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"Where'd you get that story, Corinne?" His odd habit of so calling her had often been privately discussed between Kern and her mother, who had so long ago shortened their own original Kurrin that even that had passed from memory. They had concluded that this was only one of his jokey gempman's ways. "Off Sadie Whirtle," said Kern, rocking backward and forward in her chair.
He made it in mouth-filling phrases, with many teasing generalizations about the ways of the world and the evils of modern society, which was only his gempman's way when playful. But by close application his auditors soon got at the heart of his meaning, to wit: Doctor actually was going uptown to his swell Uncle Beirne's swell Noo Year's reception to-night in Mr. O'Neill's fulldressuit.
I say that thirty-five dollars a month, and probably more, is the proper amount for me to pay." And he said it so sternly, with such a superior gempman's way to him, that Mrs. Garland, feeling convicted of guilt, and, to tell the truth, missing Kern's earnings sorely, could only reply: "Just as you say, sir, well, now, and thank you kindly, I'm sure."
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