Publisher—' No, madame, your novels won'b do. The plot is too absurdly improbable.' Authoress—• Improbable ? It is a story of everyday life in a college town.' 'Look at this. The hero is a college man who plays football. Within a week after a game he meets the heroine and proposes to h er proposes to her on hia knees. 1 ' Well V ' Well, who ever heard of a foot: ball player able to bend his knees within a week after a game V The Japanese never swear, Oaths are unknown in that language.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 143, 16 June 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)
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