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"Jimmy, me boy," he declared, in a giant whisper, "the madam is a jewel of the first water. Ye're a lucky dog." "Big Jim" walked homeward with his wife. She seemed quite as pleased with the lights and show windows in the streets as with the admiration of the men in Hoogley's. As they passed Seltzer's they heard the sound of many voices in the café.

In some way she reminded him of the Delia Cullen that he had married four years before. Shyly and rather awkwardly he stalked at her right hand. "After dinner I'll take you back home, Dele," said Mr. Dougherty, "and then I'll drop back up to Seltzer's with the boys. You can have swell chuck to-night if you want it. I made a winning on Anaconda yesterday; so you can go as far as you like." Mr.

"Oh, it's cold all right, but nobody around here likes it," volunteered the lad. "I took some once, and it tasted like salt water with needles in it. I'd rather have strawberry pop." "Seltzer's good for your system, son.

Yes; and he would take her to dine at Hoogley's, the swellest slow-lunch warehouse on the line, he said to himself. The congregation of smooth-faced tribal gentlemen were on watch at Seltzer's. As Mr.

He had been casting stealthy glances at his attractive companion and he was seized with the conviction that she was no selling plater. He resolved to parade with his wife past Seltzer's café, where at this time a number of his tribe would be gathered to view the daily evening procession.

"You'll be going back up to Seltzer's now, of course." "To with Seltzer's," said "Big Jim," emphatically. "And d Pat Corrigan! Does he think I haven't got any eyes?" And the door closed behind both of them. The honeymoon was at its full.