[Received by a construction company.]
Dear Sir I an writhing you and wanted to know that can I get a book from
your company which will teach me of oprating steam and steam ingean. I
was fireing at a plant not long ago and found one of your catalogs and
it give me meny good idol about steam. I have been opiratin stean for
the last 12 years for I know that there are lots more to learn about
steam and I want to learn it so I will close for this time expecting to
here from you soon.
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"Since Frank Harris has been mentioned," communicates C. E. L., "it
would be interesting to a lot of folks to know just what standing he has
in literature." Oh, not much. Aside from being one of the best editors
the Saturday Review ever had, one of the best writers of short stories
in English or any other language, and one of the most acute critics in
the profession, his standing is negligible.
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Our young friend who is about to become a colyumist should certainly
include in his first string the restaurant wheeze: "Don't laugh at our
coffee. You may be old and weak yourself some day."
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"One sinister eye--the right one--gleamed at him over the
pistol."--Baltimore Sun.
No wonder foreigners have a hard time with the American language.
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