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"You think you'll go down the river for a double-nine?" he asked. "I don't know what you mean," said Joe. "To the pen for life, kid; that's what I mean." "I don't know," said Joe gloomily. "Well, say, I tell you, if they give you the other," said the friendly thief, lifting his naturally high voice to make it carry along the echoing passage, "you'll git plenty to eat, and three times a day, too.
How does that suit Your Majesty? till the fun begins when the firebug gets to work again. "Well, sir, when I got that letter," cried McCormick, "I was almost ready to ring in a double-nine alarm at once they have me that bluffed out. But I said to myself, 'There's only one thing to do see this man Kennedy. So here I am. You see what I am driving at?
Wait till the fun begins when the firebug gets to work again. "Well, sir, when I got that letter," cried McCormick, "I was almost ready to ring in a double-nine alarm at once they have me that bluffed out. But I said to myself, 'There's only one thing to do see this man Kennedy. So here I am. You see what I am driving at?
Maybe you'll do it plenty of 'em does and then they'll give you the water-cure, they'll force it down you with a hose till you think you'll bust. I tell you, kid, I know, 'y God! I've been there but not for no double-nine like they'll give you."
'Yes, replied the unsophisticated maiden, pleasantly. 'What number, please? The old man sat bolt upright and clutched the desk. 'Give me purple six double-nine, he said, in quavering tones, and his weak form trembled as he spoke. Nimbly worked the fingers of the uninitiated telephone girl, as she struck a peg in the switchboard and quickly rang a bell.
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