Morris tribune., 1904-02-20

eVentlde should be upon them. In
blackbirds came, chartered, goss;Ded
quarreled and beat each other wit
their wings above the smoker sittin
en- the top fence rail.
But he had remembered. A thousant
miles to the east it was commencement
day. seven years to a day from hi
own commencement
| Five years ago, on another June aft
ernoon d young man from the east hat
alighted q. the platform of the station
north of Ylattville and, entering the
rickety omnibus that fingered there
seeking whom it might rattle to deaf
ness, demanded to be driven ~ the
Herald building. 1t did not strike the
driver that the newcomer was pre-
cisely gay young man when he Climb
ed into the omnibus, but an hour later
as he stood in the doorway of the edl
J flee he had indicated as his destination
depression seemed to have settled into
! the marrow of his bones.
Plattville was instantly alert to the
| strangers presence, and interesting con-
| lectures were hazarded all day long al
| the back door of Martins Dry Goods
Emporium (this was the club during
the day.. and at supper the new ar
rival and his probable purposes were
discussed over every table in the town.
Upon inquiry he had Informed Judd
Bennett. the driver Of the omnibus.
that he had come to stay. Naturally
such a declaration caused a sensation.
as people did not come to Plattville to
live except through the inadvertency of
being born there. In addition the young
mans appearance and attire were re-
ported to be extraordinary. Many of
the curious, among them most of the
manageable females of the place, took
occasion to pass and repass the sign of
the Carlow County Herald during the
evening"
Meanwhile the stranger was seated
head bowed low on his arms Twilight
stole through the dirty window pan;'s
and faded 80 darkness. Night filled
the room. He did not move. The young
man from the east had bought the Her
aid from an agent-had bought it with
out ever having been within hundred
miles of Plattvilie. The Herald was
an alleged weekly which had some
times appeared within five days of it's
declared date of publication and some
times missed fire altogether. 1t was Il
thorn in the side of every patriot of
ror nj nd ft
err supporting the paper loyalty and
long, haG at last given it up and sub
scribed for the Gazette. published in
the neighboring county Of Amo. The
former proprietor of the Herald.
surreptitious gentleman with a goatee,
Plattville forever on the afternoon pre-
ceding his successors arrival. The
young man from the east had vastly
overpaid for his purchase. Moreover.
the price he had paid for it was all the
money he had in the world.
The next morning he went bitterly to
work. He hired composition from
Rouen. young man named Parker,
who set type all night long and helped
him pursue advertisements all day.
The citizens shook their heads pessi
They had about given up
to anything. and they betrayed
an innocent but caustic doubt of abil-
ity in any stranger.
One day the new editor left note on
his door: evil return in fifteen min
uteS''
Mr.. Rodney McCune. a politician from
the neighboring county of Gaines. hap
pening to be in Plattville on an errand
to his henchmen, found the note and
wrote beneath the message the scath-
ing inquiry. why"
When he discovered this addendum.
the editor smiled for the first time since
his advent and reported the incident in
his next issue. using the rubric why |
Has the Herald Returned to Life" as
q text for rousing editorial on hon
ssty in ptsNics. subject of which he
already k@'w something. The political /
district to which Carlow belonged was
governed by limited number Of gen
-leInen whose wealth was ever on the
Increase. and honesty in politics was
/ startling conception to the minds Of
he passive and resigned voters. who
.allled the editorial over on the street
corners and in the stores. The next
week there was another editorial. per
'Onal and local in it's application. and
hereby it became evident that tile new
proprietor of the Herald was thtoriat
Who believed in general that a poiit:
.ian's honor should not be merely OF
hat middling healthy species known
ls ''honor among politicians end
'articular that Rodney McCune should
lot receive the nomination Of his party
or congress. Now. Mr.. McCune was
he undoubted dictator Of the district.
nd his followers laughed at the stran
er's fantastic onset but the editor was
lot content with the word of print. He
tired a horse and rode about the cOun-
~ and Ito his own surprise) proved to
e an adaptable young man who en-
Dyed exercise with pitcbfork to the
armer's profit while the farmer talk.
To foJ T.: ~,