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Literary Lessons

           

           "Prime,isn’tit?"askedtheboy,ashereyewentdownthelastparagraphofherportion.

           "IthinkyouandIcoulddoaswellasthatifwetried,"returnedJo,amusedathisadmirationofthetrash.

           "IshouldthinkIwasaprettyluckychapifIcould.Shemakesagoodlivingoutofsuchstories,theysay."andhepointedtothenameofMrs.S.L.A.N.G.Northbury,underthetitleofthetale.

           "Doyouknowher?"askedJo,withsuddeninterest.

           "No,butIreadallherpieces,andIknowafellowwhoworksintheofficewherethispaperisprinted."

           "Doyousayshemakesagoodlivingoutofstorieslikethis?"andJolookedmorerespectfullyattheagitatedgroupandthicklysprinkledexclamationpointsthatadornedthepage.

           "Guessshedoes!Sheknowsjustwhatfolkslike,andgetspaidwellforwritingit."

           Herethelecturebegan,butJoheardverylittleofit,forwhileProfessorSandswasprosingawayaboutBelzoni,Cheops,scarabei,andhieroglyphics,shewascovertlytakingdowntheaddressofthepaper,andboldlyresolvingtotryforthehundred-dollarprizeofferedinitscolumnsforasensationalstory.Bythetimethelectureendedandtheaudienceawoke,shehadbuiltupasplendidfortuneforherself(notthefirstfoundedonpaper),andwasalreadydeepintheconcoctionofherstory,beingunabletodecidewhethertheduelshouldcomebeforetheelopementorafterthemurder.

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