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Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924

"Michael O'Halloran"

Instead you
are a big, bloated softy. You carry too much fat for your size, while you
are mushy as pudding! If I were you, I'd show my father how much of a man
I could be, instead of how much of a baby."
"Father isn't a gentleman!" announced Malcolm. "Lucette said so!"
"Hush!" cried Mr. Tower. "Don't you ever say that again! Your father is
one of the big men of this great city: one of the men who think, plan, and
make things happen, that result in health, safety and comfort for all of
us. One of the men who is going to rule, not only his own home, but this
city, and this whole state, one of these days. You don't _know_ your
father. You don't know what men say and think of him. You do know that
Lucette was fit for nothing but to wash and dress you like babies, big
boys who should have been _ashamed_ to let a woman wait on them. You do
know that she is on her way back where she came from, because she could
not do her work right. And you have the nerve to tell me what she said
about a fine man like your father.


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