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"Thank you, Mickey! Same to you!"
"Aw, nix on me!" said Mickey. "I ain't nothing on looks! I ain't ever
looked at myself enough that if I was sent to find Michael O'Halloran I
mightn't bring in some other fellow."
"But you're enough acquainted with yourself that you wouldn't bring in a
dirty boy with a mouth full of swearing and beer," suggested Douglas.
"Well not this evening!" cried Mickey. "On a gamble that ain't my
picture!"
"If it were, you wouldn't be here!" said Douglas.
"No, nor much of any place else 'cept the gutters, alleys, and the police
court," affirmed Mickey. "That ain't my style! I'd like to be--well--about
like you."
"You are perfectly welcome to all I have and am," said Douglas. "If you
fail to take advantage of the offer, it will be your own fault."
"Yes, I guess it will," reflected Mickey. "You gave me the chance. I am to
blame if I don't cop on to it, and get in the game. I like you fine! Your
work is more interesting than odd jobs on the street, and you pay like a
plute.


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