CHAPTER IX.

THE YOUNG EDITOR.

A call from a stranger—Consultations, calculations, and contracts—Leaves Mr. Damrell—A good printer—Summary for 1845—Takes the whole of “The Rambler”—Invited to join in the conduct of a monthly magazine—Declines—Starts one himself—Too much labor and responsibility—Unfavorable changes in the business world—Accidents and disappointments—A naughty boy—Summary for 1848—Suffers for others’ errors—Why he was not a clergyman—Other business men fail, but he determines he will not—Noble struggles—Outlives the storm—Summary for 1849—Parts with a favorite office-boy—The boy becomes a pastor—His testimony about Walter Aimwell, 171