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He purchased a splendid wardrobe for her, including many elegant dresses, costly jewels and everything else that could add to her naturally charming person. She was placed on exhibition at the Museum, and from the first was a great success. Commodore Nutt was exhibited with her, and although he was several years her junior, he at once took a violent fancy to her. One day Mr.
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She was glad of that, as she rather shrank from preferring her humble request before witnesses. Mr. Nutt hurried forward to wait on her. Hannah explained her wants, and then added: "If you will please credit me for the things, Mr. Nutt, I will be sure to pay you the first of the month." The dealer looked at the customer and then looked down at the counter, but made no reply.
"We will go for walks together," he said. The simplicity of the idea relieved them, and for the first time they laughed. They would have liked had they dared to take each other by the hand, but the consciousness of eyes fixed on them from behind had not yet deserted them. Nutt, Greeley, Hutchinson," Hewet murmured.
Then he turned upon me." "He might have killed you!" "I wish I had!" ejaculated the tramp, with a scowl. "Where is Mrs. Gregory now?" "I told her to go upstairs." Just then the lady, who from an upper window had observed the discomfiture and capture of her enemy, came out. "Oh, Mr. Nutt," she exclaimed, "I am so glad you came along! I was afraid this brave boy would get hurt."
The terms upon which I engaged him for three years were so large that he was christened the $30,000 Nutt; I, in the meantime, conferring upon him the title of Commodore. As soon as I engaged him, placards, posters and the columns of the newspapers proclaimed the presence of 'Commodore Nutt' at the Museum.
And Nutt was takin' it sheepish. "Oh, I say!" he protests. "I was only trying to have a bit of fun with the little runt, you know. I only meant to " "Fun!" breaks in Mr. Robert savage. "This is neither a backwoods barroom nor a hunting camp, and I want to assure you right now, Hamilton, that " But in comes young Blair again.
In such happy, healthful activities did Mr Nutt disport himself, until the ensuing Saturday found him at the same desk, dictating to the same typist, and using the same blue pencil on the first instalment of Mr Finn's revelations. The opening was a sound piece of slashing invective about the evil secrets of princes, and despair in the high places of the earth.
In no place did extremes ever meet in a more practical sense than in the American Museum. Commodore Nutt was the shortest of men; and at the same time the Museum contained the tallest of women. Her name was Anna Swan, and she came from Nova Scotia. Barnum first heard of her through a Quaker, who was visiting the Museum.
But Nutt seems to get a lot of satisfaction in keepin' him stirred up, winkin' now and then at me when he gets a rise out of Blair; though I must say, so far as repartee went, the little chap had all the best of it. "Let's see," says Nutt, "what is your specialty? You do something or other, don't you?" "Yes," says Blair. "Do you?" "Oh, come!" says Nutt. "You play the violin, don't you?"
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