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PREFACE v
CHAPTER I. QUICK RETURNS 1 II. RITCHEY 50 III. LADY PERKINS 87 IV. ONLY ONE 135 V. KATIE WINS A HOME 193 THE BIG TOWN
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The big town - Quick Returns - (1)
This is just a clipping from one of the New York papers; a little kidding piece that they had in about me two years ago. It says: HOOSIER C…
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The big town - Quick Returns - (2)
“People!” I said. “Who and the hell voted for Prohibition if it wasn’t the people?” “The people of where?” he says. “A lot of small-time hi…
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The big town - Ritchey - (1)
Well, I was just getting used to the Baldwin and making a few friends round there when Ella suddenly happened to remember that it was Griff…
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The big town - Ritchey - (2)
“Of course not,” I said. “But,” says Ella, “he says, ‘Don’t take no offense. I think we’re next door neighbors. Don’t you live acrost the h…
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The big town - Lady Perkins - (1)
Along the first week in May they was a couple hot days, and Katie can’t stand the heat. Or the cold, or the medium. Anyway, when it’s hot s…
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The big town - Lady Perkins - (2)
“She’s been eying me all week,” I said. “I guess she didn’t have the nerve to break the ice up to this morning; then she got desperate.” “S…
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The big town - Only One - (1)
About a week after this, the Mrs. made the remark that the Decker wasn’t big enough to hold both she and Perkins. “She treats us like garba…
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The big town - Only One - (2)
So Ella says: “Maybe you have, but which one of us has got the husband?” “You, thank the Lord!” says Katie. “Thank him twice,” I said. Kate…
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The big town - Katie Wins A Home - (1)
Oh yes, we been back here quite a wile. And we’re liable to be here quite a wile. This town’s good enough for me and it suits the Mrs. too,…
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The big town - Katie Wins A Home - (2)
“Are you working on your play now?” Kate ast him. “It’s done,” he says. “I’m just trying to make up my mind who’s the right party to let in…