El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-10
THE HOBO EDITOR.

"I'n never forgit,'' unused the re-
fined Hobo, "a winter I put in in a
place called Shattagee,. up in New
Hampshire 1 struck that town in the
early part of the winter in company
with one of the most affable geniuses
that ever gev the road welt. He was
a printer, an, say, by the way, will
youse felers that write the newspapers
tell me what there is in the printin
part that sends the cravin fer adventure
an agony coursin the veins of the typo?
Durn it, if I hain't run across piles of
'em on the road, all men of consider
able education an ability.
''Howbeit, this pal of mine what was
side tracked with me comm down I'm
Montreal welted it inter this here town
Twas speakin of. He proves to be one
of the slickest ever saw. Talked like
a Chesterfield, as the Teller SEE, an what
he didn't know about the fine arts
drama, books, paintin's an Shakespeare
wasn't categorical as culture. 1t was
BLOWN up stormy an we wanders inter
the 'lectric light station of the town fer
rebate FIN the storm that was a-brewin
outside.
''We1l that 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
DRAWN 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, fremen an
the rest, an listens to treat SIGH as
they seldom he'd before. The typo gev a
readin on "A Midsummer Night
Dream an many others of the defunct
William. We all has supper tergether
an me pal an meself retires on the
touches they fixes up fer US about mid
night.
1--WE wakes about 2 a. m. The night
force was goin home, but outside the
snowdrifts was in great heaps. The
manner in which we got over to the
town center battles description, as the
Teller sez, but we makes it.
1--WE finds the only place open the
corner grocery an general store. The
engineer is still with us, an after in
with US in ter hav some apollinaris he
finds out what is the trouble with the
storekeeper, who, by the way, seems ter
hold about every public Office in town.
why, the engineer was saying, don t
worry over that he SEE, this gentle
man is 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 the
weekly county newspaper few years
ago. an while he couldn't write a para
graph without gettin nervous prostra-
ton, managed ter make the venture a
success financially. He hired lawyer
from an adjacent town ter come over a
few days week an fix up the news
gathered in the store by the clerks inter
readable shape. The balance of the pa
per outside the ads was made up of
boiler plate, which was bought in Bos-
ton. The lawyer editor led not arrived, |
on account of the stor1h, presumably. |
an only one of the printers was on deck. |
The paper was scheduled ter come out on |
the morrow, so we goes ter work.
''The stOrekeeper sets up box of his |
best cigars an some refreshments, an !
while me pal goes ter work up stairs in |
the printin room l keeps down stairs an |
every one who come on their |
OK sled all about the storm in their |
Bein possessed of sus-
ceptible imagination, 1 adds some en-
bell1shments of me own.
Il goes up stairs every once in a
while, an typo takes notes. Good, he
SEE, that's hot stuff. So 1 goes down
stairs for more facts. l leaves him up
there wearin q worried look for only a
The man down stairs was blusterin
sort of fellow. but he was our cringin
suppliant. as the teller SEE, throughout
that day. Everything is proceedin love-
y, an the publisher is delighted The pa
per has had an uninterrupted record of
comin out on schedule time since he had
taken it in charge, an sooner than miss
It comm out Tomorrow he would draw
On his bank account
1.-The other printers, who were all
young women, strolls in as the storm
,alms down some, an the publisher in
,orms them that me pal is editor in
thief, copy cutter an foreman. Every
hing is goin lovely. l comes up with
'ainbow story of how Zeke Snodgrass
become hero on account of his nigh OK
teppin inter the creek on his way in