Gaslight Sonatas by Fannie Hurst
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Liberty--a world of money, I tell you!"
"Honest, Harry?" "That trench scene they built for that show is as fine a contrivance as I've ever seen of the kind. What did they do? Set it to a lot of music without a hum or a ankle in it. A few classy nurses like the Mercy Militia Sextet, some live, grand-old-flag tunes by Harry Mordelle, and there's a half a million dollars in that show. Unger thinks I'm crazy when I try to get him interested, but I--" "I got ninety in manual training to-day, pop." "That's good, son. Little more of that stew, mother?" "Unger isn't so smart, honey, he can't afford to take a tip off you once in a while: you've proved that to him." "Yes, but go tell him so." "He'll live to see the day he's got to give you credit for being the first to see money in 'Pan-America.'" "Credit? Huh! to hear him tell it, he was born with that idea in his bullet head." "I'd like to hear him say it to me, if ever I lay eyes on him, that it wasn't you who begged him to get into it." "I'll show 'em some day in that office that I can pick the winners for |
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