The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

-.~ was insistent. and the pass ~ had come when supply rapidly was falling to equal demand. Ills morals hitherto had needed no props. Even now it was not his intent to do | that which was not worthy. But | the puffed-up editors considered his contributions of no value. am going | te make living by spreading ink he had mentally resolved. and won't be bookkeeper, either So 1t was time for scheming, and James Madison Cuyler thought that he had evolved plan whereby there | might be no dlminution in his trips to the lunch counter. He gazed long af an advertisement in the personal col umrl" of The Sunday Aegis. It read:
 FOR SALE-My pen. Poems. sketches, essays, obituaries, etc., writ ten tb order. Satisfaction guaranteed x. TJ4, Aegis." .Its somewhat disreputable," he unused, but hope it will be eficacious In chasing the coyote from the shanty.
 Four answers were handed hin Mon day. A mother desired a poem extoll- ing tho beauties and the goodnesses or a four-y year-old son recently deceased
 A tinaid school girl wished to pur- chase an original essay on "opportu- nity; How to Distinguish its Rap at the Door Address reply r. .. BOX I1i4,s and will send the money to | x. T. 4FAegis." said the unsigned let ter.
 Mrs. Remsen Tonnelet was in the | market for paper on '"rhe Care of the | Child at the Age of Teething' to pc read at mothers club meeting. "Something serviceable, she wrote; ''for which d liberal compensation will be made" T. E. Tandry solicited a personal Tn terview with the vender of words and phrases. The recipient was asked "a come to Buryport Wednesday,. and ex- planation of the business at hand would follow. ,,,,,,
 Not so bad," thought Cuyler. 'IU spread Inyself on the poem, and. fo, ! |, iudk. won't charge cent. That IS. III glue an extra amount to the biH <, of Mrs Remsen Tonnelet. She can money, anyhow. What fool I'll foei whenI brace that female librarian Tor a few books on teething." Mrs. Tonnelet stood it, and Cuyler was well-g and well-fed when he alighted from train at BuryporR Wednesday noon.
 Tanendent for existence upon the surrounding farming country and 1 few factories with irregular output' ! Buryport differs little from other towns ' of its class. The center of commer- cial activity is The Square," contain Snr inc courthouse and jail and sur rd,nded by streets lined with two sfor,ed brick stores. There are the usual hitching posts and the custom div loafers-that swarm of tdlers whose / lives seemingly are spent tn attenoIng { fhe businesses of others, with speciai ,s proclivity for delving lnto the ah"iis o- " strangers. .,.. ,.A- T. E. Tandry was mercnant M Wen an establishment more preten'tous lhdI those of his competitors. Nearly eNSrS article used by the farmer ana the Ia horer he dealt in, and he was person in the town. bSlOW medium height the years he had known weighed heavily upon him. His snoul- { ders dropped, and his small head nun forward from a slender neck. nlS |, thin legs were bowed, ana ms at..' were longer than the true proportion; A fringe of grey whiskers surrounded a countenance whose every feature oe- noted shrewdness. The little eyes glIt- tered when turned so that they coulu he observed, which was seldom
 lh Frank and sunny-natured James Nfad,aon Cuyler lost much of his en- thusiasm when he beheld his corre- { snondent. He made known his identity however and Taudry at once came U the point. ..,.,o -rondr, xS n,rchased the local daily paper and needed an editor. He had seen th' advertisement in The Aegts and ha nae
 written. The merchant had not oeioi browsed in fields journalistic, anu na' no knowledge. he declared now olhei L, wise to secure an edltor' yyomI, would be easy, the salary a'hPie'
 Cuyler take the job? sot,
 .J oir,t much on writn' myself saI' Tandry "A town the size ol psi Tn \ is hound to have a paper ,,.t i f, Clarion had got in such way .s@ want doin' the town no soou'1 ao,,o ec \ had chance to buv 1t cheap. uon1 o .o1 ro
 Tn-,' can write what you please so ron
 tt.s Demmycratic in politics. pu
 .Sora ,s few things want writte wri,
 that I'll tell you about M wnem
 kind of got the hang ot ,nInes mn, s,no ounc
 "T,II take the job" Cuvler aHii'u"~
 ed after short consideration. oa,
 rbe work was too easy 'tnr tnr ps. .1
 unr time the editor of The car,
 narveled. but as his checN paJr,
 was forthcoming at the hour appo,,, l 1o,,e
 ed, he ceased to specuiate ss Hun nrov,d
 with calm the goods the Gous p' rae
 cd Ruryport was not so oao p,a.
 to live in after all. he deeideu. Si"' 1nN
 certainly, but there were aura io.r . or rather - attraction. Al the a, 2. of Mayor Tully Cuyler made @ .he a r ousIntance of Miss Annie Lee Murra ! daughter of a Buryport mlhlstt, I" Murray was not, perhaps as slS l's'i
 many of the girls Cuyler Knew VT | ",
 known, but she was pretty anu po
 sessed a disposition Of serene sM"
 nnss Inonnediately the editor was " terested in affairs of church ana C"S a,
 ity. things which hitherto had had S l'
 him about the same concern as N"E ,-
 Organum or the nebular hypothe- s.
 A pleasant month passed oeto cuyler got a glimpse of the gan
 Tsndry was resolved to play. or afternoon. after the last form W. W.
 closed and the editor was preparIi
 tn rn, his office for the day, Tand
 walked in and seated himself on u
 say cuyIer." he began; 9Th town Is behind the times. It needs Jo ing Let's put on spurs. Now there Tuilv As mayor he's too slow [
 these days. There's lots of stree
 just mud-holes. Sidewalks all wo out. Write up piece about the