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OverviewGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1914 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE INCANDESCENT LILY Find out who the girl is and tell her she mustn't. Maybe she's got money! Maybe she isn't a girl! Not a girl! There are only two reasons for going to Boston -- one is to see a girl and the other is to see a football game; so when a man goes once a week it's to see a girl, because the football only happens once a year. Does he get off the train at the South Station? At Back Bay. I know this because I had my man slip a dollar to a porter on the one o'clock and tell him to find out. Then it's the right kind of a girl. So far, so good! But, good Lord, Chud can't marry! He owes his shirt. I know, because I lent it to him. Oh, that shirt! But he has a really smart shirt that I lent him- -- Which, combined with the amethyst sleeve-links I didn't lend him, but which he borrowed from me Are we playing poker or gossiping? Who dealt? Coles reached for a deck and shuffled it with a quiet, swift, and miraculous precision. No man ought to lay a girl open to the suspicion that she is being married for her money, said Challis. Legay Pelham lifted his fine head, which resembled that of a very young and beautiful Roman emperor. Chud, said he, would never marry a girl he didn't love. You boys like to knock him because you are rich and idle and time hangs heavily on your hands, but -- you may take it from me -- Chud has precious qualities that we all lack. He has imagination, and he would lay down his life for what he thought was right. He laid down his last dollar for what he thought was right -- and he was wrong... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gouverneur MorrisPublisher: General Books Imprint: General Books Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9781150625350ISBN 10: 115062535 Pages: 122 Publication Date: 21 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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