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. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... depths of his steaming chafing-dish Sadie took the bull by the horns. She rose from her chair, gathered up her possessions and moved forward until she came to the table of the fat man so engrossed in his collation. The fat man in question did not even look up as tfie young ladjr with the debonair 'droop 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. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... depths of his steaming chafing-dish Sadie took the bull by the horns. She rose from her chair, gathered up her possessions and moved forward until she came to the table of the fat man so engrossed in his collation. The fat man in question did not even look up as tfie young ladjr with the debonair 'droop and the tip-tilted nose sank into a seat opposite him. As before, all his attention seemed centered on the viands before him. "Ain't it crool, the way most men'll furget a soul-mate?" murmured Sadie. Wallaby Sam reached for his glass of Chablis, took a sip from it and put it down on the table again. Then he looked up at Sadie, blinking at her with impassive and only mildly querulous eyes. Then he gave all his attention to the plate beside him. "And me tryin' to ketch your eye for the last half-hour!" lamented the slighted Sadie. "So I noticed," the blithe old robin calmly announced. This, for a moment, seemed to dampen the effusive young lady's ardor. But it was only for a moment. "What's the reason for the "frost?" she determinedly inquired. "I don't get bit twice by the same snake!" quietly averred the rosy-cheeked old gentleman, as he stabbed his heart of lettuce to the core. Then he cut it, crisscross, with much vigor. "I guess I'm the party that's gotta kick comin' for that old rumble," maintained the girl. But Wallaby Sam, alias Adolph Breitman, chose to ignore her complaint. It was several minutes, in fact, before he spoke again. "What, I mean who, are you doing these days?" he grimly inquired. "I ain't feedin' no goldfish!" quite as grimly retorted Sadie, and that reference to the old days tended to make the man opposite her wince a trifle. "But for a couple o' months, Baron, I was eatin' wheat-cakes wit' the down-and-outers. And yuh was...
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