The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-12-15

Running over some % tha advance
rroofH 81 TIRE special stuff that's so
inH into TIE Journals mammoth
Christmas mumher-aH a former star
man. I have The pieasanf privilege %
taxing q preliminary PEEP. Yuu kuow
~ see that my ancient piayfeuow,
ths Wonourahie IacQue Beirne. has
elected ta sav something about the
wrss add worries 81 that neVer-un-
derstood. but alwayH-hbussd Journal
istic gentleman. the police court re-
pnrtar j read his yFFn with q deal
- appreciation. noe wholly. you an
derstand. hecauss know somethinE.
and think something ~ the author.
BOT because I had that sanw1ine feel
tnF that NJ. Incaus would. in the
long run. supply some ~ ire inside
roior ebtainabie only by mat almost
infeucrlhahia rarity. The Newspaper
fnmn what used 20 be n con-
Fur there waa q tims-rnnnv nlen
ard women hersahouts who are Etil
mere Or less young can remember 81
when THIS interestinN young gem
tfsman nov writing up the trihuia-
fions ~ poiicemanhood Oh the Deep
Wsfer City wore the blue and breaH
RiuameM CnnndentiailY. he has a.
ritted - me he ala not love the
rriicumanic calling over much. at ire
same time. fell in the other daT
with an old tinasr IN the official fam
~ ~ Prank Sanders. who whispered
On my willing ears some "reminiscences
~ tha Befrue poiicomannhfp. over
wh'ch my sides are Etlii sroaninE Hs
a. q good Newspaper man. % my no.
aion. Like enough he was a Eood
nolicesnan--hut %. that sense ~ local
humor rat always was and always
VII be redoiant IN Jaouuei
Where Asvsut I Bssnf
Ar 81 which set me b thinking. 7
never Vas much o. the station house
Jacket IN my 70 years ~ newspaper
ina. which took me. 10 be- exact from
fha deep. loose sands % Cape Cod %
ere muddy banks ~ the Missouri and
sEnin frum me rouEh tides n take
rre a. the wonderful harhor which.
I mhnniutelr believe e % make thia
me Old pensacola Of yours q hun
dreh thousand t1wm ~ tha time
nrlo Sans 1890 nose counting Say.
"a abroad An the land I have. how
ever. seen a few thinWa and. Incl
aentaily. heard and amelied and mis-
T.
i imagine. BE- worked int a paasahie
100 paFs autobioEraphicai biast--were
81 not Tor the fact that book pub
fishers an over tho land ar EoinE &C.
be aelured with photographed stun
fwm now On rom the pens ~ q mui-
tituae 81 lame ducks that some win
b. umpin9 out % Washington.
Coed Joba sid poor Ones.
80 far a. the Jobs Fo. ! have "a
ruport that On nay go years about the
country I have known ne lot thai
fans 60 the career 81 every man 81
ne fourth estate who waa born q
vi-tin 81 ne wandsriust-I have held
some very Eood ones. and az times
several tines have. Cor compulsory
trrad-and- butter reasons, put up
wiz some almighty poaF ones. Fol
sNample. On the SUMNER ~ 1891. wkeu
4 waa nos more than nine years Oh
fhe game and had scarcely begun %
ssope for en- engagement IN q siEeablt
city. I waa almost hoomevelitcally dec
rEated one morning 90 set a tottoi
calling me % a. rather prominent su.
hurh % Boston. tust about % b.
taken into the corporate limits 81 ~
Efuh 4 went there a. fast a. steam
could carfy me. and an through on,
of the hottest summers the northeast
ever knew I did better work. and
fsore 81 a. than I have ever doni
aince--and when the noon whistle
blew % q SATURDAY my gracious err
pi1ver-a writer ~ some reputc him
aGif belieye-Wouid anauly coun
ne out n hiN green v and then fou
silver OF payer collars. with The smil
ing observation that be had ever an,
anon been able 70 set nice young Har