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Herrington continued rapidly. "We bought ten thousand copies of that extra for ourselves your uncle paid for them and we're going to distribute them in every home in town. When the best element in Whitewater read how the women were trampled down by Noonan's mob well, they'll know how to vote! Mr. Noonan will never guess how much he has helped us."
And one sultry night in mid-July, the little buncher seemed able to talk of nothing but the astonishing suit Jem Noonan had just obtained at the One-Price Outfitting Company for the somewhat laughable sum of $7.90.
Tomorrow the whole town will be looking for you, and Noonan will hear who you are and where you are. Then! Say, girl say, girl, it will be grist for our mill! Fancy the headlines all over the United States: 'GANG KIDNAPS CANDIDATE'S WIFE MYSTERY SHROUDS PLOT CANDIDATE REMINGTON IS SILENT." "But he won't be silent," protested the indignant Geneviève.
And you'll see why Pat Noonan lines up with the rugged captains of industry who are the bulwarks of our American liberty. Pat uses his head for something more than a hatrack." The two puffed for a time in silence. Finally the host said: "Well, let's turn in." Three minutes later George called across the upper hall to Penfield. "The joke's on us, Penny.
George spoke with a smile which for some reason disconcerted Noonan. He sensed with considerable irritation the social and class breach between himself and Remington, and while he did not understand it he resented it. He called him "slick" to Wes' and Doolittle and loudly bewailed their choice of him as candidate. "Then there's that P.L. bizness, Pat don't fergit that," urged Wes'.
The old man had been a good farmer in his day, as the traditions of the aged, and the memories of the young, were ready to witness; but he was unfortunately joined in co-partnership with a drunken rogue, who ran away, and left an arrear of rent, which ruined Noonan. Mr.
His voice was crisp and business-like, but his manner intimated clearly the sympathy and gratitude which had dictated his gifts. "Yes, sir, they are adequate," replied Dan, feelingly. "I have sent checks to your mate, Mulhatton, who, I am informed, is still in the employ of the Phoenix Company, as well as that fellow Noonan and the steward; which brings us to you." "Mr.
Returning with eager interest to his drawing, Mr. V.V. fell to planting shade-trees of the best quality all down the Seventeenth Street side of the new building. So engaged, he observed suddenly: "Don't worry any more about those floors, please will you? That's all going to work out very nicely.... I'll get a figure from Jem Noonan right away on that plan of yours.
But, my dear Frank, events of importance often hinge on trifles, and so it has proved in the present instance. "On the evening of the second day I received a call from Mrs. Noonan, whom I had employed to scrub the house. She had in her hand a folded paper, which she gave to me. "'Here is something I found, sir, while I was scrubbing, she said.
But no, V.V.'s belief was that the sum she mentioned would be far more than necessary. She could get a rough sort of estimate at once, if desired, given the dimensions of the lot and a general idea of the style of building she wanted. His friend, Jem Noonan, he who was just now starting out as a contractor, would be only too delighted to do some figuring on it.
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