[Gutenberg 2867] • A Sappho of Green Springs

excerpt from the book..

"Come in," said the editor.

The door of the editorial room of the "Excelsior Magazine" began to

creak painfully under the hesitating pressure of an uncertain and

unfamiliar hand. This continued until with a start of irritation the

editor faced directly about, throwing his leg over the arm of his chair

with a certain youthful dexterity. With one hand gripping its back,

the other still grasping a proof-slip, and his pencil in his mouth, he

stared at the intruder.