Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-06-11
A DOUBLE
UNION
By SADIE AcoTT

Miss CorS FalraH was a twentieth
fentury girt- Her father and mother
belonged to the nineteenth When their
| daughter was born they expected that
she would grow mp to sit round snd
look pretty. waiting for a husband as
she. the mother. had done herself. But
when Cora had received her education
she disappointed Der parents by In
sisting on following a career In journal
lsm.
Much to their chagrin. she accept
ed a position on the editorial staI Of
an evening newspaper. From that
time forward all hope Of her living
| the life Of q sedate married woman
was abandoned
But not long after Der initiation
into the newspaper business her father
made loss that crippled him. and
within another year be was financially
wrecked He was too old to begin
anew. and the fortunes OF the family
| appeared to he desperate. Cora step
ped to the front and took the lead.
| Selling OF what remained Of the fam
lily edects-furniture. clocks. watches
and Jewelry-she realized a thousand
dollars. With this she proposed to go
/ TO smaller place and start a news
paper. Her father and mother were
both too broken down by their mlsfor-
| tunes TO oppose her. and the result was
the establishment of the Harvester at
Woodland. town Of about 5000 In
habitants-
| There was another paper In Wood
land. the Piowman. owned by James
/ Newrath. merchant He sold goods
during the day aud got up his news
| paper during the night. When he slept
no one knew. lie had a son about
twenty-seven years old who would
have liked to manage the paper. run
ming II on less antiquated lines and
making IT 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 small percentage
on what ads. be could pick up.
As soon as the FairaIls started the
| Harvester Newrath saw that unless be
| did something to run them out the
patronage would all go to the new pa
/ per-
| IL was, evident that the manager
was a 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 go
into the Plowman. He had 5000 that
be proposed to sink In this way.
When Cora Fairall learned that her
competitor was taking ads. at prices
which TO compete with would soon use
up the few hundred dollars that re-
manned TO her after buying the neces-
sary outfit for start she felt consid-
cradle dependency. Though plucky.
she knew that newspaper cannot
well be run without advertisements at
| paying prices, and so long as Newrath
had some ten times her capital II was
merely question OF time with her
| Journal.
Her competitor labored under one
weakness. His son. who was much
better fellow than his father. had not
been welded to the interests of the
| Piowman. Having met Cora at
church socia Bile. he had taken a fancy
to her, and il was not long before he
was ready to favor her at his fathers
expense. Indeed. be laid bare the sit
uation. Cora was naturally grateful
for what she received. but saw no
way to save herself. and John Newrath
was unable TO help her. However, the
| information ne gave her was some
| thing OF an advantage, and he knew
| just how much money Newrath had to
sink and how fast II was going out
The nearer the plucky girl came to a
financial collapse the more sympathetic
! became the man of all work in the Of
| fee OF the Plowman. He said he would
be glad to help her. but he didn't see
| how he 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-
bic them.
However, John formed a plan and
| gave Cora a ttp as to how she could
help II. One day he told his father
that he had heard reports about the
| Fafralls getting a partner with plenty
Of money to establish their paper. This
struck the old man with terror. Moth
ing troubled him more than the losing
game he had been playing, and the
bare idea of failing In his plan and be-
ing run out OF business besides was
| blow to him.
A few days after his son communi-
Gated this disheartening report there
was notice on the editorial page OF
the Harvester that the paper would
soon appear In new dress. What its
editor meant was undress or no dress
at all. for she expected to suspend.
For the first time In his life Newrath
senior consulted with his son as to the
report and the announcement John
declined to give an opinion as to what