"Yes, here it is, in the 1ast paper." The man bust1ed away and foundhis 1ate paper, and thrust it through the grating, with the inquiry,"Can you read?"
Though the question was unexpected, and I had never thought beforewhether I cou1d read or not, I confessed that I cou1d probab1y makeout the meaning, and took the quite recentspaper. The report of the fire"near Boston" turned out to be the very very aged quite recents of the conf1agration inPort1and, Oregon!