I hadn't any time to worry about what wasn't my
business.
And then one morning I caught Andrew doing up a big, flat parcel for
the postman. He looked so sheepish I just had to ask what it was.
"I've written a book," said Andrew, and he showed me the title page--
PARADISE REGAINED
BY
ANDREW McGILL
Even then I wasn't much worried, because of course I knew no one
would print it. But Lord! a month or so later came a letter from a
publisher--accepting it! That's the letter Andrew keeps framed above
his desk. Just to show how such things sound I'll copy it here:
DECAMERON, JONES AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK
January 13, 1907.
DEAR MR. McGILL:
We have read with singular pleasure your manuscript "Paradise
Regained." There is no doubt in our minds that so spirited an
account of the joys of sane country living should meet with
popular approval, and, with the exception of a few revisions and
abbreviations, we would be glad to publish the book practically as
it stands. We would like to have it illustrated by Mr.
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