Once Over Lightly - (Study Room copy - good condition)

An Introduction or It Began with Governor Curley  Opportunity knocks but once, according to one unknown ancient wag, who didn't know beans. Maybe opportunity knocks only once for some people, but for others it not only knocks more than once, it kicks the door down if they don't answer right away. What I mean to say is, there are those who start making pizza in their kitchen and in six months they have a chain of pizza parlors all across the United States which are eventually bought up by Pepsi Cola for millions of dollars. Or, someone we can call Mrs. Paul, makes a few crab cakes for her friends and in no time sells the whole kit and kaboodle to Campbell Soup for millions, or maybe billions. Success never overwhelmed me this way. My definition of success was falling down the cellar stairs and not getting hurt. And it's a wonder opportunity didn't get bored with me because every time it knocked on my door it tripped over the welcome mat. Once, on my fist newspaper job I was mistaken for