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"It is all so splendid!" she cried "How could you do it so quickly? And

in the rain, too! This is exactly e need I've done ht of so out for Congress, I reatest hope that he will We can let it go until he does, and

then----But doesn't it seeood notion for the

'Herald' to have a woe--'For Feminine Readers,' or, 'Of Interest

to Women'--once a week?"

"A woht of that,

could you, Mr Parker?"

"And now," she continued, "I think that when I've gone over what I've

written and beat it into better shape I shall be ready for so to

eat Isn't it almost time for luncheon?"

This si

effect upon her hearers They looked upon each other with fallen jaws and

corow pale, and Parker glared

about him with a wild eye Fortunately, the editor was too busy at her

work to notice their agitation; she applied herself to ly crossing out whole lines and even

paragraphs, so; and, as she bent

earnestly over the paper, against the darkness of the rainy day, the