Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-06-02
THE HOBO EDITOR.

'Tn never forgit," musod tho re.
hned HcS6, "a winter I put in in a
place called Shattagee, up in New
Hampshire. I struck that town in the
early part Of the winter in compan.
with one Of the most affable geniusei
that ever gev the road a welt. He wFyJ
q printer, an. say, by the way, win
youse fellers that write the newspapers
tell me what there Is in tho printin
part that sends tho cravin fer adventure
IN agony coursin the veins OF the typof
Durn it. if l hain't run across piles of
'em on the road. all men Of consider
hble education an ability.
'Howbeit, this pal of mine what was
sido tracked with mo comm down FIN
Montreal welted it inter tEis here town
I was speakin Of. He proves to be one
Of the sliekest I ever s'.w. Talked like
a Chesterfield. as the Teller see, an what
he didn't know about the fine arts-the
drama, books. paintin's an Shakespeare
wasn't categorical as culture. 1t was
BLOWN mp stormy an we wanders inter
the 'lectric light station of the town feI
rebate FIN the storm that wa a-Drowin
outside.
"WeE. chat pal Of mine puts up the
ablest game Of talk I ever listens TO.
The engine room was comfortable, an
we sits there soakin up the heat, me pal
drnyyin out what the engineers hob
bies was, an me a-backin him up.
1.-THE engineer was a crank on poetry
an plays. So, while the snowstorm
bowls outside, the night force gathers
aroun' me pal, the engineer, firemen an
the rest, an listens to n treat SIGH as
they seldom he'd before. The typo gev a
readin ON "A Midsummer's Night
Dream an many others of the defunct
William. We all has supper tergether
an me pal an meself %retires on the
couches they fixes up fer US about mid
night.
1--WE wakes about Z a. m. The night
force was goin home, but outside the
s~nowdrifts was in great heaps. The
manner in which we got over to the
town center battles description, as the
Teller SEE, but we makes it.
"Wo finds the only place open the
eorner grocery an general store. The
engineer is still with us, an after in
with us in ter hay some apollinaris he
finds out what is the trouble with the
storekceper, who, by the way, seems ter
hold about every public Office in town.
why, the engineer was saying, don't
worry G that, he SEE, this gentle
man is a printer an writer Of ability,
an his frien here. meanin me, knows
how ter run the press
Then we learns what the trouble is
The storekeeper had bought out tn
weekly county newspaper a few year
ago, an while he couldn't write a para
graph without gettin nervous prostra
tion. managed ter make the venture
success financially. He hired a lawye
from an adjacent town ter come over
few days a week an fix up the new
gathered in the store by the clerks int
readable shape. The balance of the pa
per outside the ads was made up c
boiler plate, which was bought in 30:
ton. The lawyer editor had not arrived
on account Of the storm. presumably
An only ono Of the printers was on decl
The paper was scheduled ter come out o
Che morrow, 50 we goes ter work.
1.-THE storekeeper sets up a box of Ia
best cigars an some refreshments, a
while me pal goes ter work up stairs /
the printin room / keeps down stairs a
interviews every one who come on the.
OK sled all about the storm in the.
neighborhood Bein possessed Of a su
ceptible imagination, / adds some on
bellishments Of me own.
81 goes up stairs every once in
while. an typo takes notes. Good,
seq. that's hot stVa. 50 / goes dow
stairs for more facts l leaves him I
there wearin a worried look for only
moment
THE man down stairs was a blusteri
sort Of a fellow, but he was d cTingi
Suppliant, as the Teller SEE. throughoV
that day. Everything is ~proceedin Low
ly, an the publisher is delighted The
per has had an uninterrupted record
comm out on schedule time since he HI
taken II in charge, an sooner than mi
it comm ont Tomorrow he would dra
on his bank account
1.-THE other printers, who were 4
young women. strolls In as the stor
ealms down some. an the publisher !
forms them hat me pal is editor
chef, copy cutter an foreman. Ever
thing Is go.a lovely. / comes up with
rainbow story Of how Zeke SnOdgra
become "a h 70 on account OF his nigh
Stppin iyter the cresk on his way