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Updated: May 3, 2025
"Sammy Smelts works an' he ain't no older'n me," said Nance. "You kin git a fake certificate fer a quarter." Dan smiled bitterly. "Where'm I goin' to git the quarter? They won't let me sell things on the street, or shoot craps, or work. Gee, I wisht I was rich as that Clarke boy. Ike Lavinski says he buys a quarter's worth of candy at a time! He's in Ike's room at school."
Brocky insisted on being informed. "You see, we can't have it. Where'm I hurt, you want to know? Mostly right here in my side." Virginia's hands found the rude bandage, damp and sticky. "It's nonsense about not having a light," she said, turning toward Norton. "No," said the wounded man. "Nonsense nothing, is it Rod?
I felt dumb, strange, locked in ice, with dull little prickings of my flesh, with dim rushing sounds in my ears. But my mind was clear. Evidently there was little to be done. Morton came in, looked at me, and went out. I heard the quick, light steps of the girls on the porch, and murmuring voices. "Where'm I hit?" I whispered. "Three places. Arm, shoulder, and a bad one in the breast.
The man finally produced a bottle of colorless stuff, a stiff drink of which brought the captain to his knees. A second drink and he was able to rise to his feet. "Moonshine, by the great smoked fish!" laughed Higgins. "Two snorts of it and the dead walk!" The captain leaned weakly against the rail. "Where'm I hit?" "Just above the belt." "Bleedin' much?" "No." "Who who shot me?"
Not far from the park entrance, the girl who had proposed the wine, and her companion, who was by this time more than half intoxicated, dropped a little behind the others and soon turned down a side street. "This is not the way, Jim," she said, in a tone of laughing protest. "Oh yesh 'tis. I know where'm goin'. Come 'long." And he caught her by the arm.
"Where'm I goin' to see you?" Margaret shook her head thoughtfully: then the reason for her speaking first to Chad came out. "Papa and I saw you on Sunday, and papa said you must be very strong as well as brave, and that you knew something about horses. Harry told us who you were when papa described you, and then I remembered. Papa told Harry to bring you to see us.
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