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rejoined the other . `` I du n no ! '' The day wore on , wet and dreary outside , but all within the `` Herald 's '' bosom was snug and busy and murmurous with the healthy thrum of life and prosperity renewed . Toward six o'clock , system accomplished , the new guiding-spirit was deliberating on a policy as Harkless would conceive a policy , were he there , when Minnie Briscoe ran joyously up the stairs , plunged into the room , waterproofed and radiant , and caught her friend in her eager arms , and put an end to policy for that day . But policy and labor did not end at twilight every day ; there were evenings , as in the time of Harkless , when lamps shone from the upper windows of the `` Herald '' building . For the little editor worked hard , and sometimes she worked late ; she always worked early . She made some mistakes at first , and one or two blunders which she took more seriously than any one else did .