOW o'BRIEN saw that her sor

WINDOW 0'BRlEN saw that her son
wv Patsy was bothered the moment
he entered the house. 1t was early-so
early that the first gray dawn of the
short winter day had hardly yet made
itself visible. He had just finished his
nights work at the office. of THE
Morning Moon," where, though he was
quite is he carried copy and proofs till
the paper went to press, and then
helped in the mailing department. She
was all ready to start out for a days
work at the washtub, but, as usual,
stopped long enough to hear the story
of the night before, which Patsy told
while he ate the cold snack she had
ready for him.
''And what's gone wrong now, Pat
sy?" she queried, with motherly solici-
tude.
"Sure, mother dear, he replied reas-
suringly, its no trouble of me own
this time. Its me friend, Morton. the
extra reporter I've told We of, that's
run up agin hard luck, and it's meself
that's been tryin' to think of a plan to
help him out, all the way home. But
me heads as thick as a two-ineh plank,
this morning. and l see no way 10 do il
at all.
''Ye see they're a-givin' Mr.. Morton 8
chance, they say. And that names that
whinever there's ANYONE of the re-
porters away from the Office for a day,
Morton, he comes in. That gives him
work four or five days in the week some
times, and he was TO be made 'regu-
lar like the Others, bimeby, if he done
well. But the day before yesterday he
was sdoin' of the police in Wilbur's
place and somehow he didn't hear auy-
thing about a beautiful big burglary
that was printed in The Daily SpsTsd
Eagle in the mornin' aud now the req
lar reporters Is all a-Sayiu' his name Is
tDinEis' and Mud and 50 On and he'll
never get regular Job. Worse yer, he
Enay lose his place as extra
Hold up 8 minute, Patsy desr,- his
mother broke in. Is il this Mr Nor
Eon that's treated you 50 well in the
ofheeg~
sure It's him that's the only nan
that didn't folly in the lead ot that
scrumptious M Colsy Thompson TIE
sportin' editor whin he called ne Pc
leg The day first set ne fui in the
Office. and by the sane token that's
why I like Mr. Morton 80 wei and why
I've swore 70 get even with that scrump-
fious Mr.. Colley Thompson. And it's
your own plan, mother dear, that's
workin' 50 well with that fne gintle-
man. YouSe told me the best way 10
even up with him was to make him help
me along faster than he wanted to ard
said / could DO that bes; by being Of
use 10 him.
But anyway I'm Ekin' him much
better this mornin' than ever before for
he's feelin' as bad about Mr.. Norton's
hard luck as am messlf. He's not 4
bit ike them regular reporters, and he
gave them a Ialkin' 10 Just before
everybody left the Office that made
them look sick and done me heaps Of
god lfihsrS's amy one thing Mr.. Col
ley Thompson prides himself on its
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Soat he uses lots Of biE-words when he
ysiks. Well. he let his 'oabulary loose
On them feliers 81 right. sure. / can't
use all his big wo1dS but IN try &c tell
YOU about IT,
He walks into the city RON where
they Was gathered about the big talle
ehey all work around and listens for
swhiie 70 them s-chswin' cf the r1e
about poor Morton. Ard then be locks
at them with smile Of conscientious
tooperiority and tkeu he SAYS
I've got few chunks Of iuforua-
1ion 10 present frspFay' chat means
[reezin' cold. mother. tsarl 10 youse
audSin journalists that youse nay ret
Ike 10 hear. ard one of then is that
40 matter Il Morton I'D get left OF that
burglary he's got more gcoi neWsP1-
Per stuff in cus q his lttie frsers tAan