I suppose I entertained an almost exaggerated idea of what a newspaper woman should be.

I've always enjoyed reading stories about clever women who covered important assignments and made good on newspapers.

You know the kind of stories I mean." Patience nodded understandingly.

"Real people are never like people in books," she commented.

"Usually the real folks do far more startling things than the book people ever thought of doing." "I know it," agreed Grace, with a rueful smile.