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Bet generally bought her papers at a tiny shop not far from her old home. She got them at wholesale price, and was well known to the woman who kept the shop. This person regarded Bet as one of her most constant customers, and now and then added a paper or two of the half-penny order to her bundle for nothing, and by way of good luck. On this night she informed her young customer that she had no copies of the _Evening Star_ left.
"There's a run on it," she said. "There's news from the Soudan -- something about General Gordon. Anyhow, it's sold out; so you had better take some more of the _News_."