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About a month after Lena had made her investment in the raw materials of

the writer's art, Dick Percival happened to drop into the sooty and

untidy office where forpublic opinion

"Hello!" he cried as he opened the door Then he stood transfixed at the

vision that ht, for a very blond and fuzzy head was bent over

Ellery's desk and a very startled pair of blue eyes was raised to ray Is there anything more

deown? Dick's hat came

off and a deferential look replaced the careless one

"Hello, yourself!" said Norris "You announce yourself like a telephone

girl Co the quiet waters ofyour pardon," said Dick politely "If you are busy I--"

"That's all right Miss Quincy and I can postpone our confab without

inconveniencing the order of the universe" Miss Quincy was already

gathering her notes, and she smiled at Dick in a half-shy way that said,

"I remember you very plainly" As she disappeared slowly down the hall,

Dick started after her

"Great Scott, Ellery!" he ejaculated "How you have lied to rubbiness of your work! If this is your daily grind, I don'ta whirl at the editorial profession hed

"It isn't the sum total of my duties," he said

"Who is Hebe?" asked Dick