The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-01-26
EDITOR PODS SECOND WIFE.
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Ry JOHN swINroN.
y vas Ven NIUHB ~ nv HV'lI
Is fifty years Of age a wild.
over, aud the editor Of 3

newspaper which had mace
ITS mark ia ahe city, when be 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, and TO all public happenings
and to the existing crisis as wen as
to events Of local concern. were fixed
and positive. SO also were his opin-
ions as to things Of a literary. dramat-
ic. artistic and religious character. SO
also as 10 baseball. the horse races
puglllsm. and other sports So also as
to tie everlasting European muddle.
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
Ne despised novels: he fouted 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 a pack Of rascals 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 a patriot and an electric light
Editor Pods paper hourished, and
he was proud Of It's influence" To his
writer's he gave orders concerning their
treatment Of the topics which he as
signed to them; and no one of the lot
ever thought Of utterng 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 tha. Editor Pods wisdom
sometimes fell short Of Solomons, the
steel pen was applied to the frontis.
piece Of that outsider until be squealed.
AS the years rolled on Editor Ped
became more and more intolerant Of
any opinion that was other than his
own. and ever more contemptuous Of
such bloclheads as had the impuderce
to say that they disagreed with him.
The politician curried favor with
Editor pod the play-actOr sent him
tickets; the author took him out To
lunch; the preacher tried to win his
smile; the artist invited him to priv
ate view Of the new picture; the rea
estate agent told him Of the choic,
lots in the market, the orator offered
him an advance copy of his mex
speech; the sportsman sent a carriage
for him; the stock broker whispered O
word in his ear; the millionaire raised
his hat to him. happy TO see him; tho
doctor dosed bis children az hall price
the frightened hobo crossed the street
when he hove in sight; the lawyer ex
planned 4 clients case to him; and th'
inventor Of a flying machine told hin
that the learned editor knew mor'
than Mongolder or Professor Lang
ley about aeronautics.
Editor Pod'8 bump Of self-concei
grew to such proportions that the 9th
er bumps upon his bald head almos
sank out Of sight.
While yet under fifty years Of age
Editor Pod was bereaved Of the VIII
to whom he had been married sine
he was thirty He had always live
on fair terms with her in a spirit o
f0rbearance. She was a woman 0
very plain mind. meek in her dispos
ton. domestic in her habi.s and a goo
mother to her babes Happily for hei
as Edhor Pods wife. she INDUCED /
80 views Of her own. She bad q
opinions at al upon any CT the stupei
dous public questions or intricate ma
ters with which her husbands intelle'
was constantly occupied She ";
mysufed rhen ne dllated upon polii
cal anaias. OF rallied against the ra
cagy letders Of the other side. 81
cared r.st a dip for Congress. or legi
latlon. or the laws Of logic. or an
foreiqn souabhle, OF the dramatic al
or .ts Governments finances. or Il
Iafest novel Of horrors, Ok the bo
race. or The gossip Of fashionable s
cietv. OF African exploration, or evl
the popularization of science for T.
be1eft or the benighied masses s
always sided with her husband.
soon rs she knew what side he TOD
she drew her intelligence from a
knoviedce-box. and her ideas from
hrainpan. She despised bis adv
saries. She would hardly speak TO
wife Of amy man who did not agI
with Mr. Pod She thought be kn'
mere than Dr Depew. who be son
fimes ceusured. and was wiser tn
the ker. Dr Talmace. whose rheto
cai munders he often pointed o
Among the merits which she p
tessed and which he appreciated. "