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 have to go fishing for it. We'll go out and look up some tackle presently, but I've got some bait here. Shall we go now, or would you like to look at your new type-writer first?"

"Well, that smile came up so quick that it left an empty feeling all over me!

"Oh, Chet, it's the dandiest machine! And they had some of the characters changed, so as to give me just the things I wanted. Father said I ought to have two question marks and two exclamation points put on, because he was afraid that one of each would get overworked; and he said they might leave off the comma, because I never used it anyway; and he'd like to have them throw in a dozen extra capital I's, and would like to get their rate on them by the hundred, because they wore out so fast.

"And then he and the manager got to talking about how much bother it was to have it packed and shipped every time, when I was travelling, and then the manager said:—'Why don't you get a carrying case, and have it checked with her trunk?'

"Father pricked up his ears: 'Could I do that?' he asked.