` Here 's one from the South ' ; and breaking an imposing seal , he read : ` MADAM , As it has pleased Heaven to bless your efforts with a large fortune , I feel no hesitation in asking you to supply funds to purchase a new communion-service for our church . To whatever denomination you belong , you will of course respond with liberality to such a request , ` Respectfully yours , ` MRS X.Y. ZAVIER ' ` Send a civil refusal , dear . All I have to give must go to feed and clothe the poor at my gates . That is my thank-offering for success . Go on , ' answered his mother , with a grateful glance about her happy home . ' A literary youth of eighteen proposes that you put your name to a novel he has written ; and after the first edition your name is to be taken off and his put on . There 's a cool proposal for you . I guess you wo n't agree to that , in spite of your soft-heartedness towards most of the young scribblers . ' ` Could n't be done . Tell him so kindly , and do n't let him send the manuscript . I have seven on hand now , and barely time to read my own , ' said Mrs Jo , pensively fishing a small letter out of the slop-bowl and opening it with care , because the down-hill address suggested that a child wrote it . ' I will answer this myself . A little sick girl wants a book , and she shall have it , but I ca n't write sequels to all the rest to please her . I should never come to an end if I tried to suit these voracious little Oliver Twists , clamouring for more . What next , Robin ? ' ` This is short and sweet . ` DEAR MRS BHAER , I am now going to give you my opinion of your works . I have read them all many times , and call them first-rate . Please go ahead . ` Your admirer , ` BILLY BABCOCK ' ` Now that is what I like .
Billy is a man of sense and a critic worth having , since he had XXXXX my works many times before expressing his opinion .
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