The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-20
Their Fresh Start.
Important News From Glovers Flats
by r. r. BAcLEy

Yaas," replied Elmer, rehectively
as he shifted his cud to the other
check Know the circumstances?
"Why, no; cant says | do. Cart
right was tellin' me they was wom'
an in It,
WAL. as to that it was yes and no
You see that young editor, Ridley,
Just out O. college, didn't calcerlate
they was anything that was wuth
KNOWN in the journalistic line that he
didn't hev cornered. He begun by
bein' Independent in politics. Now,
Bowdin county's voters ain't got any |
yeller streak o independence in EN- |
its straight dImmycrat or Repubii' |
can for all males over q, except them |
that's in the insane asylum or the
cemetery. SO the Clarion's subscrip- |
ton list didn't grow SO everlastm
swift an the advertisin' patronage
kinder dwindled.
Paper and ink bills were put In an
attorneys hands fur collection, an the
end was near Ridley was feelin blue
He had about made up his mind TO
quit the independence racket, Last
Wednesday mornin' he was actually
writin' up a leader shown the newt
abul trend O public sentiment, an pro-
hposin' Judge Holcomb, of Cedarville.
ieasgi IN mate for Bryan, when IN
Observation-Disclosures young woman to
| his office, an she was maddern wei
hen. She flashes a copy of the previ-
Gus weeks Clarion in front o Ridley
an SEE, in a voice quaverin' with emo
shun--'Read that
RIDLEY was gettin' used to demon
startions of this sort, so he didn't
show no particler feelin' as he noted
marked item in the letter from Gloy-
er's Flats;
Reported, tibet Eb Harder and
| Fanny Brice are again on speakin
terms. That's right, youngsters kiss,
an make up
"Did you write that?' asks the
lady.
Personally, not guilty says Rid
ley.
cts scandalous,' says she, that
you newspaper men don't hold nothin
sacred. What do you mean by fiaunt-
| in the private affairs of the respect
able citizens of Glover's Flats before
the whole word? | haven't spoken
to Ebenezer Harder for six months
and unless he--explains-l shall never
speak to him again But how did you
what will he think And with that
she burst right out cryin'.
Ridley started 10 apologize but she
rushes out the door and slams it after
her. Then she comes back in an in
slant scared to death an she sort o
stage whispers to him, He's comm Up
here Put me somewhere, quick.
Ridley pointed to a closet an she
Jumps in an pulls the door to.
In walks a young man an says; is
this Mr. Ridley
1.-The same, says Ridley. Have a
chair
"'Mr. Ridley says he, sittin' down
opposite an assumin' a confidential
tone, my names Harder and live at
Glovers Flats. | amt been but two
years out o. Harvard, an 1t may be
I've got more money than brains, FOR
my gunner left me enough to live on
If | don't do stroke o work the rest
a. nv DAYS. But | won't farm 1t. Jour
nalism is my long suit, journalism.
worked two years on the Crimson and
I've reported for the city papers and
I've got the writin' fever. Eve been
watchin' the Clarion right along, an
you're all right, but you amt gettin
on. You've got to quit independence
I kin see you've got dimmycratic lean
ings, an it's easy to flop. Do that an
well win. say we because you're
e eoln' to take me In as a workin' part
ner. I'll pay the bills tomorrow an
f.. we'll start her off on a new track.
! kin git into the kind o. work | love an
, wen have her mp to 5000 a week II
] years time. Is It a go"
They was a haze In front o Rid
leys eyes an he didn't say nothln' foi
a spell. Then they just clasped hands
, across the table an booked at eacl
other hard.
After a pause Ridley says, in low
tone: Harder, you're an angel How
about the girl?'
THE girl" says Harder surprised
What girl? Oh, yes. be continues
There's a girl. I'll confide. This (
j all for her six months ago. after sh
had been naggin me to go an d.
= somethin' and be somebody she saws
2 Have you the maxim Of a real man II
Won. anyway" Yes. ! have, says
D but II that's the way you feel about /
the less we see OF each other the bet
b ter for both Of US" An I've kept on
of her sight from that day to this. Blu
b she's there yet. an know she's tru
T blue. an IL the Clarion wins
Ridley had his eye on the close
J. door.
Six months without words ratt
n er rubin II in, don't You think? say
he
j. IT is. says Harder. But on m
Q strength Of our prospects. by George
can break the ice when ] get HON
? to-day. Eh? Why not?'
Ridley points 10 printed car
o over his desk. which read. DO II Now
En- SAYS Harder. lOokin' puzzled
7 n 49, acme No about hfu mol.