Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-12-07
Bob Harris.' Dream.
Bob Goes TO a Church Supper and Fills
Up on Cake and Pie and then Goes
Home and Has q Bad Dream,
(Mondamin Enterprise.)

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(Mondamin Enterprise.)
Bob Harris, the genial and band
some editor of the Valley Times went
with his wife to supper which wa.
given in the Valley few nights age
by the ladies of the Christian church
Bob is q man who is plenty old enough
to know better, but with youthful
fool-hardiness he filed up on all sorts
of good things and then went home
and went to bed and tried to sleep.
After rolling and tossing for . few
hours he went to sleep, but his pool
overloaded stomach would not let him
rest and 80 Bob become q victim oi
the nightmare. Probably on accoun,
of tie religious associations he had
been enjoying during the evening, he
began tn dream nf heaven and In the
course Of the night he dreamed that
he died and like all good Newspaper
men he was carried straight up to the
pearly gates of heaven.
| Bob always had way of carving
everything before him Oh earth and ex.
pected to do the same thing when he
got to heaven. So he stepped up ia
the gate and knocked and stoo d there
expecting an exceedingly warm vel
come. When st Peter opened the gate
to see who the newcomer was, Bob
started to walk right in, but was most
disaereeably surprised and somewhat
hurt to see Peter pull down q wicket
gate and to learn that there was some.
thing else before he could get in. st
Peter stood and looked Bob over care
fully for moment and then the fol.
lowing conversation took place:
Peter-"Hold on my friend, not 60
fast please. I want to ask you few
questi ons before you come in. Who
are you and what have you done to en-.
title you admission here?"
Bob-"Me, Why I'm Bob Harris, the
editor of the Missouri Valley Times
l thought Everybody knew me. l have
done q lot of free advertising for you
people and I want to come In and feel
that I am justly entitled to . free pass
Peter-"Where did you say yeu were
from?"
Bob" Why I'm from Missouri Val
ley, the biggest and best
Peter on now don't 70 SC
fast. Mo Valley, Mo Valley-Oh, yes
that's the third station below Monda
min is it not?"
Bob-(With q somewhat crestfaller
airy Eyes, but irs good deal bigger
and"
Peter. "Never mind about your opin
ion in the matter; connne yourself tc
the. questions; whom We want your
opinions we will ask for them. Whst
paper did you say you were connected
with p
Bob wishing he was back on esrtt
once more) The Mo Valley Daily anc
Weekly Times, the biggest and best
paper in
Peter, The Times-it seems to me
have heard of that paper somewhere
oh yes, I remember now that I hsv'
seen your name mentioned In our Off
cisl paper once in . while
Bob-"Whst is your official paper 2
Pater-The Mondsmin Enterprise
Bruce Morrison's paper"
Bob.-(tsking courage sgsin) "Bruc'
is good friend of mine'snd I think h
gave me favorable mention didn'
'fheY"
Yes he did and that's one thing YER,
lstrongly in your favor How lont
f.hsve you been in the Valley and whs
are the politics Of your psperp"
| Bob-aOur family has been connect
ed with the Times for over twenty five
years. The paper is . dyed.in-the- WOO
type of simon-pure democracy"
Peter, with . smile) "And do yot
mean to tell mo that you have bsel
the editor of q democratic newspspe
for twenty five years P, ........~
Bob-"Yes sir and I'm, proud ofit'
i Peter-Wslktight In ~ psn;inJ
man who has bsen running : dsmo
'crstic paper In Governor shsw's stst'