8/23 They wouldn't let me see him again, but they told me all about him, and he's better; and I got Tom to go to the jail--he was so mystified, he doesn't know what I wanted it for--and he saw some of those beasts, and I can do a column of description besides an editorial about them, and I will be fierce enough to suit Carlow, you may believe that. And I've been talking to Senator Burns--that is, listening to Senator Burns, which is much stupider--and I think I can do an article on national politics. I'm not very well up on local issues yet, but I--" She broke off suddenly. "There! I think we can get out to-morrow's number without any trouble. By the time you get back from the hotel, father, I'll have half my stuff written--'written up,' I mean. |