The Delta independent., 1899-05-26
THE HOBO EDITOR.

"I'n never forgit." unused the 70
fined Hobo. .a winter put in in .
place called Shattagee. mp In New
HaInpshire. struck that town in the
early part Of the winter In company
with one Of the most afable geniuses
that ever gev the road welt. He was
. printer. an. say. by the way. win
youse fellers that write the newspaper
tell me what there Is in the printin
part that sends the cravin fer adventure
an agony coursin the veins Of the typof
Durn. it. IL ] hain't run across piles Of
'em on the road. all men Of consider
able education an ability.
"Eowbeit this pal Of mine what wss
side tracked with me comm down I'm
Montreal welted it inter this here town
was speakin Of. He proves TO be one
o Chesterfield. as the fcller sex, an what
he didn't know about the fine arts-ths
drama. books. paintin's an Shakespeare
-wasn't I cuteyoricd ns culture. 1t was
blowin up stormy an We wanders inter
the 'lcctric light station Of the town fer
rebate FIN the storm that was a-brewin
outside.
"Well. that pal Of mine puts mp the
sblest game Of talk I ever listens 10
The engine room was comfortable. an
We sits there soal<in mp the heat. me pal
drawin out what the enSineer's bob
bies vns. IN mo a-hackin him mp
"The engineer wns . crank on poetry
an plays. So. while the si-owstorm
howls outside. tho night force gathers
aroun' me pal. the engineer. 6rcmcn IN
the rest. un listens to treat sich NJ
they seldom he'd before. The typo gev .
readin On a Midsummer Night
Dream "a many others of the defuncs
William We nll has supper tergethcr
IN me pal IN meseK rctires on the
couches they 6xes mp fer rs about mid
night.
I'VE wakes about = m. The night
force was poin home. but outside the
snowdriits was in great heaps. The
manner in which wo got over to the
town center Lafsics description. as the
feller scz. oct vc makes 1t.
1--WE finds the only place open the
corner grocery an general store. The
engineer is still with us. an after in
vitin us in ter hav some apolliLaris he
finds ont what is the trouble with the
s.orehecper. who. by the way. seems Ter
hold about every public office in tow:i.
why. the engineer was saying. don't
worry over that. he scz. this gentle.
man is printer an writer Of ability.
an his frien here. meanin me. knows
how ter run the press
.Thcn VIC learns what the trouble Is
The storckeeper had bought out the
weekly county newspaper few ycars
ago. an while he couldn't write para
graph without gettin nervous prostra-
tion. managed ter make the venture Q
success financially. He hired lawyer
from an adjacent town ter como over
few days n week an FIX up the news
gathered in the store by the clerks inter
readable shape. Tho balance Of the pa
per ou.side the ads was made mp Of
boiler plate. which was bought in Bos-
ton. The lawyer editor had not arrived
on account Of the storm presumably.
an Only ono Of the printers was On deck
The paper was scheduled ter come out on
the morrow. no we goes ter work
"Ths storcxecpcr sets mp . box of his
best cigars mn some refreshments. an
while me pal goes ter work mp stairs in
the printin room I kecps down stairs an
interviews every one WI . come on their
OF sled all about the storm In their
neighborhood- Bcin Possessed Of aus
ceptible imagination. / adds como en-
bellishmcnts of me own.
II gocs mp stairs every once In 6
while. An ty.'o takes notcA Good he
sez. that's hot stuff. So goes down
etairs for more fIcta leaves him up
there wea-.n . worried hook for only .
moment
The man down stairs wss . blusterin
sort OF fellow. bat he was our cIingin
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