WORDS FAILED HER

The budding authoress had purchased a typewriter, and one morning the

agent called and asked:

"How do you like your new typewriter, madam?"

"It's wonderful!" was the enthusiastic reply. "I wonder how I ever done

my writing without it."

"Would you mind," asked the agent, "giving me a little testimonial to

that effect?"

"Certainly not," she responded. "I'll do it gladly."

Seating herself at the machine, she pounded out the following:

Aafteb Using thee Automatid Backactiom atype write, er for thre emonth

%an d Over. I unhesittattingly pronoun ce it tobe al ad more than th e

Manufacturss claim! for it. Durinb the tim e been in myy possessio n $i

thre month it had more th an paid paid for itse*f in thee saVing off tim

e anD laborr?

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