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We attach no harm whatever, under our law, to the mere drinking of whisky." "Would you tell me then," I asked, "since you have not forbidden the making, nor the selling, nor the buying, nor the drinking of whisky, just what it is that you have prohibited? What is the difference between Montreal and Toronto?" Mr. Narrowpath put down his glass on the "desk" in front of him.
I am inclined to think that in those reprehensible bygone times, many other people did their business in this same way. "I don't think," I said to Mr. Narrowpath musingly, "that my publisher will be up as early as this. He's a comfortable sort of man." "Nonsense!" said Mr. Narrowpath. "Not at work at half-past seven! In Toronto! The thing's absurd. Where is the office? Richmond Street?
Well, say, I've just received an offer here for two whisky and sodas at sixty cents, shall I close with it? All right, gentlemen, Montreal has effected the sale. There you are." "Dreadful, isn't it?" said Mr. Narrowpath. "The sunken, depraved condition of your City of Montreal; actually selling whisky. Deplorable!" and with that he buried his face in the bubbles of the whisky and soda. "Mr.
But, here, drink your water. Now you're ready to go and do your business, if you have any." "But," I protested, "it's still only half-past seven in the morning no offices will be open " "Open!" exclaimed Mr. Narrowpath. "Why! they all open at daybreak now."
"But will you please tell me what is the meaning of this other crowd of drays coming in the opposite direction? Surely, those are beer barrels, are they not?" "In a sense they are," admitted Mr. Narrowpath. "That is, they are import beer. It comes in from some other province. Narrowpath raised his hat from his head and stood for a moment in a reverential attitude "rests on the heads of others."
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