The herald., 1897-01-03
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!: THIS IS A STORY ABOUT 4 STORY {;

This is the story of an author manu-
script, and literary market.
The copy was special news story.
! easily worth space rates. and the author
tion in the Office of q metropolitan daily.
He called in again within a week. and ask
ed If they were going TO use it?'
The boy at the door of the editorial room
did not know what had been done about
the copy" APPARENTLY they had not yet
referred the matter to him. Ihe CITY editor
was out The author asked for the manaS-
ing editor, and waited half an hour While
they were either constructing managing
editor for the occasion or else searching
for the one they had. Finally an editor
come out and inquired If the visitor had
called about a manuscript. Then ne took
a description of the story and promised TO
mail 1t TO the authors address.
1T is rather important 70 me. SAID me
latter ito have an early decision on this
story as it took me three days to get 1t, You
have had it a week. and my next square
meal depends upon its sale
''All right" said the ed1tor ana tneh No
went back to his desk.
Another week passed and there was no
sign of the manuscript, so the author went
once more u inquire about 1t. Inc ONCE
boy started cff, grinning, to search for an
editor, and returned with nsin who SAID
he would look up the story. lie came back
in a few SECONDS TO say thal II must nave
been handed TO the Sunday editor. as ne
was the only one who was out At the time,
and no one else knew anything about It..
1t was about l o'clock pm, and as tho
Sunday editor would not be in before mid:
night the author went out and waited
around until that hour. The Sunday editor
sent him out word that he had not seen his
story, and that the night edltor was 100
busy to attend TO him.
The author then began calling every day
as a matter of course, to inquire about MS
manuscript. and each time ne called the
boy would post the various editors who had
seen him and promised to look up the man
uscript, and they would send out new
man.
torial staff of this paper. any wayY' the
author at last wearily inquired OF tho
office boy.
II may as well see them all, suppose"
said the author; and so he kept on calling
One day there was fire and the place he
had written about was burned down.
Here was an opportunity to sell the story
to every paper in town. He wrote letters to
the sixteen editors in chief, the thirty-two
managing editors, the sixty-four city edi.
tors and the thirty-six Sunday editors he
had individually interviewed on different
days, and threatened them all with person.
al violence if his story was not delivered up
by one of their number-he didn't care
which one-when he called next morning
AS the author entered the ante-room Of
the sanctum, the office boy grinned hor-
ribly and retired to find an editor.
A clean-shaven, tcugh-looking, muscular
man came out and inquired his business.
The author said savagely that he was
tired of being fooled by q set of professional
swindlers.
The muscular person glared at him. and
asked him If he meant TO insult an editor
of the paper. -
"Then you are another Of those thieves!'
yelled the infuria ed contributor.
| The next moment he was struck square
/ between the eyes, and downstairs he went,
humping with extreme violence from step
to step.
| The muscular person was a noted saloon
| bouncer. specially hired for the occasion.
| The author was assisted to his feet after
| he had rolled out upon the sidewalk, and
+, then he appealed to policeman. who went
| up to the office.
No one there knew anything about the
| affair, but the office boy said drunken
man had happened in few minutes before
whom he took to be a compositor looking
| for a job.
The policeman then took the author to
the station, and next day in court he got
| three months on the island.
| Subsequently he was transferred to the
insane asylum. where his case was declared
! to be hopeless. He spends his time draw.
| ing pictures of imaginary editors, and
tearing them into little bits.--Nsw Jork
1 Journal ~