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And as Nivens goes out he kicks the door to after him. "Now, then," he goes on, "what was it Mr. Robert thought?" "That you might give me a line on how things stood with you," says I, "so he'd know just what to do." "Eh?" growls Ham. "Tell you! Why, who the devil are you?" "Nobody much," says I. "Maybe you ain't noticed me in the office, but I'm there.
Mullins answered straight off: "The high school down home," and Nivens thought again for a while and then asked: "How many boys were at the school?" "About sixty." "How many masters?" "About three." After that Nivens paused a long while and seemed to be digesting the evidence, but at last an idea seemed to strike him and he said: "I understand you were not on the bank premises last night.
'You ought to take your place in society, she says, 'and get married. The difficulty was, sir, to decide just what place I ought to take. And then well, it's an ill wind, as they say, that blows nobody luck. Besides, if you'll pardon me, sir, you seemed to be losing your hold on yours." "On on mine?" asks Ham, his mouth open. Nivens nods. "I'm rather familiar with it, you see," says he.
But here they hadn't reckoned on the political genius of Mr. Smith. When he heard next day of the meeting, he summoned some of his leading speakers to him and he said: "Boys, they're beating us on them statissicks. Ourn ain't good enough." Then he turned to Nivens and he said: "What was them figures you had here the other night?" Nivens took out a paper and began reading. "Stop," said Mr.
Any man who read that petition over was wild to get to the Rats' Cooler. When it was all signed up they had nearly three thousand names on it. Then Nivens, the lawyer, and Mr. Rejoicings! Well, I should think so! Everybody was down wanting to shake hands with Mr. Smith. They told him that he had done more to boom Mariposa than any ten men in town.
"You own a half interest in a beauty shop in Madame Ritz's?" Nivens bows. "That is strictly between ourselves, sir," says he. "I wouldn't like it generally known. But it's been quite a success twelve attendants, sir, all busy from eleven in the morning until ten at night. Mostly limousine trade now, for we've doubled our prices within the last two years.
Next he steps across the room soft and jerks it open, revealin' the classy Nivens standin' there with his head on one side. "Ha!" snarls Ham. "Listening, eh?" "Oh yes, sir," says Nivens. "Naturally, sir." "Why naturally?" says Adams. "I'm rather interested, that's all, sir," says Nivens. "Oh, you are, are you?" sneers Ham. "Come in here."
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