The Globe-republican., 1901-01-24

r Z was well along in life, near
M ly fifty years of age, wild
over, and the editor of n
q newspaper which had made
its mark in The city. when he mar
ried his second wife.
Mr. Editor Pod was a man of vim.
He was fussy. His opinions in re-
gard to the country's affairs, and to
matters of policy, and to the financial
question. ard to all public happenings.
and to the existing crisis. as well as
to events of local concern, were fixed
and positive. So also We're his opin-
ions to things of a literary, dramat-
ic, artistic and religious character. So
also as to baseball the horse races
pugiIism, and other sports So also as
TO the everlasting European mudd1e-
These opinions had been formed in
his early manhood; and after he had
started his paper, about the time he
touched the age of thirty. he was free
to put them out and shake them in the
worlds face.
He did not think much of poetry:
he despised novels; he houted funny
writer's; and he believed that most
people were fools He looked upon the
men of the political party to which he
was opposed as pack of rasca1s, who
were constantly seeking to upset the
country.
AS might have been expected, most
of the readers of his paper agreed
with him. and several of them sent
letters to him, the printing of which
gave him pleasure, in which he was
declared TO be an oracle, man of
weight, 4 patriot and an electric light
Editor Pods paper hourished, and
he was proud of its Influence To his
writers he gave orders concerning their
treatment of the topics which he as
signed to them; and no one of the lot
ever thought of uttering a word which
could possibly fail to receive his ap-
proval.
If any outsider ever dared TO con
tradict him, or expressed an opinion
different from that of the paper, or
suggested that Editor Pods wisdom
sometimes fell short of SoIomorss the
steel pen applied to the frontis-
piece of that outsider until he SQuealeGl.
As the years rolled on Editor Ped
became more and more intoIerant of
any opinion that was other than his
own, and ever more conteInptuous OF
such blockheads as had the impuden ce
to say that they disagreed with him.
The politician curried favor With
Editor Pod; the pIay-actor sent him
tickets: the author took him out tc
lunch; the preacher tried to win his
smile; the artist invited him to a priv
ate view of the new picture; the rea
estate agent told him of the choice
lots in the market; the orator offered
him an advance copy of his mex
speech; the sportsman sent carria sc
for him: the stock broker whispered {
word in his ear: the millionaire raised
his hat to him. happy to see him; tn,
doctor dosed his children at hall price
the frightened hobo crossed the stree
when he hove in sight; the lawyer ex
planned clients case TO him; and tn,
inventor of Il flying machine told hin
that the learned editor knew NOR,
than NIongolfier or Professor Lang
ley about aeronautics-
Editor Pods bamp of seIf-concei
gre-v to such proportions that the 9th
er bumps upon his bald head aImos
sank out of sight
While yet under fifty years of age
Editor Pod was bereaved of the wifi
TO whom he had been married sine
he was thirty. He had always live,
ON fair terms with her in spirit o
fOrbearance- She was 4 woman o
very plain mind, meek in her dispos
tion, domestic in her babi+s and n goo
mother to her-babe Happily for he
Editor Pods wife. she INDUCED i
no views of her own. She had n
opinions at all upon any CT the stupef
slous public questions or intricate ma
ters with wliich her husbands inteIleC
was constantly occupied She wa
mystitied when he dilated upon polit
cal affai.se. rallied against the ra,
caily le<ders of the other side. Su
cared re5t a nip for Congress. or 1egi
IaSion. or the laws of logic,-or an
foreign squabbIe. or the dramatic ar
or the Governments finances or til
latest novel of horrors, or the bos
race. or the gossip of fashionable 5,
ciety- or African exploration. or eve
the popuIarization of science for III
benefit OF the benighted masses 81
always sided with her husband /
soon as she knew what side he too
She drew her intelligence from Ii
1xslowledge-box. and her ideas from Ii
1Drafn-Tan- She despised his adve
<arieS- She would hardly speak to IL
wife of any man who did not agrs
with Mr.. Pod She thought he kne
more than DR. Depew. who he som
times censured. and was wiser tbs
che rev Dr. TaImage. whose rhetoI
cn4 bluEders he often pointed ou
Among the merits which she 20
sessed, and which he appreciated. ";