Evening star., 1927-12-06

MARX Twain" was the pen name of
humorist OF international fame. He is
probably best known for his stories OF Tom
eternal boyhood. The present sketch FIRST
appeared in 1862
Our esteemed friend. Mr.. John VIII
liam Bloke of Virginia City walked
into the office where we are SUBJ
editor at a. late hour last night, with
an expression of profound and heart.
felt suffering upon his countenance,
and, signing heavily. laid the follow
ing item reverently upon the desk
and walked slowly out again. die
paused a moment at the door and
seemed struggling to command his
feelings sufficiently TO enable him to
speak, and then. nodding his head
toward his manuscript. calculated in
n broken voice. Friend of mine-oh!
how sad" and burst into tears.
=. We were so moved at his distress
: that we did not think to call him back
and endeavor to comfort him until
- he was gone. and it was too late. The
= paper had already gone to press. but,
= cherishing the hope that to print the
item would afford a melancholy salts
faction to his sorrowing heart, we
stopped the press at once and inserted
it in our columns:
distressing Accident - Last eve
ming about O'Clock, as Mr.. William
Schuyler, an old and respected citizen
of South Park, was leaving his resi-
dence to so downtown. as has been
his usual custom for many years, with
the exception only of short interval
in the Spring of 1850, during which
he was confined to his bed by injuries
received in attempting to stop a run
away horse by thoughtlessly throw
ing up his hands and shouting, which
If he had done so even a single mo-
ment sooner must inevitably have
frightened the animal still more in
stead of checking its speed. although
disa strous enough to himself as it was,
and rendered more melancholy and
distressing by reason of the presence
of his wife's mother, who was there
and saw the sad occurrence, notwith.
standing it is at least likely, though
not necessarily so, that she should
be reconnoitering in another direction
when incidents occur, not being vi
vacious and on the lookout, as a gen.
eral thing, but even the reverse, as
her mother is said to have stated, who
is no more, but died in the full hone
OF glorious resurrection, upward of
three years ago, aged Sc, being a
Christian woman and without guile,
as 1t were, or property, in conse-
quence OF the fire of lS49, which de.
stroyed every single thing she had
in the world.
But such is life. Let us all take
warning by this solemn occurrence
and let us endeavor so to conduct
ourselves that when we come to die
we can do it. Let us place our hands
upon our heart and say, with earnest.
ness and sincerity, that from this
day forth we will beware Of the intoxi-
eating bowl"
The head editor has been in here
raising the mischief, and tearing his
hair, and kicking the furniture about,
and abusing me like a pickpocket.
He says that every time he leaves
me in charge of the paper for half
an hour l get imposed upon by the
first infant or the first idiot that
comes along. And he says that that
distressing item of Mr. Bloke's is
nothing but lot of distressing bosh.
and has no point to it, and no sense
In 1t, and no information in it, and
tthat there was no sort of necessity
Tor stopping the press to publish il.
Now, all this comes of being good
hearted. If I had been as unaccom.
modating and unsympathetic as some
people would have told Mr.. Bloke
that l wouldn't receive his communi.
cation at such late hour; but no.
his snuf1iing distress touched my
heart and / jumped at the chance of
doing something to modify his misery.