`` Been writing any more stories lately ? '' inquired Mr. Harrison genially one evening when Anne was taking tea with him and Mrs. Harrison . `` No , '' answered Anne , rather crisply . `` Well , no offense meant . Mrs. Hiram Sloane told me the other day that a big envelope addressed to the Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company of Montreal had been dropped into the post office box a month ago , and she suspicioned that somebody was trying for the prize they 'd offered for the best story that introduced the name of their baking powder . She said it was n't addressed in your writing , but I thought maybe it was you . '' `` Indeed , no ! I saw the prize offer , but I 'd never dream of competing for it . I think it would be perfectly disgraceful to write a story to advertise a baking powder . It would be almost as bad as Judson Parker 's patent medicine fence . '' So spake Anne loftily , little dreaming of the valley of humiliation awaiting her . That very evening Diana popped into the porch gable , bright-eyed and rosy cheeked , carrying a letter . `` Oh , Anne , here 's a letter for you . I was at the office , so I thought I 'd bring it along . Do open it quick . If it is what I believe it is I shall just be wild with delight . '' Anne , puzzled , opened the letter and glanced over the typewritten contents . Miss Anne Shirley , Green Gables , Avonlea , P.E. Island . `` DEAR MADAM : We have much pleasure in informing you that your charming story ` Averil 's Atonement ' has won the prize of twenty-five dollars offered in our recent competition . We enclose the check herewith .
We are arranging for the publication XXXXX the story in several prominent Canadian newspapers , and we also intend to have it printed in pamphlet form for distribution among our patrons .
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