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"'Blister Jones, I says. "'Why, man! he says, 'I've heard ob you frequen'ly. Ma name am Johnson. Duckfoot is ma boy; hyars a tellegam fum him! "He pulls out the wire. 'T. K. in the third, it says. I looks up at the board Tea Kettle's twelve-to-one. "I goes out of that poolroom on the jump 'n' runs all the way to the hotel. The chicken ain't in her room.
"'On the nose fur that one, I says, pointin' to the bird's name. "'Quit your kiddin', he says. 'What 'ud you do with all that money? This fur yours. 'N' he rubs to twelve-to-one. "'Ain't you the liberal gink? I says, as he hands me the ticket. "'I starts fur the next book, but say! the odds is just meltin' away.
His very manner of conveying the message was maddening, put her up in arms. She was chained to her work which, despite her agitation, she managed to wade through without any radical errors until noon. The twelve-to-one intermission gave her opportunity to hurry up the street and buy a Gazette. Then, instead of going home to her luncheon, she entered the nearest restaurant.
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