^Butit will cost the two aaptffl^jf.L'.iNNi. I didn't like to pay out *1.inni
for.-l piii-c of news, not counting t he^tolls, w ithout consulting you.'
Themanaging editor heard a^roiiirh murmur, something like a^great growl, over the telephone.^Then Story said:
^-Xcver wake me up again to^know whether \ou may s|m'|iiI jJl.tNNl^for a big beat! I dont wan t to Is-^disturbed for so small a matter!'
Theo|m'iatiou of this principle^left the Chicago Times worth at least^^_^ .uno.mm when Story died, which^w as a considerable property for one^man to build up out of nothing in^less than :KI years.
ALITTLE WO.IAN.
Alittle bit of a w oman came^AHivvurfuiv path one day:^So tiny was she 1 liat she s.eine.1 to Is*^A pixy strayed from i he misty sea,^fir a w andering green w ood fay.
'(Hi. you little elf,^ i etaM
Andw hat are von doing here^^So tiny as you will never do^For the brutal rush ami Imllabaloo^of this practical world. I fear.
Voicehave I. good sir.^ said she
^Lis soft as an angel's sigh.^But to fancy a word of yours wt ru^heard
Inall the din of t his w orld's absurd,^^Smiling. I made reply.
Handsha ve I. good sir.^ she quoth
Marry,and that you have!^But amid the st rife a nil tumult rife,^In all the struggle and battle for life.^What can these wee hands do^
Kyeshave I. good sir.^ she said
Soothyou have.^ ipioth 1.^^And tears shall How* therefrom, t^t n i w,
Andt hev bet hues shall dim with woe.^As the hard, hard years go by.
Thatlittle bit of a woman cast
Hertwo eyes fall oil me.^And they smote me sore to my In^^most core.^And they held ineslaved forevermore.
