The Lamar register., 1902-07-09

Once OF th1 BiBEard.
EeagiADs ChAmptoa of the Rights OF Man.
In General
AAd Of tbs Republican Party.
IN PARTICULAR.
Welcome.
Dwips your feet on ths mat
Guy scrapsd his shoes assiduously
and passed into the sanctum. One
would hardly have thought that in
such . misty little cubby hole the
powerful mind of Archibald Keever
was wont 70 evolve those gems of cdi-
torial wit which had made the Blizzard
venerated and feared all the way from
Fargo to Bismarck, and from Standing
Rock as far north as Turtle Mountain.
Yet such was the fact. Guy looked
about him with interest. Insurance
calendars, farming implement adver-
tisements, q cheap lithograph of Topsy
and another of Eliza pursued by blood
hounds did their little mite toward
covering the rough board walls. Two
tcn-penny nails. affixed to the board
wall by half their length. supported a
white hat and . cane. A window con-
tanning eight panes OF dusty glass let
In = mellow light upon the great man
who sat 1t . desk, his profile to the
caller, and took no notice of him. Evil
IDENTIFY the editor was In the throes of
competition.
Guy had NO desire TO interrupt and
remained standing very quietly In the
center of the hoos. Scratch. scratch.
scratch. bumped over that antiquated
desk with his old Steel pen, seraping
away ~ for dear life. What fre the
h>o h-o ,fv,- t~x
that editorialI Guy observed him Curl
ousiy.
The Colonel was not tall. but rather
short. He was also very stout-a
pudgy man with an extremely pudgy
countenanos. His faos wasred. the tip
of his nose conspicuously SO. He wore
q mustachs and chin whiskers, both
gray and bristling and cut In the fierc-
est form compatible with high re-
spectability. The better to show the
Colonel's illustrious bumps, Nature had
denuded OF hair the greater portion of
his scalp. Phrenology had been . pas
time study of Guys, and he observed
how. beginning at the temples. the hir-
head. passing. at the back, no higher
than the topmost bmits of philopro-
genitivsnea. mperfectly developed.
Two small eyes. murky, but wide apart.
claimed Guys final attention.
The caller realized suddenly that he
had been In The once for quite q con-
adorable period. II the Colonel could
not grant an interview, he might say
SO. and Guy would call again. The
young man coughsd. The Colonel
frowned heavily, raised his left hand
In token of silence and scratched on.
Guy swung ON his heel and started
for tbs door.
"Colonall" cried q shril voles.
"Don't let him get awayl Maybe he
wants 70 subscribst"
Guy was startled. He halted and
peered about the room. finally detect
ing a cadavsrous, ink-begrimsd face
topped with a snarl of red hair. The
face was peering into the sanctum from
the workroom through an unused
stovepdpe hoIe cut In the partition.
The red haired boy grinnsd as he
caught Guys eye and lodged away to
sscape . paper-wsight which the Colo
mel hurled at him. The Colonel's aim
was bad, and Guy observed that the
opening was bordersd with dents and
abrasiona.
by g.di" exclaimed the editor, an
grily. That Imp has knocked the tar
out of one of the finest things have
set hand to in many day. If the peo-
IAe ever and out what they lose on ac-
count of that graceless cub, they'll
rise up a. one man and hang him. no
doubt about It." Whirling in his pivot
chair, he glowersd at his caller.
perhaps had bstter 90 and come
back at some more convenient time"
said Guy.
'"The mischief has been done, and
my Inspiration IL Knocked into q
cooked hat" answered the Colonel,
softsning. "If you wish 70 subscribe
for my excellent paper, two-fifty a
year, In advance, shall be pleased to
cutter your name oa the books"
II presume am addressing Col
Ks.verr
Il do NOT wish to subscribe, colonel,
but came on other business"
The colonel looked disappointed;
Rsvsrthsless he waved his hand hos-