Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-11
A PRINTER IN LUCK
Tarhce compositor Receives Sweetest
Smile of Fortune.


Tarhcel compositor Receives Sweetest
Smile of Fortune.
Kirk Smith, former newspaper
man, shorthand teacher, press agent
Snowman and job compositor, is the
happiest man in forty-eight states
Smith has lived in five countries and
thirty states and has led a varied and
adventurous life. but it was while
working for the Judge Printing Com
pany in this city that fortune gathered
all her flowers into one bouquet and
showered them upon him, writes the
Fayetteville correspondent CT the
Raleigh, (N. c. News and Observer.
The jovial job compositor recently
found in his mail two registered let
tcrs. either one Of which would have
furnished n fitting climax for an o.
Henry tale. To begin with the one
that will always hold second place in
the recipients memory, Smith received
registered letter from his sister in
Norfolk informing him that wealthy
old LADY in Canada whose life he had
once saved had died and left him a
part Of her estate. This would have
been enough to crown the life story OF
the average man, but Mr.. Smiths
friends can scarcely get him to talk
about his good luck in this respect.
because this information reached him
| the day after he had signed for
registry letter that set him to walk on
rarefed air.
When Smith lived in New York city
! twenty fuuv years ago he knew and
! loved q little girl whose picture Il"
has ever carried in his heart. Mother
objected to their marriage, and they
parted. the girls family moving west.
The lovers lost sight Of each other.
Smith has wandered over 4 large part
! of the world since then, but he has
never forgotten kitty She had long
since passed completely from his life
but her memory had never been re-
placed in his heart by any other af-
! fcction. and through many years and
! IN Il3US liz ilfil Att'N''
! full TO his first love.
This was the situation when Kirk
Smith tore open little blue letter
bearing q meaningless name ana an
address in San Diego, California. But
! he had not read three lines before he
| knew it was from his Kitty. And she
was still his? She was 4 widow now,
| left comfortably well off and living in
the sunniest region of the Land of
/ Flowers, and wondering if Kirk thought
Of her sometimes. How his address
came u her possession Is Il mystery
that Smith did not wait t" unInrcl. lie
rushed to Il telegraph office and dis
! patchcd Il night letter. 1t read:
Like I'm angels echo came your pre-
cious letter today. Mailing special de-
livery. Remember, always, Kitty, my
darling, the mornings bright sun in lis
sylcndor shall fail 10 cffacc heavens
teardlops, the dew: and the mother her
tirs;bnrn shall fail tu remember, ere. l.,
darling Kitty, prove faithless to YOU
.rn,.inrlv Kirk"
The mesSag" that came i'll rcp!y Is
not for publication. but ii contained
some reference to orange groves.
Smith has led Il varied and check
a-cd life. He has been Il shorthand
repnrter on the New York sun. where
he worked under Dana and Lord; Il
city editor on the Old Norfolk Plloi; {;
a press agent for various SHOWS as
well as manager and proprietor "i
shows his work in the show business
ca,rvinc him t. the Paris cXno:ltloh'
Il teacher Of Pitmanic shorthand III
which hr is IN expert: ana head "1 IL
businc.* culicg" in Norton. VA. AS Il
! Job compnSitur he has l"w equals. lie
is Il man uf more than usually inter-
csting personality with fluent t"ngu"
and Il ready pen and Just the man 10
figure in q romance. He is sometimes
Intimately known us ".IiEgS, n"t
uniting appelation.