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"Now look here, Kitchener," said Mickey. "Did I say one word that ain't
so, and that you don't know is so?"
"What you said is not even half a truth, young man! I do know cases where
idle rich men have tried the Little Brother plan as a fad, and made a
failure of it. But for a few like that, I know dozens of sincere, educated
men who are honestly giving a boy they fancy, a chance. I can take you
into the office of one of the most influential men in this city, right
across the hall there, and show you a boy he liked who has in a short time
become his friend, an invaluable helper, and hourly companion, and out of
it that boy will get a fine education, good business training, and a start
in life that will give him a better chance to begin on than the man who is
helping him had."
Mickey laughed boisterously, then sobered suddenly.
"'Scuse me, Brother," he said politely, "but that's most _too funny_ for
any use. Once I took a whirl with that gentleman myself. Whether he does
or not, I know the place where he ought to get off.


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