In the meantime, however, I figure that I have lost $41,894.03 in royalties, $74 worth of glory and about 14 cents worth of fame—tough, isn't it?

   I think my Publisher should be censured for going out golfing and taking his fingers off the public pulse.

   Don't you?

   NOAH LOTT.

   Chestnut Hill

   June 12th, 1905

   A man can drop a lot of dough trying to pick up money.

   A fool and his money are soon spotted.

   An accommodation liar soon learns to run like an express.

   A guilty conscience needs no accuser if you catch him at it.

   An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article because the higher the fewer.

   A BAS. A French word meaning "S'cat!"

   A SHARP. A musical term which cannot be explained here, because the Musical Union might get sore.

   A FLAT. A people coop. Seven rooms and a landlord, with hot and cold gas and running servants. A

    flat

   is the poor relation of an apartment.

   ABROAD. A place where people go to be cured of visiting foreign lands.

   ABSCOND. To duck with the dough. From The Latin word

    absconditto

   , meaning to grab the long-green and hike for the Bad Lands.

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