. The book of bugs. . THE LAST WORD. GENTLE reader, we are come to the last chapter. Here, by good rights, the Hero should triumph over all his enemies, the Heroine should pillow her head on his manly bosom and, rolling up her large, lustrous orbs, exclaim: ll Dear John, I loved you from the very first! ' The property should now be theirs after all, and the Wicked .Villain should go out gritting his teeth and clink- ing his handcuffs. However, this is not that kind of a book, as doubtless you have discovered ere now. Still, I hope you have found it quite as interesting as the other kind. It ma
. The book of bugs. . THE LAST WORD. GENTLE reader, we are come to the last chapter. Here, by good rights, the Hero should triumph over all his enemies, the Heroine should pillow her head on his manly bosom and, rolling up her large, lustrous orbs, exclaim: ll Dear John, I loved you from the very first! ' The property should now be theirs after all, and the Wicked .Villain should go out gritting his teeth and clink- ing his handcuffs. However, this is not that kind of a book, as doubtless you have discovered ere now. Still, I hope you have found it quite as interesting as the other kind. It may be that yon have even found it instructive, but I would take it kindly of you not to say anything about that to your friends. Many people have a horror of being instructed, and if it should get out that this book was filled with useful information, it would kill its deader than a door-nail. Perhaps I ought not to speak of such matters, and I wouldn't to everybody, but I feel so well acquainted with you that I don't mind telling you that we have planned a good deal as to how we should spend all the money that this book will make. There is, of course, the trip to Europe, though, in a pinch, that can go over till next summer, as it has been doing ever since we were married. 'But we really do need a new dining-room set. I might build that house I have been cutting out plans for these many years, and at the very least calculation I think I ought to get a new pair of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sutherland, Harvey. New York ; London : Street & Smith
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