The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 - Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales by Ambrose Bierce
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reasoning with him? I have a wife and five children depending on me, and
when I lose my temper I am likely to go too far. I would prefer that _you_ should turn him out. _Peter Pitchin, Editor, to Henry Inxling, Bookkeeper._ 13 LOFER STREET, Tuesday, 2 P.M. Do you suppose I can leave my private correspondence to preserve you from the intrusion and importunities of beggars? Put the scoundrel out at once--neck and heels! I know him; he's Muskler--don't you remember? Muskler, the coward, who assaulted an old man; you'll find the whole circumstances related in last Saturday's issue. Out with him--the unmanly sneak! _Henry Inxling, Bookkeeper, to Peter Pitchin, Editor._ "STINGER" OFFICE, Tuesday Evening. I have told him to go, and he laughed. So did the bull-dog. But he is going. He is now making a bed for the pup in one corner of your room, with some rugs and old newspapers, and appears to be about to go to dinner. I have given him your address. The foreman wants some copy to go on with. I beg you will come at once if I am to be left alone with that dog. _Peter Pitchin, Editor, to Henry Inxling, Bookkeeper._ |
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