"It may be written that 'In A. D. 1915, Theodore Dreiser, accompanied by one Franklin Booth, an artist, visited the site of this bridge, which was then in perfect condition, and made a sketch of it, preserved now in that famous volume entitled “A Hoosier Holiday,” by Theodore Dreiser.'"
“You know how to advertise your own wares, don’t you?” he said. “Who made the sketch?”
“Why, Franklin Booth, of course.”
“But you didn’t say so.”
“Why didn’t I?”
“Because you didn’t.”
“Oh, well. We’ll correct all little errors like that in the proof. You’ll be safe enough.”
“Will I?”
“Surely you will.”
“Well, in that case I’ll finish the sketch. For a moment I thought I wouldn’t. But now that I’m sure to be preserved for posterity——”