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you to excuse me. I'm sorry I haven't supplied you with more—material, but"
"Oh, that's all right." He dropped paper and pencil into his pockets and arose. "I've got enough for a half-column or so, and I guess that's about all the space they'll give me. If you'd got around earlier in the day you could have had all you wanted."
Gordon stared. "You mean to tell me that you're going to write a half-column about what I've said to-night?"
"Oh, well, principally. Of course, I'll have to put in a good deal about how you looked and acted. Anybody ever speak of your resemblance to Henry Miller? "
"Henry Miller?"
"Yes, the actor."
"Not that I'm aware of," replied Gordon, amused.
"Good! It's new, then. Of course, you're younger, and I don't say that the resemblance is striking, but it makes a good line. 'One immediately notes the strong resemblance to Henry Miller.' Most everybody knows how Henry Miller looks, you see. It beats trying to describe each
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