Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-04-19
without his exhausted Quid.

without his exhausted quid.
Eyes, ran little notice at the head
Of the editorial page" Hillhouse re-
moved the shade from his eyes and
wiped his spectacles on a piece Of pa
per. But nobody took the trouble to
write me or come in to ask my terms.
At that time I had notion that I'd
like to settle down on land Of my own.
A man Of my age doesn't want to ad-
init that he Is getting too old to do a
paper full justice these rapid times,
but the fact is that am not the edi-
tor l once was by long shot"
Couldn't you fix it so you could
have both the inside an out Of that
patent process?" If Abner was testing
no hint Of it occurred to Hillhouse. 1T
looks like it wouldn't cost powerful
lot more to git the whole business
struck off ut once. You see, you buy
the sheets anyway an pay freight an
drayage Oh 'em. In that case you
wouldn't have to pay fer typesettin'
here at all. an that must be quite an
item"
You don't understand, Alb. You've
never run paper or you wouldn't ask
such a question. That would never do.
You see, we simply must have space
left to fill with local matter. Our coun-
try contributors must be heard from.
Some Of them write mighty bright stuff.
Besides, folks are dying and being
born and want it recorded. Men are
running for office and are willing to
pay something toward papers sup
port. The young folks here In town
want an organ for all their doings. Oh.
no, we must give at least half the pa
per to original matter from our own
town."
Then you need bright young man
to take the load Off your shoulders.
Thar Is Howard Tinsley, though hear
he's Off fer Texas. an I reckon you
couldn't git him."
Hillhouse frowned as he replaced his
glasses and began to adjust the shade
over his eyes. II couldn't afford to
to have. and there was another big
trouble. l had to cut out nearly half
OF what he wrote, an he was always
mad about it. His hot temper will get
him down some day. I'm too old a
newspaper man for young strip like
that to argue with. He has his notions
and have mine and they are wide
apart"
1T seems to me"-Abner took q piece
OF tobacco plug from his pocket and
began to cut off corner with the blade
OF his pocket kntfe-"it seems to me
that the only sensible thing fer you to
do, then, is to sell out an quit. Thar's
just you an yore wife to make a livin'
fer, an surely you could do better than
to stick here till you are both under
ground"
Hillhouse sighed freely. "I've never
wanted to get loose, Alb, as bad in all
my life as do now, but can't man
age it. I may as we'll tell the truth and
be done with it. I reckon all married
men more or less have their domestic
problems, but my wife is an odd hui
man being if there ever was one The
trouble is she don't think the same
thing one minute that she does the
next. I've worked up a scheme sever
al times to unload this plant, and she
has been with me clean along to the
actual signing of the papers, and then
Topped right over and swore she new
er once said she was in favor Of let
ting go. The best deal I ever had a
whack at was when q fellow from
Walker county came and offered his
100 acre farm for an even swap. She
was so tickled over it that I had to
hire rig an drive right over to look
at the property. The house on it
pleased her, the land was all right an
on the way back home she was chock
full Of plans as to what we We're 60
ing to do in the new home. She was
even afraid the fellow would change
his mind and hardly slept wink that
night. The next day told the fellow
I'd swap, an he come around with q
lawyer to fix 1t oil up. My wife was
on hand, and all was smooth sailing
till she happened to ask the fellow
what kind Of water was in the we'll
near the kitchen. He told her it was
the coolest. purest squirt of limestone
that ever shot from virgin rock, an
what do you think she done? She tore
up the document the lawyer had work.
ed on and said she couldn't drink lime
stone water. She said folks said it
gave people that drank it all kinds Of
trouble and wouldn't let cupful of
it go down her throat for any money.
The fellow told her she wouldn't have
to touch it, as there was a spring of
fine freestone within 200 yards of the
house, but she shook her head. She
wanted we'll water and wouldn't have
no other sort"
Abner was now staring gravely, q
look of genuine concern on his lined
face. $50 event. say even eft you did
get good chance to unload yore wife
would be apt to act that way ag'in?'
That's exactly the point was COM
ing to-" Hillhouse said YEARLY. 1.-The
truth is, things have taken big turn
In my favor. No announcement has
been made In my columns of it be-
cause l don't think it looks we'll for
an editor to plaster his own private
affairs over sheet he's running for
the public at large, but my brother Joe.
who. you may know, is in the ware
house business in Augusta, made me a
bang up proposition by mail week
ago."