This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...away from de dogs, Chames. "If you will give my valet a point or two, so he will not land me in Oshkosh, and me trunks in Cohoes, I 'll try," he says, "to reach de house party before de cellar runs dry." But Duchess has a glad eye for house parties. She can do fancy stunts wit loidies' hair deir own maids can't do, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...away from de dogs, Chames. "If you will give my valet a point or two, so he will not land me in Oshkosh, and me trunks in Cohoes, I 'll try," he says, "to reach de house party before de cellar runs dry." But Duchess has a glad eye for house parties. She can do fancy stunts wit loidies' hair deir own maids can't do, and she nails more tips dan de home soivants do. Dat 's de reason when we got to de house party I seen no more of her dan she did de back of her own neck. But I had de time of me life wit a housemaid dere I used to skate wit in Central Park. Was I a skater when I was a kid? Say, I used to cut figures all around Champeen Willie Gibson in dose days. Dat goes if he hears it. Well, me goil fren had n't enough to do to keep her awake after sundown till I says to her, "Molly," I says, "have a skate wit me dis evening," I says, "for old rocks' sake.'' "You 're booked, Chimmie," she says. "When de folks is all busy wit bridge or ping-pong, we 'll do an old-time toin, just to show de man in de moon dere is some of us left," she says. Molly ain't no dairymaid herself. Say, a lot of odder couples was in de same alley. Dere was about a dozen of 'em what taut everybody else would be up to deir ears in bridge, and so not miss a couple who 'd sneaked out for a skate. But de odder couples was folks, not soivants. Molly and me was sliding over de ice, doing de inside and de outside coive, and chin-chinning of old times, when we makes out dat here and dere, where de moon trun shadows of trees over de lake, dose odder couples was doing a quiet toin of skate by deir lonesomes. "We 'd better chase ourselves," I says. "Dese is folks, and if dey cops who we is dey will send us dancing jigs ...
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