The Bodleys telling stories . A Press-Room. was a pretty good arithmetician, but he had only one May of (loinirsums in liis li(\Td. He stood and wrote tlie figures in the air withhis forefinger, division marks and all. and did the sum thus, imagin-ing all the figures and signs before him. Mr. Haketon laughed, butthe answer was right, — fifteen. Yes; fifteen times should wehave to put a new set of stereoty[)e plates on the press, and when. LUCrS BIRTHDAY. 213 we had printed the last, we should have a thousand books done,should we not ? Now, all these sheets are taken up-stairs and foldedthe siz
The Bodleys telling stories . A Press-Room. was a pretty good arithmetician, but he had only one May of (loinirsums in liis li(\Td. He stood and wrote tlie figures in the air withhis forefinger, division marks and all. and did the sum thus, imagin-ing all the figures and signs before him. Mr. Haketon laughed, butthe answer was right, — fifteen. Yes; fifteen times should wehave to put a new set of stereoty[)e plates on the press, and when. LUCrS BIRTHDAY. 213 we had printed the last, we should have a thousand books done,should we not ? Now, all these sheets are taken up-stairs and foldedthe size of the book, so that you can read the pages in order, oneafter the other. They are sewed at the back and put into covers ;but this part— the binding — we do not do in our office. As they turned to go out of the office, they passed a little press,which was not worked by steam, but where a man was slowly andcarefully printing a picture. Mr. Raketon stopped and took onefrom the little pile. Where is Lucy? he asked. Lucy had lagged a little behind,watching one of the press girls, who had her hair done up in curlpapers, and wondering if she was going to a party at night. Shecame forward and saw them all w^aitino- for her. o I have not given you any birthday present, said Mr. Raketon. Here is a picture which has just been printed. You can carry ithome and keep it, and remember that you saw the man print ithere. It was a picture of
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