Davis at Beauvoir,
Mississippi, that lasted until the latter passed away.
Edward was fast absorbing a tremendous quantity of biographical
information about the most famous men and women of his time, and he was
compiling a collection of autograph letters that the newspapers had
made famous throughout the country. He was ruminating over his
possessions one day, and wondering to what practical use he could put
his collection; for while it was proving educative to a wonderful
degree, it was, after all, a hobby, and a hobby means expense. His
autograph quest cost him stationery, postage, car-fare--all outgo. But
it had brought him no income, save a rich mental revenue. And the boy
and his family needed money. He did not know, then, the value of a
background.
He was thinking along this line in a restaurant when a man sitting next
to him opened a box of cigarettes, and taking a picture out of it threw
it on the floor. Edward picked it up, thinking it might be a
"prospect" for his collection of autograph letters. It was the picture
of a well-known actress.
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