See? Answer me this:
why would he be spending money and taking all that time for a 'newsy' when
he hardly knows his own kids if he sees them, and they're the wickedest
little rippers in the park. Just _why_ now?"
Douglas Bruce closed the door; then he came back and placing a chair for
Mickey, he took one opposite.
"Sit down Mickey," he said patiently. "There's a reason for my being
particularly interested in James Minturn, and the reason hinges on the
fact you mention: that he can't control his own sons, yet can make a boy
he takes comfort in, of a street gamin."
Mickey's eyes narrowed while he sat very straight in the chair he had
accepted.
"If he's made so much of him, it sort of proves that he _wasn't_ a gamin.
Some of the boys are a long shot closer gentlemen than the guys who are
experimenting with them; 'cause they were born rich and can afford it. If
your friend's going to train his pick-up to be what _he_ is, then that boy
would stand a better chance on his own side the curb. See? I've been right
up against that gentleman with the documents, so I know him.
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