Show HIS FIRST LITERARY EFFORT not likely among the six best beat sellers of that year A party of ti lends had gathered in the author a house to congratulate him on the success of his new book they were extravagantly enthusiastic as friends are apt to be on such oc oe cassons and the young author was swelling visibly the author 3 mother beamed finally one of the guests turned to her tell me aid lid your son show symptoms of literary genius at an early aked age I 1 presume he did and you ve got some baby effusion treas ared away I 1 have the first letter he ever wrote me said the mother smiling and may ma be you d call it his first literary effort he was on visit to his grandmother grandmothers s and he had never visited her without me before but maybe you d like to hear the let ter the guests chorused yes aag erly the mother produced a crum pled envelope and paper and read slowly dear mama the doga dogs Is I 1 awful thick here your loving son |