The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-08

9-s.scott'd run short OF real n-n-news
as he often did. he'd just t-t-turn 10
some of those old letters and p-p-print
the n-n-notices about M-m-mise Saiah
Whites n-n-new bonnet, and $3.50 on,
In the l-l-locul columns, as II the thing'd
j-j-just happened and wes OF g-g-great
importance, Mr., S-s-scott always sid
the papers that was s-s-short on news
was the b-bbest he ever g-g-got out.
There's nothing that takes ike p-p-Ier-
sonals, he said. Everybody ALWAYS
s-s-seems TO be awful g-g glad to get
their n-n-name in the p-p-papei.'
"Sylvester's face was aglow with en-
thusiasm over the editorial methods OF
my predecessor, and | saw that In my de-
plorsble state OF ignorance he would he
valuable acquisition TO my stan. My
youthful assistant and | sat talking over
the affairs OF the Clarion until far into
the night, and when we separated we
promised each other that we would put
our shoulders TO the wheel and between
us keep the paper at Its present high
pitch OF popularity, and, II possible.
raise 1t to a still more exalted plane OF
excellence. During the two months sue
ceeding my unceremonioue purchase VI
the Clariou we kept our word Our pat
ant insides were always filled to the mar
gin With pertinent excerpts from metro
&
sumo OF current events our country CUE
respondents wrote with pens dipped in
rainbow -hued inks when detailing the
social events OF their respective neighbour
hoods while Sylvester and l. at our end
of the line, fairly ran riot in spirited
comments on the politicalSsituatian and
doings OF our neighbors. But the end OF
the second months triumphal journey
into realds of literature brought us 70
our Waterloo. Sylvester was hrst TO
divine our disaster. He got wind OF 1t
/ down at the station. whittier he had gone
I to superintend the delivery of our patent
INSIDE forms which were sent up 10
! Crowsfoot from Cincinnati every Monday
4 evening The train on which the forms
/ were shipped was due In our village d
few minutes past Z o'clock. On that par
ticular Monday evening Sylvester came
rushing into the office about ESQ WIN a
/ face that rivaled the snowdrifts outside
in whiteness.
There w-w-won't be any t-t-train IN
t-t-tonight' he stammered bfeathlessiy'
THE N-n-newtown bridge has gone
d-d-down and there's BIB been an awiui
w-w-wreok on the r-r-road. Tive o-c-cars
are mp piled up in the bottom OF the
c-r-creek ss-smashed into ss-splntels'
and there's about hundred p-p-passeh
gers killed. ,.,.d IN,
LAS sylvester spoke | ran toward tne
rear Of the room and began 10 draw or
INV oyercoat sylvester | said, excited
Is, this is the opportunity ct our nNes
we must get all the facts concerning 1..'
disaster and write them up III lhOS'
graphic style Let us oeeln at
II was about to take header INTO 'he
street but sylvester caught the skir'f
of INV coat and held me fast. W-N-wna'
Won thinking about, Mr. J-i-jacksont nc
said scornfully. 'W-w-we cant MI eiVh'
p-p-pages with me SO Of III wr-r-ecS|
Z" well, | said. we don't nave TO- Os'
patent insides--
Il caught glimpse OF sylIeSte'
countenance at that, and stopped shoIt
my exposition of ways an1 means" ,en
said Sylvester, go on. Our p-p-p'lo"
nsides?' ,.,y.
.There we're tears in the boys eyes az
he answered They w-w-was IN NV
wr-r-reck, he said and were s-s-shiasn
ed to th-th-thunder,
II removed my overcoat and returned
to my seat at the desk Ihat me- ~
t, we've got to write the whole paper
said, despondenuy.
Yes, assented Sylvester, inc ON,
UNIV we can s-s-saVe ourselves Is 10 CONF
ONT s-s-strong on the p-p-personAln'
~ think | never worked SO hard In M
life as | did during the next ,WelV'
/, hours | used the shears pretty Heely
but having ever in mind the advice s'Ee'
nv hoth Scott and Sylvester a to IN
] notency OF personal notices OF colhpll
!! menbdiy nature as a source OF populari1
! and incidentally subscriptions l deVote
I nv most heroic efforts to the complllh
Y NJ stale pleasures and entertainment O
I tho rural population. When ! had writ
:. ten about a hundred Of these items !
a perfunctory manner my lh"Sl allo
e suddenly took wings unto itseit ana III
I descriptions thereafter were llngea WIZ
d brilliant colorings. II was while laDol
n ing under the stimulous OF eXc'temer
= that / came across the name OF Glady
t WYATT Miss Wyatt had been written u
g In the Elk Lick letter three weeks DE
fore, the item OF news concerhlnB NE
e. being to the effect that on the precedin
e Thursday she had entertained seie'
~ party of friends at dinner, As req
, the renort of Miss Wyatt's lavish hosp
It talitv INV mind took Are with vivid tar
II cies. Immediately below the hik bc
7. letter was Communication from Belfas
o the first paragraph OF which Announce
with many nnuendos that Mr.. Eloe1
S Day OF that village lad been visiting
|. the home OF Arthur Wyatt OF Elk Licl
and | straightway conceived the laes Una
Miss Gladys and Mr. Day we're engage
! TO De married, anu tuhN ~ va" - a.
il honor that she had set ZIP the SUMPTION
e repast chronicled In that fragment
Elk Lick history. In Imagination sa
: an exact picture OF Miss Gladys. She We
" a most beautiful girl, l felt sure, ar
:, my fingers itched to be al work on II
e details OF that betrothal dinner, BPtol
committing myself. however. consuite
q Sylvester.
Ie " Sylvester said I. did you ever he'
of a Miss Gladys Wyatt?'
= 'Y-y-yes. SIR said Sylvester. II
j. s-s-seen her
10 'When?' / asked. -,
i. "'oh, two or three times was q
reply. She c-c-comes to C-C-Crows'o
!e to balls. She can d-d-dance like u
Z w-w-wind And then she c-c-came In
ID the &C Clarion office once with her ist
10 err
lie "'what kind of looking girl is she
T. persisted.
Id 'Doosid p-p-pretty,' said sylvest
with animation.
Is I" Thank you. Sylvester, said l. Al
as then set TO work on that dinner
n 1--WE regret l wrote. that OWING
ie an avalanche of news OF State ana y
"a tional Importance we have been preyentf
~ UP to this late day. OF doing justice 70 !
sumptuous banquet to which Miss Glao
re Wyatt Of Elk Lick babe her circle OF mo
- intimate friends sit down on Thursd
~ evening the 2d instant. The dlnn
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