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Show BIB ---" ' lH"l.i.."inaM i BOWEIJSOX A3 AN EDITOR. M I'IuiikoO In an Ai.rul Illleiiima, bj n Typo. ! I eruplcal HtuniKr. 3 H "HpcaklnK of misprints In nenspapen," H I aald Undo Ultas llinvareox to n Nerr York H Wot Id man, "reminds mo of a eiirlous ex. H porleneo I had In that lino wlwa I eras raci H nut- n country weekly at Parker! tjHnllni?, H Leforo I quit the l)ulnca and went to f.irrri' H lug. In announcing the defttli of Mr. May. H pte, ono of our ottlxens, I wrolo that ha H 'died at his rosldeticoon Wodhcsdny.. To H my mvful dtstnar It appeared In tho paper H Umt Mr. Maynpplo 'did eat nls rcsidenca on H Wednesday.' As soon as I discovered tho iH feurful error I grabbed my hat and coat " H with tlio Intention of leaving town for a i H few months, but before I could gel out -4tssss! of Iho ofllco Iho widow, tearful niul lotnpost Issfl uotts, camo In upon mo with a copy of tho T'lasH pntior In Iior hand. Hlio sat down on an up- Jssssl hotstc nxi nnll lrcff, nnd, although u good JPesi deal out of breath, said, Willi much asporlty i 7B " 'Beo here, what In thunder do you mean byprltitln'lnyourpaporthutmyhusbnndcat til roaldcncooti Wednesday I Youktiowcd ! you was uttcrlu' a willful, malicious atato- H oicnt when you penned that audacious llo. My huaband la dend, sir, butt don't propose to let nny lon-cared uowspnpor poko fun at -'isssssa him or mo. Comoupand aeo for yourself - ljSssssl tballilsrcslduncol slanrtln Just as good " " " ,-""B u It over was and hasn't been out any moro H than you have, ) ou lotv-llved leper) For a flH cent I would wlpo tho overlostlti' earth with H you and ycr whole blamod prtnliu' shop.' H "As soon as I could," oontlnulu Mr. H Itowcrsoi, "I erplalnod to tho borcaved flH nldoivthntltV7aa a grievous misprint. I explained to her at length bow editors wero annoyed liy typograploal errors, and hoiv H luqiossiblo it was to keep thorn front creep- - H Ing tntn tho paper, oven as lit Ho boys creep H under tho circus tent. Blio was angry and H ugly nnd I hud to wrllo tho two sentences M logolhor and show her that tho thnpla 1 chungo of plnco of ono letter had mado tho H wliolodrcudful error, I wrototboscDlcnco H out for her lliusi M :. llo died at hit re. 1,1 son). ! B Ho did oat hit retldonce. H "In this way I was ablo to show her that i by Iho letlor 'o' slipping out of tho wont H 'died' nnd taking Its plnco beforo tho noxt H word, 'at,' tho trouble had been done. Rho H was satisfied at last that the statement fH had not been mado Intentionally, but In- slated on n correction. 1 thought n corrco- H Hon would ouly servo to attract publlo at- B tonUon to tbo distressing matter, but aho H was firm and declared alio would havo a H correction or blood would How. Assboleft H tho otllco tho turned upon too with a glaro H In heroyoiand saldt H "'You git right down on your marrow- H bonos, old Huckleberry, and aay yernows- tssssssl papor lied or vou'll hear from mo agin 1" ' H 1 saw that a correction It bad to bo, and H In tho noxt issuo of tho Parker's Landing .H Uattlo-Axo I said, In effect, that In justlco IH to tho family of tho Into Mr. Maynpplo, and H otpoclally to Ids charming but bereaved H widow, wo wished to e' "ot a misstate- ' H ment which appeared In u-..1 last lstuo. It ,H was tboroln statod, wo went on to Buy, that H tho lute Mr. Mnynpplo Mid cat his rcsi- H dencoon Wodnosduy.' Wo had found, on H Investigation, that this was not true, and whllo irwas not apparent on Us face, yet fH tho ttatomont was a v ory damaging ono to H the boreavod widow. As iho statement It H printed It leaves tho said bereaved widow H without a homo to llvo In, without a root H bclnocu her botvitCilng heud and tho pelt H tngatorms of heavon-a statement which, H Ituncorroclrxl, would havo n tendency to H tulcrf cro with hor chances for a second, third H or fourth marriage, ns tho oaso might bo. ' IH Whllo tbnro aro plonly of men lu town who B would bo glad to tako Hits charming widow without a bouto or homo, without ono cent B to rub against another aye, without a H ttltch to her back yet thostntcmontof tho H lost of bcr roaldonoo Is, untrue, and heroby H elands corrected. Wo said furtlior that it H r- u fo Hit -tatcroont to mako In tbo llrtt H place, and a moment's llioufrht, had ho been caabloof tucli moutal cftoil sjiould havo H couvlnccd our reporter oIMhmbIH Mayapplo bcon HHBHflH long tlmo I'lsasssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssvflBflBJ to J., f VJHssssssssssssss! nndltwasainuchashocoul jK a fHBH ImpnlrcJ digestion, to eat tlio dV' ''Vij VJHfflH and cakes wllu which hit now bevtaved but, VJHH charinng widow smoothed his pathway to sHH tho tomb. Besides his dyspepsia, tho lata BflBH Mr. Mayapplo was troubled with bad teelh, - n -, ' sBsHH and any olatoment that ho ato his rosldciioa ''lssssssssss! was absurd In tha extreme. It Is truo that Va! JH tho left wlng'of tho house is gono and tho J. H portico mltjing, but theso wero blown away JJ bytbelatocyclono. In Una oonnecUon It Is '. H woll enough to aay that tho rumor did not r H utito from a story cruolly bruited about tha H ttroots soma tlmo ago th.it Mr. Maypolo 'A H wosgradaully drinking up his liouso und H lot. Thou wo explained just how tha error ChVAH had occurred. That Mr. Mayapplo had died '' 1 H at his rosldcnco on Wcdaosday, and a typo- i M graphical orror mado us say that ho did oat ; IH bis rosulenco on that fatal day. Tho corpso flH had bcon hurled, but tho bereaved but ) oharmlag widow could bo found at ber hut- bH baud's into rosidonco. Her tearful oyes H sod widow's weeds would prove tho stale- ' utent of ber huabund's death, and tho real- ( . donco luolf would dUprovo tho other atato- C H ment that tho samo had been dovourcd by , 1 M tho lata ilr. Mnyapple. - fir . "I mado the oorrccUnn as spectflo as pot- iFsBHBfll alblu," coacludeilMr. Bovorsox, "and tho .I- next tlmo tbo widow smiled jH sweetly but sadly, and, lemarltlng that Jf wat Iho nicest she t en la a H newaparier In a long time, invited mo io il fH |