| Show NOTHING TO DO lie piper paper had just been beell put to bed and tile the the editor leaned buck back in ill liis his chair nothing Noth ilig to 10 lo do now lie thought until next week ett etty V soft I 1 wonder if tile fisli fish are biting down on oil taller halll r creek ile he settled back but liis his feet on oil ids his desk desh and alid wiggled it down comfortably this thing of being an ail editor was just about right A all I 1 lie he had to do was to loaf around all week poking his noso nose in ill to other folks than wit it alioti duy day came a couple of hours tit at tit the ollice lid did the alie trick funny how iio hard sonic some follows fellows had to work woric to make inake a living well it showed after till nil that brains counted the man mail with merely muscle int iscle to take liim hini through ii life had to strain and and labor fur for a paltry pittance auf life wits was good to the nian man with brains people struggling to help h him ini got get along ilo ile wits was recognized as the motive power of the community II 11 was respected the people gladly till allowed owed him to lead in thought ail and were willing to contribute to liis his sui vort even if lie work for it for instance there was tile the long line of persons waiting to subscribe their diony in ill their hands ail and anxiety in ill their faces for fear the hie circulation linit would b bo e readied reached before their turn cattle came then there wits was the information line these men cantle came in ill every week w with li all the news of the ii names ibanies and dates alid initials correct ready to to put right in ill the paper without editing I 1 aliat liat other line over to tile tho left WAS waiting to to contract for advertising space while others were pushing their way to tile cashier window to pay bills before the discount period expired oil yes it was pretty soft t for the old man pretty stift I 1 chent the alie editor sat up tip mid and rubbed his eyes theoffice alie olliee evil devil grinning was stall standing dill it in the doorway boss theres a man outa says ys the press wont run til lie gotis gets tile tho money for the last order of white paper nother feller says the plate cant git hero here this week cause came theres been a wreck on oil the alie railroad it ilont mako no specially cause the pressman threw n gimmick in the phylix and the 1 fiddles do I of i old I 1 es strained so tile press cant run mill circulation mans quit cause lie says folks aint re ailin lidil news papers no iio more inore mil nn the advertising fell oil off this week forty per cent that aint all but the editor would hear no more lie ile fired an ail ink bottle at the devil will and kicked the cat lie ile worked but lit ten tell hours that day so ho he was full of elf pep then lie scratched liis his head and wondered low tile dickens hed fallen asleep during duleng oance hours 8 with filat lip ho auton put on the ball and chain for eight hours more and went fiume and slept the fitful fitful sleep of it lazy man pretty soft |
