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"Ah, I knew it!" sighed Ravenslee. "I grieve that I shan't be able to eat it." "Not eat what, you? Say, y' ain't sick, are you?" "Not in body, Mrs. Trapes." "Then why no stoo?" "Because I shan't be here. I'm going, Mrs. Trapes I'm leaving Mulligan's now for good " "Leavin' y' mean with Hermy?" "No alone. Good-by, Mrs. Trapes!" "My land!" gasped Mrs. Trapes, "what you tellin' me?" "Good-by, Mrs.
"Anyway, you've disgusted Hermy!" "Ah, so you told her, did you?" "O' course I did!" "And what did she say?" "Laughed at first." "She has a beautiful laugh!" said Ravenslee musingly. "An' then she got thoughtful " "She's loveliest when she's thoughtful, I think," said Ravenslee. "An' then she got mad at you an' frowned " "She's very handsome when she frowns!" said Ravenslee.
Ravenslee, frowning a little, "and is she er stuck on him?" "Not so as you could notice it, she ain't! No, she can't see Bud with a pair of opry-glasses, an' he's a dead game sport, too! Oh, there ain't no flies on Bud, an' nobody can lick him, either; but Hermy don't cotton none, she hasn't got no use for him, see?
"I mean if you had been in a good situation an' making good money twenty-five per, say you might have asked her." "Asked her?" repeated Ravenslee, staring, "asked her what?" "Why, t' marry you, o' course," nodded Mrs. Trapes. "You love her about as much as any man can love which is sometimes a thimbleful an' sometimes a bit more but you sure love her as much as a man knows how, I guess.
Presently Ravenslee found himself examining a highly ornate barrow fitted with stove and outfit complete, even unto the whistle, and mounted upon a pair of the rosiest wheels he had ever seen.
An' as fer killin' Bud you sure ain't goin' t' get th' chance not while I have the say-so. S' long, sport!" and turning upon his heel, Soapy lounged away. At Times Square Ravenslee entered the subway and, buying his ticket, was jostled by a boy, a freckled boy, round-headed and round of nose, who stared at him with a pair of round, impertinent eyes.
Came a soft click, a faint creak, and a breath of cool, fragrant air as the window was cautiously opened, and a shapeless something climbed through, while Mr. Ravenslee sat motionless waiting. The flashing light winked again, a small, bright disc that hovered uncertainly and finally steadied upon the carved cabinet in the corner, and the Something crept stealthily thither.
Besides, it's kind o' lucky you happened to blow in with this free lunch; she's a bit shy on the dollar question this month an' Mulligan comes t'morrow. An' oh, say, Geoff she's dead set on findin' out how I met you an' an' where." "Very naturally!" murmured Ravenslee. "An' we must tell her something but what?" "Spike, you've forgotten the mustard!
M'Ginnis stood rigid, watching Ravenslee advance; suddenly he tried to speak yet uttered no word; he raised a fumbling hand to his bruised and swollen throat, striving again for speech but choked instead, and, uttering a sound, hoarse and inarticulate, he swung upon his heel and strode blindly away.
Y' see, I shan't be able t' get no more fights here in the East now, not wi' Bud 'n' his old man against me y' see, Bud's old man's about the biggest " "I wonder if you'd care to come with me?" "Whaffor?" "Well, for one thing, I need another chauffeur and " "A what?" The Spider halted under a lamp-post to stare at Ravenslee a little anxiously.
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