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Show . QUESTION OF AVAILABILITY. William L. Alden enjoys telling stories sto-ries of the troublous experience of a friend who was running a weekly paper pa-per In the West. One day there entered en-tered the office of Mr. Alden's friend a man of the type common to every town the Individual who has suggestions to offer to the end that the periodical may be made a success. , This man launched Into a complaint that the editor had failed to print certain cer-tain articles he had submitted to him. "What have you done with them?" he Inquired querulously. "My friend," replied the editor, "I must thank you for those bits; they have served to a good purpose. The fact Is, I am holding them. Now and then I get to thinking that I am Hot providing the public with as good a paper as I ought to. At such times I look up your articles, which enable me to perceive how much worse the sheet might be. Then I become real cheerful cheer-ful again. Please don't take them from me," he added, appeallngly. |