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She's there; she has money and he's out for money. If I can sit here and tell myself that I have scared Slotman from offending and annoying her again, I am an idiot. When there's money to be gained, a man like Slotman will want a lot of scaring off it." A week had passed since Marjorie's visit. Hugh sent for his housekeeper, Mrs. Morrisey. "Mrs. Morrisey, I am going to London." "Oh, Mr.
The gong rang; the crowd seemed to hum and rustle softly to quiet attention; Umpire McClung called the names of the batteries; then the familiar "Play!" There was the usual applause from the grand stand and welcome cheers from the bleachers. The Rube was the last player to go out. Morrisey was a manager who always played to the stands, and no doubt he held the Rube back for effect.
William J. Morrisey, a prominent real estate dealer of Brooklyn, who spent some time in Porto Rico, the island is no place for an American to invest any money at present. He says that the place can be made to pay, provided the United States Government clears the entire island of Spaniards and fills the towns and cities with the American people. Mr.
But not I. It is a fair presumption that I was the most interested spectator. Maybe I would see that wonderful thing, a man killed. Anyway, I would see a man-fight. Great was my disappointment. Black Matt and Tom Morrisey merely held on to each other and lifted their clumsy-booted feet in what seemed a grotesque, elephantine dance. They were too drunk to fight.
Carried away as I was by his vehemence, I was yet able to calculate shrewdly, and I decided to name a very high price, from which I could come down and still make a splendid deal. "How much?" demanded Morrisey. "Five thousand dollars," I replied, and gulped when I got the words out. Morrisey never batted an eye. "Waiter, quick, pen and ink and paper!"
Rex suddenly exclaimed, that first evening as they were all seated in the library, listening to Florida experiences. "Miles has heard from this Morrisey boy." "Well," replied Sydney, "did he learn anything of importance?" "Yes, he found out the name his father and mother used when they were talking about the man who brought Miles to them." "And what was it?" "Darley."
Morrisey married a man who took her and the children out to Dakota to live. "She wanted me to go along, but I knew Mr. Rollings didn't like me, and besides I wanted to stay East where there was some chance of my finding out who my parents were. I got a place as cash boy in a Japanese store and boarded with some people who lived across the hall from where the Morriseys had their rooms. "But Mr.
"Well, Morrisey, not exactly. I can give you the first call. You'll have to bid high, though. Just wait till you see him work." "I'm glad to hear that. My scout was over here watching him pitch and says he's a wonder." What luck it was that Morrisey should have come upon this day! I could hardly contain myself.
A few of the better class of the natives visited the market several times during the day and made their purchases. There are no butchers in the city, and it is a queer sight, Mr. Morrisey said, to see the way the merchants deliver meat to the purchasers. This article is bought by the penny and a piece about as long as one's finger is sold for 2 cents.
I shall catch the seven-thirty," said Hugh. "I'll order the car round, sir," said Mrs. Morrisey. And this very day at Starden pride broke down; the need was so great. It was not the money that the man demanded, but the bonds that paying it would forge about her, bind her for all time. "Please come to me here. I want your help. I am in great trouble, and there is no one I can turn to but you.
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