The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15

pay up, Good night lie was gone before
recovered my breath"
"iiow did you square that with the city editor"
The reporter inquired
Told him the whole truth. lie laughed and
sad II was all right and that no one could be up
~ all the lodges that are going, Oh, ] Was gaining
ex lerience at n rapid rate. thought | knew
i all by that llmc, but Nh" third day Nh, that
dreadful third day
your sl""v" for the fat"ful day, asked IN" r"p"ri"r,
"A hummer, re'or,rd the great man. An
UNCONSCIOUS OF II slept my mornings 'irrp next
day and when I awoke my first THOUGHTS we're
waking dreams Of the time when should be cltv
editor q, least u The great Motrirg GiOry, lh"n
Passing great IN circulation and Influence, Mas,
III" Morning GlOrp wag doomed hat drN, and
through me II was destined I" SEQ ON" more
lssu" ard Then 10 disappear from he Ken Of mon
Il entered the Office %!"yfnlly, little knowing tha'
was more dangerous there than my weight in
dynamite \ couple Of hours nlcr / got on as
SiSnnent On my way Ia the place To- which ]
had been sent came upon n Gene witch Thought
very funny \ cplurcd woman, carrying n basket
Of clpthe, d"s med for the waShtub was attached
by n big, rHunt dog Just as she turned into the alley
where, | 'sppn,c, she resided, She Ind scraps
o. meat among the clothes, a gift, perhaps, from
the people for whom she washed, The half
fami,hcd dog jumped upon the basket, knocking
II ont ui her hands aud pokcd his nose among The
clothes trying I" get al The meat She fought him
OIL rs long aS she could, using language quito
unparliamen'ary the while, aud a great crowd
looked on. and laughed ,;Iddrnly she thrust her
hand +" The bottom Of the basket and pulling ont
- NV ll'ilEi'' " ~ 'll''llEs ll'-l'p' iNN
II and then : such hoWling | never heard before
or since. There was mustard on the meat. She
went AWAY %grinninc aud unmolested further
! d''id"d to wri'c mat, just to show the folks In
the ullHce how could handle a funny story.
While | was wriring that very article that
niFh', the alarming information reached our
office that Mayor Post had been thrown out Of his
buggy while out driving and had broken his
shoulder blade. Now Mayor Post was the angel
OF tie MorniHg GLORY, the man VINO put up tie
money in time Of need, which was all the time,
and The city editor hated 10 send ne out on such
an important case, but he had no one else in the
ness, 81 with many a caution he sent me- out
u got the story, MI Post was worse hurt than
anybody supposed, lie had been taken to a hospi
tai and the doctors didn allow him 10 be re
moved 10 his home, He had been driving in q part
Of the city mostly inhabited by colorcd folks,
with a view "i suggesting sanitary reforms N
hi annual message. How he had come 10 fall
out Of the buggy vas the mystery in the case,
for the horse hadn { run away, and Mr. Post him
self WASH I able to speak.
"Oh, but 1t was n mystery next day when the
public read my account of it That work Of Az
ended with H." statement that his hONliug ScrH.cI
~ be u promise that II he should set over hi,
mislar hr would never, never again chase a col
orcd woman up an alley. OF the dog my story
said that he had been taken 10 the Hospital
course, 1t was the fault Of the make NJ
man who mixed the concluding paragraphs Of
the Two stories Wien putting the type into the
forms, but was the huuluo nevertheless; al least
] have Away thought 81. Mayor Post wa we'll
enough TO read ,hc paper the next day, and well
enough 20 send an order directing il To- cease pub
l%ira'ion Which it dill, | degcneralcd into II
banker and here am
"\nd how do know that You re the banker
How do know but that you r. going 10 decay ibis
interview and sue for libel And how do know
but that the makeup man will set some % This
int" IN" Rev Dr. Thirdly = "crmon' asked the
TrDnricr
You catch the point exactly" remarked the
great man.