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Three girls also arrived , pale-faced , sad-eyed creatures , who were expert typesetters . Uncle John arranged with Mrs. Kebble , the landlady at the hotel , to board all the `` help '' at moderate charge . It had been decided , after much consultation , to make the _ Tribune _ a morning paper . At first it was feared this would result in keeping the girls up nights , but it was finally arranged that all the copy they furnished would be turned in by nine o'clock , and Miss Briggs , the telegraph editor , would attend to anything further that came in over the wires . The advantages of a morning edition were obvious . `` You 'll have all day to distribute a morning paper , '' Arthur pointed out , `` whereas an evening paper could n't get to your scattered subscribers until the next morning . '' Miss Briggs , upon whom they were to rely so greatly , proved to be a woman of tremendous energy and undoubted ability .