When is it to be published ? Did they pay you for it ? '' `` Yes ; they 've sent a check for ten dollars , and the editor writes that he would like to see more of my work . Dear man , he shall . It was an old sketch I found in my box . I re-wrote it and sent it in -- but I never really thought it could be accepted because it had no plot , '' said Anne , recalling the bitter experience of Averil 's Atonement . `` What are you going to do with that ten dollars , Anne ? Let 's all go up town and get drunk , '' suggested Phil . `` I AM going to squander it in a wild soulless revel of some sort , '' declared Anne gaily . `` At all events it is n't tainted money -- like the check I got for that horrible Reliable Baking Powder story . I spent IT usefully for clothes and hated them every time I put them on . '' `` Think of having a real live author at Patty 's Place , '' said Priscilla . `` It 's a great responsibility , '' said Aunt Jamesina solemnly . `` Indeed it is , '' agreed Pris with equal solemnity . `` Authors are kittle cattle . You never know when or how they will break out . Anne may make copy of us . '' `` I meant that the ability to write for the Press was a great responsibility , '' said Aunt Jamesina severely , `` and I hope Anne realizes , it . My daughter used to write stories before she went to the foreign field , but now she has turned her attention to higher things . She used to say her motto was ` Never write a line you would be ashamed to read at your own funeral . '
You 'd better take that for yours , XXXXX , if you are going to embark in literature .
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