"She wasn't born to things like that; what's the use to spoil her with
them?" he argued. "Course they haven't spoiled Miss Leslie, but she wasn't
a poor kid to start on, and she has a father to take care of her, and Mr.
Bruce. Lily has only me and I'm going to manage my family myself. Pretty
soon those nice folks will come, and if she likes them, maybe I'll let
them take her 'til it's cooler."
Mickey had thought they would come soon, but he had not supposed it would
be the following day. He went downtown early, spent some time drilling his
protege in the paper business, and had the office ready when Douglas Bruce
arrived an hour late. During that hour, Mickey's call came. He made an
appointment to meet Mr. and Mrs. Peter Harding at Marsh & Jordan's at four
o'clock.
"Peter must have wanted to see her so bad he quit plowing to come,"
commented Mickey, as he hung up the receiver. "He couldn't have finished
that field last night! They're just crazy to see Lily, and when they do,
they'll be worse yet; but of course they wouldn't want to take her from
me, 'cause they got three of their own.
Pages:
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425