Mary lies on the sidewalk, partially propped up by her two hands and still breathing hard, but only a trace of white shadow in the corner of her mouth, and her lips not moving anymore.

She gathers the remaining pile of newspapers and stands up. Next, she does something else that she’s never done, holding the papers high over her head, and walking back and forth among the throngs of pedestrians until she manages to say in a far, lost voice, “Get all the latest deadlines—I mean, not deadlines, get all the latest head-lines...here. Latest headlines, right here.”

As Mary makes more announcements and starts to boom away with her powerful voice, she is surprised that people begin buying the extra newspapers right out of her hands, and before long she doesn’t have a single one left for the first time on the job! She discovers she is a natural at yelling out loud for sales.