The Delta independent., 1899-05-26

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come imi,usd with the importance Of
his adventure. was brought mp stairs.
where tine printers was. an. seein how
his fame had preceded him. as the feller
sez. via me. Zeke begins ter believe
himself an goes over an over his haT
rowin experiences ter tho new editor.
War type. SO the foreman. sor
that "A Plunge From Death story. an
Put it awny for First In Storm Then
/ takes Zeks down stairs. an he buys
Tor the crowd II was . great day.
"No one leaves the printin Office for
lunch. for the publisher brings mp .
great spread Durin the evenin things
begin to quiet down We has full re-
port Of tho great storm. an. ter cap the
whole story. typo composes an sets mp
Us the muse hits him u dream Of poem
called A Winters Tale. which de-
scribes the storm panoraInalike. Ii was
. byrd AL night l jerks the press
while the town plugs drop in an com
ments an admires the papor.
THE paper u sort Of family In
stitution. regarded 20 BY tho Subscribers
anyway. an they are all arOun in the
forenoon next day when the nailin
commences The work 10 practically
ohn our hands then. but when they
has a chance ter see the paper they al
most loses their breath.
.'The former editor was . conserve
tive. narrow. weak hearted sort Of .
man. brought up on prejudices that
didn't exist in the make mp Of me pal
THE biggest type in the Office was
used an the paper was called special
storm number. with dispatches delay
sd in transmission. by special corre-
spondents from Rollin Greek an Shat
tsgee junction.
EVERY vicinity Of q Subscribers
home was covered. an they were tickled
ter death almost ter read Of the news
brought in by themselves an Of their
own narrow 'scapeA
1.-THE poem by typo was pronounced
very creditsble by the village minister.
who was literary sort Of chap him
sen. an. although the storm story rath-
er dazed him. still. bein lost in admi-
ration for me pal enterprise. ~ II were.
he could not fail TO give praise. nm ev-
erybody in town-man. woman an child
followed suit.
II tell you we was big fellers. espe-
cially me pal. for the days that fol-
lowed an we wore still gcttin out tho
paper. the other editor bein down
with the grip. Al the invitation Of the
minister typo gives . Shakespearcan
readin in tho town hall. with INC NJ ns-
sistant. speal:in line here and there.
..The sky pilot was 20 struck on the
interpretation that he nsks permission
to write it up for The Gaxoo. an he de-
votes n column Of praise 70 the maz-
nitcent talent Of our accomplished fel-
lcr citizen. ineanin typo. ! comes in for
me righteous share. IN bet typo has
ciippin of thxt paper with him yet
Two has money to light the gas with
In the days that followA We is asked
70 Join tho church. which We docs not
that was rortic 'larly intsssseet3in Cuch
COINS on. but typo was . friend of
the ministers. 70 We joinA Typo starts
all sorts Of wrinkles a-goin. He isn't
such favoritc with the men folks on
account Of his lordly ways perhaps. but
he sets the woman FOLKS almost wild
He gifts mp dehatin an literary circles.
an every ole gal thinks she oaght 70
give rcGdins in costume.
''Thoss were DARN days In Shattagce.
Finally one night. TO cap the climax.
- the fellcr says. aftor burst OF ap-
plausc for Tn ovation on Home Culture
an Home Philanthropy. typo NJ a
mcmbcr Of the congregation. mover. an
IL was carried by . storm Of applause.
shat tire ministers salary be raiscd
from $500 70 $500 yearly. Typo was ir-
rcsistitle. an while tho men folks had
been dead sore on any such idec for
years pact the winnin ways Of me pal
carried them away momentarily-;he
old girls especially.
1--WE goes inaide ter congratulate the
minister. an he In deeply thankful ter
n both But he SECS. IN typo sees. that
10 would he dangerous for ms ter remain
In town when the whcnts come ter their
SENSES. Gn they sccs how they ha, been
hypnotized. ns IL were. % We leaves
town for the midnight express goin
eost. never has bcen near that town
sense.
"Typof Oh. he's out Chiway. be-
lieve. was readin n Chi paper the
year Of tho fair. an ] sccs half column
sccuunt Of lecture ON Shakespeare
delivered before Mrr Potter Palmer m
the other eminent ladies Of the literary
e-hi5is q; the Columbian exposition
I've hearn typo give u before In the same
manner. only he had some new wrinkles
this time.
"His name was mentioned - but
that 8 another story. rs the fcller saya
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