The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-23

played him q scurvyts Trick, ana ne
must have revenge. he: seized his hat
and still holding on to the offend.
ing newspaper, set out to find the
editor. This he had no difficulty in
doing. The. faithful. servant of the
pen and the public was insllis sane.
tum with the lone -compositof and
several loafers who spent much time
there. In the midst of this sleepy
senate appeared suddenly theAindig-
nant Mr.. Hill-very red'sin the face
and agitating his newspaper-anid de
clared with great vehemence that he
objected to that so-called prize cs-
say. He5began tossing his mountain
lingo about recl,lessly and even in
obliged in threats of personal VIC
lenceAat which the editor smiled
pleasantly. Then the schoolmaster,
beside. himself, made. for the editor
with his fists efeuponh the com:
P9sitg1 End tYo bHrlXE l9stsrs
him away, swearing in manner that
would have given Infinite delight I'd
ssiaedlaiid,' : doubtless, Ishoeked ! 'the
j AfYhs next day the scthoaJimas I
explained the mysteries of the pons
asihoruhi etos-a' lot IL blockheads Of
smade 4thel same blockheads, recite
Latin verbs. u The young Williams had
evidently heard all about the scene
in the office Of the Wauhatchie News.
They Uttered and talked in corners
when he was busy-and the young Ia
dy members of the school were !es-
pecially 1naddening. ts--'iE III e
Poor Hill stood at his blackboard
and TUNED. Was it not enough that
this meddling Harris .shouldybe per-
petually in his way with the lovely !;
and wealthy Miss Carry Maya. No!
The fellow must print in HIS con-
founded little paper things contain
ing reprehensible and-what was In
finitely worse impolitic doctrines.
Then he had the impudence. to pro-
claim these things as prize essays
of the pupils of Wauhatchie Acade-
my! And to cap it all, the jackanapes
had defied him--him, the schoolmas-
ter and the head of Wauhatchie
Academy! The pupils knew-and Miss
Carry May would know Of it, too:
Harris would certainly tell her if no.
body else did. 1T was intolerable. {,
Hills wrath having cooked thus all
day, he set out as soon as school was
dismissed to find the editor 8, once
more. This time he met him on the
street.
81 want to speak to. yon, Mr.. Ha1rs-
ris," said Mr., Ill.,. siding ,pps awl
wardly to the p}aceswhere| his enemy
stood. IN 6HS I'll o III
81 am at your lseery,iice ,ssIF, 'Asam M!
Harris, looking bored, ES.ssbIlt be- brieG
I am in something of a hurry" .
II want" said Mr.. Hill, without
further ceremony, ''to fight you"
Il don't see the use of that, zssaid
Mr. r.. Harris.sya A.. Il aaa 81
,,. .You must 81 apologizee I, d said Mr..
Il certainly shall q Il Hi 3 said Mr..
"rhen III going e iicK you NJ Fight
now and here" said Mr.. Hill, flying
into a rage and making windmills xof
his arms. ~
''Not now or here" said Mr.. Har-
ris, coolly. II am no street brawler.
i 3 am u a ts Xpllasessws1esas j.1tisa Of
the peace, and do not intend to get
myself hauled before the mayor
even to oblige you;, I shalb be snere
than pleased mket Ssusas koA&
NOR nvenisht hhA "
tired~pot putsfds atfiG TIE st t6W a II limits.
At present am going to supper"
And HarsiAsturneAapn, hissisel lint
sitts p tast Jt.isad, a1es
had been U curioD9 observer Of this
scene, and. acknowledgements n-dauwn
the village street. Hill, left thus I'M
ceremoniouslys stood randi stafaeaA
his mouth open-the picture .ofshelp-
less fury. sfheeha Ire rushed after the
editor, shouting, a torrent of speech,
in oil Of which the word iI'fight,' alone
was articu1ate. Id, l.s..,,,.,1 II, ..,,.ffa =.
Harris turned. ..,.....,,, .e.,,; :.
y told you," said he to Hill angrily,
chat ! was going to supper" and
he resumed his walk This time Hill,
after standing like a lost man and
gazing after Harris for "a moment,
swung round in his turn and strobe
off I'M the, opposite, direction. +. He
walked violently, Singing his arms.
The worst Of it was that when the
schoolmaster met Miss Carry May the
voting woman, instead III answering
hisgrihls' and compliments With smiles
as she had been used to do, was apt
poW to turn aside her head and gig
gle, and .Mhensthe wretched Hill tried
tos explain she giggled more than
ever. 1t might be supposed from this
that the editor was in high favor.
Bu e in that ys,yy he he swas evidently
Ehe,editor came back from sup Che
county" some time during the next
week, and i called Immediately upon
Miss CaTrx7May.. He. was received
with froWns. Miss Carry7Aay told
hi1n frankly that she could not, re-
spect d; coward. Everybody knew,
she said, that he declined to fight itthe
schoolnhasterA afterward he mad run
away--and, well, she for one, was
surprised. The editor, who had 1T