for a hundred, had not been able to do any thing, and, moreover,
declined taking the paper himself, on the plea that he already took
more magazines and newspapers than he could read or afford to pay
for. Others gave as a reason for the little they had done, the want
of a specimen number, and encouraged me with the assurance, that as
soon as the paper appeared, there would be a perfect rush of
subscribers.

In due time, the first number appeared, and a very attractive sheet
it was--in my eyes. I took the first copy that came from the press,
and, sitting down in my office, looked it over with a feeling of
paternal pride, never before or since experienced. A more beautiful
object, or rather one that it gave me more delight to view, had
never been presented to my vision. If doubt had come in to disturb
me, it all vanished now. To see the "Gazette and Reflex" would be
enough. The two hundred "good names" on my list were felt to be
ample for a start. Each copy circulated among those would bring from
one to a dozen new subscribers. I regretted exceedingly that the
type of the first form of the paper had been distributed. Had this
not been the case, I would have ordered an additional thousand to be
added to the three thousand with which I commenced my enterprise.

Saturday was the regular publication day of the paper, but I issued
it on the preceding Wednesday. That is, served it to my two hundred
subscribers and had it distributed to the daily press. With what
eagerness did I look over the papers on Thursday morning, to see the
glowing notices of my beautiful "Gazette and Reflex." I opened the
first one that came to hand, glanced down column after column, but
not a word about me or mine was there! A keener sense of
disappointment I have never experienced. I took up another, and the