New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-29
SCARED THE SCRIBE
New Ulm Newspaper Man Has Odd Elk
periencs IN Hanska.

Ordi1az.ly New Ulm newspaper men
move anouG with deeoroUsness perfect
dign'ty a51d " lfhout the sli ghtsst .osten-
ta.!oE, but occasionally one Of tllemleaps
INFO prom nence as tae csntral figure il
I'll un.1suat episode. Such was The case
in Han:ka lsst Thursday Esd tlle local
scribe still shivels when he thinks Of Ills
lexpelience.
One Of TIE lccs' newspapers. has for
;; versl years made 9 practice Of sending
lis c'slef literary exponent TO Hanska
upon t!1o filth day OF every week for the
ps..,ose OF gathering up the sensations
Of that lively village and for the more
sordid EN- Of ra!;ing in stray shekels.
LIS. Thursday the man went i, HaDska
IS usual but he became SO engrossed IN
the pursuit Of the festive local that when
the FAST freight left for New Ulm it d.
parted wlthoutone dis.1nguished passen
ger.
The newspaper man, however, was
not greatly put out by the occurrence
AID accepted the annoyance pbilosopiic-
ally. AS he IS debonair and PROPOSES
Jag chap vi,h a decided liking for tie
society Of the far sex, he hunted up a
young lady Of his acquaintance and re
ceived a royal welcome. Every ching
possible was done % make his stay
pleasant and ag ceable ard as he chatted
gaily with his entertainer he began to
feel that, after all, lie was not TIE victim
Of misfcltune.< = #~.~
When it came TO escoi> the young lady
to- her home in the outskirts of the
village he was in an exceedingly happy
and self-satisfed frame Of mind, somucb
80, inc I'd, that he confded to bis COM
panlon his ambition to one day write
lllust rated articles for the Sunday edition
OF the Chicago American. She sympath-
;zod fully with his plans but the golden
silence OF perfect understand ng which
followed wa, rudely shattered by blood
curd!ing gsoan. " l.:
According to all the pr ops of short
SOY esi;iug, we should be,s continue
- our next,' bat the Review cannot
vri7y itself to deprive rs readers of tue
sequel. On hearing the spectral rgroan
the YOU, g lady uttered a sharp scream
and for a moment The scribe was COM
pletely unnerved. Chi7alry prompted
him to throw protecting arm about
her dainty wais: but he let slip the OPP
portuDlty, his face taking on challsy
wh,teness, his neatly parted hair slowly
erecting itself and his knees literally
quaking in terror.
A moment the persecuted pair stood
in ;ndecision, then they hurriedly re-
sumed t'ieirjourney. Vague and shadowy
forms fitted along in the marky dark
ness to Their right and left and it was
with great signs of relief that they reach
ed the protc citing sheltss of her home.
Thee new difficulty presented itself.
The young lady endeavored earnestly to
pu,suade him not to expose hiuacelf to
danger hut his pride pq:cked and re-
solutely waving away Fer bessacb:og
arms, he issued forth to brave ths en-
known teriors of the night. .~: g..
Accounts of what followed O. Ger.
The d sciple of Horace Greeley ms''s-
ta;rs that he walked unconcernedly to
his hotel but others cls:m he scu'r.ed
along n a most uad: gr;hed manner and
only succ" ded y, GLIDING h" sormentors
by his speed and Ac5tness. .....
1t has since developed that the whole
affai" wss practical joke invented by
several young men of Hanska for tbs.
purpose OF mak:,!g the pen-pusher a
but: of ridicale. Evidently they sue
c@eded admirably and it is safe to say
that in future be will carry an M. & st.
L. time table posted Oh the cover Of his
notebook.