One evening, at the house of the latter, he saw a file of weekly papers, which proved, on examination, to be back numbers of the "Weekly Standard," a literary paper issued in Boston.
"I take the paper for my family," said Ferguson.

"It contains quite a variety of reading matter, stories, sketches and essays." "It seems quite interesting," said Harry.
"Yes, it is.

I will lend you some of the back numbers, if you like." "I would like it.

My father never took a literary paper; his means were so limited that he could not afford it." "I think it is a good investment.

There are few papers from which you cannot obtain in a year more than the worth of the subscription.
Besides, if you are going to be an editor, it will be useful for you to become familiar with the manner in which such papers are conducted." When Harry went home he took a dozen copies of the paper, and sat up late reading them.