. Little helpers . 40 LITTLE 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 whenev
. Little helpers . 40 LITTLE 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
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