Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1913-01-02
The Evening Story
A DOUBLE
UNION
BY SADIE ALCoTT

/ Af 80 VIA was u
century girl. Her father and mother
belonged to the nineteenth. When their
daughter was born they expected that
she would grow up to sit round and
| look pretty, waiting for husband ns
she, the mother, had done herself. But
when Cora had received her education
she disappointed her parents by in
sisting on following career In Journal
ism.
Much to their chagrin. she accept
ed position on the editorial stan Of
an evening newspaper. From that
time forward all hope OF her living
the life of sedate married woman
was abandoned.
But not long after her initiation
Into the newspaper business her father
made loss that crippled him, and
within anoti0r year he was financially
wrecked He was too old to begin
anew, and the fortunes OF the family
appeared to be desperate. Cora step
ped to the front and took the lead
Selling off what rema med Of the fam
lily effects-furniture. clocks. watches
and 1ewelry-she realized q thousand
dollars. With this she proposed to go
to a smaller place and start news
paper. Her father and mother were
both too broken down by their misfor
tunes to oppose her, and the result was
the establishment Of the Harvester at
Woodland a town OF about 5000 in
hnbitants
There was another paper In Wood
land, the Plowman, owned by James
Newrath. merchant. He sold goods
during the day and got up his news
paper during the night. When he slept
no one knew. He had q son about
twenty-seyen years old who would
have liked to manage the paper, run
ming 1t on less antiquated lines and
making II something for journalist to
be proud Of But all old Newrath
would do for his son John was to
Keep him setting type at minimum
wages and give him a small percentage
on what ads. he could pick up.
AS soon as the Fairalls started the
Harvester Newrath saw that unless he
dld something to run them out the
patronage would all so to the new pa-
per.
1t was evident that the manager
was live wire and was disposed to
make Innovations The only method of
saving himself that appeared to New
rath was to put the price of advertise.
ments SO low that they would all 60
into the plowman He had S.. 600 That
he proposed TO sink In this way.
When Cora Fniral learned that her
competitor was taking ads. at prices
which to compete with would soon use
up the few hundred dollars that re-
NAMED to her after buying the neces-
sary outfit for start she felt consid-
cradle dependency. Though plucky.
she knew that a newspaper cannot
well be run without advertisements at
paying prices, and so long as Newrath
had some ten times her capital it was
merely question of time with her
journal.
Her competitor labored under one
weakness. His son, who was a much
better fellow than his father, had not
been welded to the interests OF the
Piowman. Having met Cora at a
church sociable. he had taken a fancy
to her, and 1t was not long before he
was ready to favor her at his fathers
expense. Indeed. he laid bare the sit
nahon. Cora was naturally grateful
Tor what she received. but saw no
way to save herself, and John Newrath
was unable to help her. However. the
information he gave her was some
thing of an advantage, and he knew
just how much money Newrath had to
sink and how fast it was going out
The nearer the plucky girl came to
financial collapse the more sympathetic
became the man of all work In the Of
lice OF the Plowman. He said he would
be glad to help her, but he didn't see
how be could His father scorned to
be Influenced by him, and II he asked
the old man to let up in his efforts to
ruin the Harvester he would only dou-
BILE them.
However. John formed a plan and
gave Cora tip as to how she could
help 1t. One day he told his father
that he had heard reports about the
tairalls getting n partner with plenty
IF money to establish their paper. This
struck the old man with terror. Moth
ng troubled him more than the losing
game be had been playing, and the
bare idea of failing in his plan and be-
ng run out of business besides was
blow to him.
A few days after his son communi-
,ated this disheartening report there
vas notice on the editorial page of
he Harvester that the paper would
loon appear in a new dress. What Its
.ditor meant was undress or no dress
It all, for she expected to suspend.
'or the first time In his life Newrath
'enior consulted with his son as to the
eport and the announcement. John
declined to give an opinion as to what
t meant
After this his father asked him how