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"It's the same ith me, Henry If she cooin' to have somep'n to do with our newspaper, why, the only reason I'd ever let her would be because ht to show more politeness to her than up to noouldn't do it on any other account, Henry"

"Neither would I That's just the sain to treat her any better, she's got my father andto say we better leave the plank down and let her in, if she comes around here like she's liable to"

"Well," said Herbert "I'et in trouble with the family"

And they mounted the stairs to their editorial, reportorial, and printing rooan to work in a manner not only preoccupied but apprehensive At intervals they would give each other a furtive glance, and then seem to reflect upon their fathers' and mothers' wishes and the troublous state of the ti, however

She ht have been easier to bear had her manner of arrival been less assured She roing her hat by a ribbon, flung open the gate in the sacred railing, and, flouncing into the principal chair, immodestly placed her feet on the table in front of that chair Additionally, such was her lively huht and smoke the stub of a lead pencil "Well, men," she said heartily, "I don't want to see any loafin' around here, ood newspaper this week; yes, sir, a pretty good newspaper, and I guess youI think of, or else uess I'll have to turn you off I don't want to haf to do that, men"

The blackmailed partners made no reply, on account of an inability that was perfect for the h not kindly; for in their expressions the conflict between desire and policy was ally vivid And such was their preoccupation, each with the bitterness of his own case, that neither wondered at the other's strange complaisance

Florence made it clear to them that henceforth she was the editor of The North End Daily Oriole (She said she had decided not to change the name) She informed theet all inky and nasty herself, she said She would, however, do all the writing for her newspaper, and had with her a new poem Also, she would furnish all the news and it would be printed just as she wrote it, and printed nicely, too, or else----She left the sentence unfinished