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Show Novelist Set a Limit. When tho Norwegian novelist HJorn-son HJorn-son was In UiIb country he wan on one occasion the guest of a club at dlnnor. A man with n wldu reputation reputa-tion as n brilliant talker and speech-maker speech-maker told an exceedingly funny story, nt which tho Norwegian novelist novel-ist laughed heartily. Tho man told a second story and njprnson smiled. Then camo a till i cl story and the novelist nov-elist sat unmoved, oven gloomy. "It wns a very good story," chldcd tho novelist's mentor. "Why didn't you laugh?" "I am 40 years old." said DJornson, firmly, "and two stories are enough." |