The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-01
A Fighting EDITOR,
BY MARTIN ". ANDREWS.

nuuiber 81 agencies abroad for the saie
II the same article. France was the
territory assigned hini. with Paris for
his headquarters.
He had no sooner opened hts sales
room than he was called upon by the
representative OF Paris morning pa
per for an ad Abuer told hilu that
be was not set ready The solicitor,
taking his reply for refusal intimat-
ga that If the paper didn't grr the ad
ID would be 70 the disadvantage of the
enterprise. Abner replied that he came
from land where Ia journalism the
advertising and the newspapers opin-
ions were kept separaie-ln other
words. where newspaper hlackmail
was unknown The journal was vel
come to fire away
The next morning an article appear
ed fiji the home columns af the paper
In question stating that al clothes
wringers tore the articles wrung IN
them and the Eureka sold Dy Abner
Church simply reduced them to rib
bons Other such notices appeared at
intervals and were copied by other pa
pers Abner made az his mind that
he must stop the SANDER on bis ma
chine or shut up shop and go home.
He called at the office Of the Journal
that was Matchmaking him and pro-
tested. He was listened to politely by
the editor of the hume department and
when he bad finished was referred 70
II. Jules ChIcolet. another editor who
he was assured would take up the
case.
Abner found NJ. Chicolet sitting IN a
study furnished Ia Louis XVI read
ing novel and smoking q cigarette
He was faultlessly dressed in deep
black and wore the ribbon Of the lie
glon Of Honor IN his buttonhole
Abner stated bis case, to which the
gentleman listened attentively and az
the end asked.
"Do understand, monsieur. that
you accuse our journal OF matchmaking
youy'
THAT'S what II looks like.
Then as representative OF the pa.
per have the honor TO refer you 70 q
gentleman who win call upon you this
afternoon
Abner said that all he wanted was 70
be let alone. but while he was talking
AZ Chicolet passed out OF rear door
and left him standing alone. The
wringing machine agent went back 70
his store to think the matter over
While there a genteelly dressed French
man entered and said he came to ar
range an affair between NJ, Church and
Nj. Chicolet.
Il have no quarrel with NJ. Chieolet,"
said Abnef who the dickens Is NJ
Chicolet anyway
Pardon Monsieur being an AIneri-
can. does not understand. A. Chicolet
Is the lighting editor Of the paper"
Writes up dHels. you mean
NO. monsieur; NJ. Chicolet writes
nothing. 1t is his duty 70 give salts
faction TO those who think they have
been insulted by the journal and to de-
fend its honor understand you have
accused it Of matchmaking you. You
must retract or tight"
"You tell the fighting editor that my
grandfather lost an arm on the south
ern side at Gettysburg, and we Church.
es would rather die than lay down
Tell him I'll fight him with rides az
500 yards
The visitor protested that such weap-
ons were not used In Paris. 10 which
Abner replied that in America no one
fought with anything else. and he
would fight with the weapon be could
handle and none other
When the fighting editor received the
news that he must stand up against
nm American ride 1t occurred 10 him
that for that occasion ct least he
would earn bis salary He was a per-
feet swordsman and dead shot with
a pistol at short range, but had never
fought with rifles Abner. who had all
the 50 called trickery OF the Yankee as
well as the lighting prociivitles Of the
Georgian. mad sent him word that he'd
better make a will. since be proposed
to aim straight az bis heart and he haG
never missed anything IN bis life with
a rifle.
Just after daylight one morning tho
fighting editor drove Up TO secluded
spot Id the Bots de Boulogne. alighted
with his attendants and waited for his
antagonist Presently an automobile
appeared On the roof was something
II a black hue and oblong shape the
nature Of which could not In the dim
ight Be detected Abner aiighted and
he porter of bis store removed the ar
licle from the roof and carried 1t on TO
Tie field. NJ. Chicoet went up to II for
i look and saw a coffin. on the lid Of
which was silver plate bearing The
name Jules Chicoiet Died" that very
Bay.
NJ Chicolet shuddered. This gro
iesque American way % fighting threw
him Off his balance. Abaer stood near
The coffin leaning on long rifle and
booking az TIE man he intended should
occupy II With 4 strange. diaholical
stare. One Of the attendants. seeing
that The fighting editor was losing his
nerve, asked ii there was no hope on
40 arrangement Abaer replied that
the Journal must let him alone A con
ference WINS held between the seconds.
and II was agreed that Abner should
withdraw his eharge Of matchmaking
and the paper would publish an item
In fits home department especially COM
mending the Eureka wringing ma
chine