. Little helpers . Leslie echoed this sigh, for an editors life is not invariably a happy one, any more than a policemans is. No, their pleasure in hav-ing an editor for their father was a very practical one; among the many books which were sent to him for review were numbers of nice story and picture books for children; among the exchanges which came to the office were delightful picture papers, selected, appar-ently, with a viewto playroom wallsand -last, but by nomeans least, therewas the waste-paperbasket! They hadlearned the signs and tokens, and whenever a very fat manusc
. Little helpers . Leslie echoed this sigh, for an editors life is not invariably a happy one, any more than a policemans is. No, their pleasure in hav-ing an editor for their father was a very practical one; among the many books which were sent to him for review were numbers of nice story and picture books for children; among the exchanges which came to the office were delightful picture papers, selected, appar-ently, with a viewto playroom wallsand -last, but by nomeans least, therewas the waste-paperbasket! They hadlearned the signs and tokens, and whenever a very fat manuscript Was being read, they would ask eagerly, — Did she send any stamps, papa?: They were so nearly sure that the fat manuscript would prove not available for the purposes of, etc., that the whole thing hinged on the stamps — if she had sent them, why then, of course, she must have her old manuscript back, if she wished it; but if she had not, then, oh, then! there were all. LITTLE HELPERS. 41 those sheets of paper, perfectly blank on one side, what with colored envelopes, and pamphlets printed on pinkand blue paper, and envelope bands, and monograms, and occa-sional coats-of-arms, that waste paper basket, with skilful hand-ling of its contents, had yielded many a handsome kite. Its contents- had been given over to Johnny, and those of therag-bag to Tiny, at the same time, but they preferred to makepartnership affairs of both. As the rag-bag yielded sails forboats, and covers for balls, and • bobs for kites, so did thewaste-paper basket yield colored paper wherewith to dress paperdolls, and stiff cards which made excellent cardboard furniture,not to mention those pieces of blank-on-both-sides writing paper,which could be cut into small sheets and envelopes. And if amonogram is really handsome, why shouldnot one person use it as well as another ? Johnny was beginning to be famousfor his kites, and as he was a warm-hearted and generous little b
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