The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-05

going to dare to make the Herald a
daily. Do you remember asking me
why had never done that? 1t seemed
rather venture to try to compete with
the Rouen papers in offering state and
foreign news, but this young CULVER
has tackled onto the Associated Press,
and means to print a quarto-that's
eight pages, you know-once a week,
Saturday and a double sheet, four
pages, on other mornings. The daily
venture begins next Monday"
will 1t succeed?"
"Oh, mo-" he laughed.
You think not?" Her interest in
this dull business struck him as aston
ishing, and yet in character with her
as he had known her in Plattville. Then
he wondered unhappily if she thought
/ that talking of the Herald" and learn
ing things about the working of a
country newspaper would help her to
understand Brainard Macauley.
why have you let him go on with
it?" she asked. Il suppose you have
| encouraged him?"
"Oh, yes, l encouraged him. The
creatures recklessness fascinated me-
A daredevil like that is always charm
ing"
You think there is no chance for
| the creatures succeeding with the
daily?"
you mentioned work baskets,
| think?"
He laughed again. 81 believe him to
be the original wooden nutmeg man.
Once week he produces a 'Wontan's
Page, wherein he presents to the Car
low female public three methods for
making currant jelly, three receipts
for the concoction of salads, and d.
reefs the ladies how to manufacture a
pretty work-basket out of odd scraps
in twenty minutes. The astonishing
part of it is that he has not yet been
mobbed by the women who have fol-
lowed his directions.
80 you think the daily is a mistake
and that your enterprising idiot should
be mobbed? Why?" She seemed to
be taking him very seriously.
Il think he may be-for his WON
ans Page"
1T is all wrong, you think?"
What could a Yankee six-footer
cousin of old Fisbee's know about cur
rant jelly and work baskets?"
you know about currant jelly and
work baskets yourself?"
Heaven defend the right, do mott"
You are sure he is six feet?"
You should see his signature; that
leaves no doubt. And, also, his ability
denotes his stature"
You believe that ability is in pro-
portion to hight, do you not?" There
was dangerous Turing in her tone.
His memory recalled to him that he
was treading on undermined ground, so
he FASTENED to say: "In inverse pro-
portion"
Then your substitute is a failure
/ see,' she said. slowly
What muffled illumination there was
in their nook fell upon his face; her
back was toward it, so that she was
only an outline to him, and he would
have been startled and touched to the
quick, could he have known that her
lip quivered and her eyes filled with
tears as she spoke the last words. He
was happy as he had not been since his
short June day; 1t was enough to be
with her again. Nothing, not even
Brainard Macauley could dull his de-
light. And, besides, for a few minutes
he had forgotten Brainard Macauhey.
What more could man ask than to sit
in the gloom with her, to know that
he was near her again for little while,
and to talk about anything-if he talk
ed at all? Nonsense and idle eXaggera-
ton about young Fisbee would do as
well as another thing.
The young gentleman is an eXcep-
tion," he returned. 81 told you l owed
everything to him; my gratitude will
not allow me to admit that his ability
is less than his stature. He suggested
my purchase of a quantity of Mr..
Watts oil stock when it was knocked
fiat on its back by two wells turning
out dry; but if Mr.. Watts third we'll
comes in, and young Fisbee has con-
WINGED me that it will. and if my Mid
as extra boomS the stock and the
boom develops, l shall oppose the in
come tax. Poor old Plattville will be
full of strangers and spectators, and
the Herald will advocate vast i'm
movements to impress the investors
eSe. Stagnation and picturesquencss
will flee together; it is the history of
the Indiana town. Already the Her
aid is clamoring with Schoffields Hen
ry-you remember the bell-ringer for
Main street to be asphalted. 1t will
all come. The only 'Soubie with young
Fisbee is that he has too much abil-
ity."
And yet the daily will not sue
ceed?"
mo. That's too big a jump, unless
my young mans expressions on the
tariff command a wide sale amongst
curio-hunters."
Then he is quite fool about poIiti-
cal matters"
Far from it; he is highly ingenious.
His editorials are often the subtlcst
cups of flattery 1 ever slipped, many
OIL Lnem showing aSSlQuOuS study OF
old files to master the method and no
lions of his eagle-eyed predecessor. But
the tariff seems to have got him. He
is very masculine person, except for
this one feminine quality. for, if I may
say it with ungallantry, there is a le-
gend that no woman has ever under
stood the tariff. Young Fisbee must
be en- extremely travelled person, be-
cause the custom house people have
made an impression upon him which
no few encounters with them could ex-
plain, and he conceives the tariff to be
a law which discommodes a lady who
has been purchasing gloves in Paris.
He thinks smuggling the great evil of
the present tariff system; it is such a
temptation. so insidious a break down
of moral fibre. His views must edify
Carlow"
She gave a quick. stifled cry. "Oh!
there isn't a word of truth in what
you say! Not a word! / did not think
you could be so cruelt"
He bent forward, peering at her in
establishment.
Cruel"
"You know it is a hateful distortion