The New Editor (1912)
Miss Jessie Brown, a business-like young woman from the east, has just completed negotiations for the purchase of a newspaper in a town of the far west, Tough Notch by name. Immediately upon her arrival in town she assumes the duties of her office as editor of her new possession, the "Tough Notch Daily Observer." The first thing attracting her eye is a sign on the wall which reads, "Don't shoot the Editor, he's doing his best." She treats this matter lightly, but the importance of it dawns upon her shortly after when she hears several volleys of shots being fired in the immediate vicinity. Peering through the partly open door she beholds a surprising and rather terrifying sight, a crowd of cowboys amusing themselves by shooting at objects and whooping like so many wild Indians. Startled at this apparent lawlessness, she forthwith has the sign on the wall changed from masculine to feminine and then writes a scathing article about half tipsy cowboys who take possession of the streets, etc. The following day this article appears in the newspaper and creates great indignation among the cowboys, who swear that they will wreak vengeance by shooting up the editor. Mounting their horses they start off to carry out their threat, stopping several times on the way to imbibe courage. Arriving at the "Daily Observer's" office, they dash pell-mell with drawn revolvers, to find to their great surprise and astonishment only the charming Miss Jessie Brown, who pleads guilty to having written the article which caused their wrath. The transition of their behavior is highly amusing, for instead of carrying out their threat, they each pay for a year's subscription to help the new editor boost the good cause along.
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