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Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924

"Michael O'Halloran"


"Fine!" said Mickey, "and only half as expensive."
So they wrapped the little cakes and closed the office. Then Douglas said:
"Now this ends work for the day. Next comes playtime."
"Then before we begin to play we ought to finish business," said Mickey.
"I have been thinking over what you said the other day, and while I was
right about some of it, I was mistaken about part. I ain't changing
anything I said about Minturn men and his sort, and millyingaire men and
their sort; but you ain't that kind of a man----"
"Thank you, Mickey," said Douglas.
"No you ain't that _kind_ of a man," continued Mickey. "And you are just
the kind of a man I'd _like_ to be; so if the door ain't shut, guess I'll
stick around afternoons."
"Not all day?" inquired Douglas.
"Well you see I am in the paper business and that takes all morning,"
explained Mickey. "I can always finish my first batch by noon, lots of
times by ten; from that on to six I could work for you."
"Don't you think you could earn more with me, and in the winter at least,
be more comfortable?" asked Douglas.


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