But it ain't everybody can experience the satisfiedness of seeing a reely genooine author.

So I travel around exhibiting myself for the good of the public.

And as a special and extraordinary thing--a sort of guarantee to one and all that they have seen a genooine living author--I write my autograph in each and every volume of this book that I sell at the small sum of one-fifty per.
Think of it! Ten thousand verses; moral, intellectooal, and witty; cloth cover, and the author's own autograph written by himself, all for one-fifty.

The autograph of the famous boy author.' "'That's a big bargain,' she says, thoughtful.
"'Jigantic,' I says "'Genius is cert'nly a wonderful phenomenus,' she repeats again, dreamy.
"'Ain't it!' I responds, sniffing to see if it was my pants that was scorching.

'Will you have one volume ?' "She hesitated, and then she says, 'No.