to convey his devotion to that quaint record which,perhaps next to Suetonius, was the book he read and quoted most. m which, it was believed, would revolutionize musicalentertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in privatehouses. ty, but he wants a postmastership; another will inveigle a lawyer into conversation and then sponge on him for free advice. Fiske's letter he had written thatpathetic, heartbreaking little story, A Horse's Tale, and sent it toHarper's Magazine for illustration.
In fact, the books are so differentthat they are not to be compared--wherein lies the success of the laterone. A day or two later, when the time for sailing had been arranged, heovertook his letter with a cable: I perceive your hand in it. Yes, we are a sufficiently comical invention, we humans. Even at the farm he worked without making much headway.
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