[Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation by Edith Van Dyne]@TWC D-Link bookAunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation CHAPTER XVII 3/8
Sometimes I sleep." That was a good deal of conversation for these two to indulge in.
Hetty was talkative enough, at times, and so was Thursday Smith, when the humor seized him; but when they were together they said very little.
The artist would stroll into the pressroom after the compositors had finished their tasks and watch the man make up the forms, lock them, place them on the press and run off the edition.
Then he would glance over the paper while Thursday washed up and put on his coat, after which he accompanied her to the door of her hotel and with a simple "good night" proceeded up the street to his own lodging. There are surprises in the newspaper business, as our girl journalists were fast discovering.
It was a real calamity when Miss Briggs, who had been primarily responsible for getting the _Millville Daily Tribune_ into proper working order, suddenly resigned her position.
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