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Show Better He Hadn't Insisted. The author of a few novels, meeting meet-ing a literary friend, began talking with him about his, the author's latest lat-est work. Presently he said : "You go about a good deal, Brown. Tell ino what you hear about my book." "I assure you," answered the other, "that I've heard nothing but the most favorable and enthusiastic opinions of it." "Oh, that's good! Now tell me who has talked to you ahout it." "Uni well, I can't tell you that exactly." ex-actly." "Oh, yes, you can. I insist." "Well, then, since you Insist, you're the only one I've heard si y anything about it." Boston Transcript. |