Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst
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"Whew!" "Get her?" "Sure I got her. Is it such a stunt to get an address from a customer?" "Good!" "I says to her, I says, 'I seen it standing on the sidewalk next to your French maid and I wanted to buy one like it for my little niece.'" "Can we get it to-night?" "Yes, proud papa! But listen; I wrote it down, 'Hinshaw, 2227 Casset Street, Brooklyn.'" "Brooklyn!" "Yes, two blocks from the Bridge, and for a henpecked husband you got a large fat job on your hands if you want to make another getaway to-night. This man Hinshaw shows 'em right in his house." "Brooklyn, of all places!" "Right-oh!" He snapped his fingers in a series of rapid clicks. "Ain't that the limit? If I'd only mentioned it to you this afternoon earlier, we could have been over and back by now." |
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