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A bent figure came slowly down the street, and Williaood evening, Mr Todd," answered the oldfor you" He had not see beyond the boundaries of his own drea nervously at some papers in his pocket "I have

completed my notes for our Saturday edition It was quite easy; there is

"

"Thank you, Mr Fisbee," said Harkless, as he took the manuscript "Have

you finished your paper on the earlier Christian sy it" This was the form they used

"I shall be the recipient of honor, sir," returned Fisbee "Your kind

offer will speed my work; but I fear, Mr Harkless, I very much fear, that

your kindness alone prompts it, for, deeply as I desire it, I cannot

truthfully say that my essays appear to increase our circulation" He esture as he went on: "They do not seeh Mr Martin assures me that he carefully

peruses es his

exhibition s, and I bear infroenerously upon the scholarship of the 'Herald' But

for fifteen years I have tried to i in Plattville,

and I eht quaver in Fisbee's voice), "I cannot

rehtest word or token of encouragement

till you came, Mr Harkless Since then I have labored with refreshed

energy; still, I cannot claie for the

better, and I fear the engravings upon the walls of our people exhibit no