The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08

one that lets the ink run. I'll read yor
the last two stanzas:
g Pa lays around n loafs all day,
/ N reads and makes US leave him be.
| He lets NE do just like I please.
| N when I'm bad he laughs at me.
| N when I holler loud n say
| BAD words n then begin to tease
The cat. n pa Just smiles. mas mad
| N gives me Jesse cost her knees.
| l always wondered why that WIZ
] guess it's cause
| Pa never does.
10y after all the lights are cut
I'm sorry bout it. go l creep
Out of my trundle bed to mas
N say I love her a whole heap.
~ kiss her. n | hug her tight.
N it's too dark to her eyes.
But every time l do ! know
She cries n cries n cries n cries
always wondered why that WIZ
] guess its cause
Pa does
That's the stuff continued Thacker
What do you think of that"
Il am not unfamiliar with the works
of Mr.. Riley" said the colonel. DELHI
erately. Il believe he lives in Indiana
For the last ten years l have been some
what of literary recluse. and am famil-
lar with nearly all the books in the
Cedar Heights library. l am also of the
opinion that a magazine should contain
A certain amount of poetry. Many of
the sweetest singers of the South have
already contributed to the pages of The
Rose of Dixie. l. myself. have thought
of translating from the original for pub
LEGATION in its pages the works of the
great Italian poet Tasso. Have you ever
drunk from the fountain of this immor-
tai poets lines. Mr.. Thacker?"
Not even a demI-Tasso." said Thack-
or. Now. let's come to the point, Col
onel Telfair I've already invested some
money in this as flyer. That bunch of
manuscripts cost me 5000. My object
was to try a number of them in the next
issue-I believe you make up less than
month ahead-and see what effect it
has the circulation. believe that
by printing the best stuff we can get in
the North, South, East, or West We
can make the magazine go. You have
there the letter from the owning COM
pany asking you to cooperate with me
in the plan. Let's chuck out some of
this slush that you've been publishing
just because the writers are related to
The Skoopdoodles of Skoopdoodle County.
Are you with me-"
LAS long as I continue to be the editor
of The Rose" said Colunei Telfair. with
dignity. Il shall be its editor. But l de-
sire also to conform to the wishes of
it's owners if I can do so conscientious
ly."
That's the talk" said Thacker brisk
ly. Now. how much of this stuff I've
brought can We get into the January
We want to begin right away"
There is yet space in the January
r. .,mbe:.'' said The editor. 'foI about
eight thousand words. roughly esti-
mated
Great" said Thacker. 1T isn't much.
but it'll give the readers some change
from COOLERS. governors. and Gettysburg.
I'll leave the selection OF the stuff |
brought to fill the space to you. as it's
all good. I've got to run back to New
York. and I'll be down again in couple
of weeks"
Colonel Telfair slowly swung his eye
slasse by their broad. black ribbon.
The space in the January number that
| referred to-" said he. measuredly, has
been held open prrpcseiy. pending a de-
cision that l have not yet made. A
short time ago a contribution was sub
mitted to The Rose of Dixie that Is
one of the most rema rkable literary eff