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Updated: June 24, 2025
"I've been over to the hospital this afternoon before I went down to the lake shore. That, chap who was hurt is off his nanny " "Chet! Don't let mother hear you," begged Laura, yet laughing. "I wouldn't want the mater to be shocked," admitted Chet. "But that is exactly what is the trouble with that man who gave me the phony bill.
"After the dinner you ate, I don't really believe you could feel hungry, even if you didn't have dessert," said Herbert. "That must be just one of your phony jokes," said Jimmy. "You know I was sitting beside you, Herb, and I felt pretty lucky to get anything to eat at all. Anybody within three places of you on each side doesn't have much of a show, you know."
There's something phony about that murder case; somebody's tryin' to frame him. And when Jim Farland gets through, somebody is goin' to jail!" "So you will not work for us?" "You're right; I won't. Maybe I don't amount to much, but I'm mighty square compared to some people I know about." "And what do you suppose is going to become of you, if you refuse to do as I say?"
It was not a type of signaling an unauthorized or uninformed passenger would expect. "Also," said the co-pilot, "we have a television camera in the instrument board yonder. We've turned it on now. The interior of the cabin is being watched from the ground. No more tricks like the phony colonel and the atom bomb that didn't 'explode." Joe sat quite still.
"Sure, I'll have to speak to Pete," the boy demurred. "He can't walk out to the farm with them phony legs." "In with you," repeated the tall stranger firmly. "Go now or not at all." He held the bill before the boy's eyes. "I have my car at the inn. I'll take care of Pete." The boy looked eagerly at the money. "Can't I tell the boss?" "I'll fix it with the boss. Here's your money. In with you."
I shall take you all apart, Mr. Phony, and scatter your pieces far and wide over the country, as a matter of kindness to the people you might meet if allowed to run around loose. Having performed this painful duty I shall " But before he could say more the phonograph turned and dashed up the road as fast as its four table-legs could carry it, and soon it had entirely disappeared from their view.
"It's a gallopin' shame," said Dry-Creek, with a sniffle. "It ain't human. I've noticed the varmint a-palaverin' round her frequent. And him a Marquis! Ain't that a title, Phony?" "It's somethin' like a king," the Brushy Creek Kid hastened to explain, "only lower in the deck. Guess it comes in between the Jack and the ten-spot."
And when he got through, the "phony" ankle was so protected that it was practically impossible for it to turn under its owner. So, step by step, he went up the human frame that he knew so well. Shin guards were handed out to the forwards to help them against the fierce hammering that they would have to meet. Pads were strapped below the knee and left loose above to give free play to the joints.
And, say, what do you know about that, eh? Just a piece of phony bookkeepin' that he don't even have to put his name to, his job gone if he don't follow orders, and him almost to the age limit anyway, with Son in Law Bennett ready to shove him on the street the minute he gets the sack! "Do you mean it?" says I. He puts his signature to the resignation and hands it over for me to read.
"Jameson," interrupted O'Connor reproachfully, "I said 'on the level' a few moments ago, and I meant it. Senator Danfield he well, anyhow, if I don't do it the district attorney will, with the aid of the Dowling law, and I am going to beat him to it, that's all. There's too much money being lost at the Vesper Club, anyhow. It won't hurt Danfield to be taught a lesson not to run such a phony game.
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