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Felix O'Day by Francis Hopkinson Smith
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"Just as sure as I am that me name is Kitty Cleary,
and that is not altogether because you're an Irishman
but because ye are a gentleman."

This time O'Day made her a little bow, the lines
of his face softening, his eyes sparkling with sudden
humor at her speech. He stepped forward, called
to the man who was still handling the luggage, and,
in the tone of one ordering his groom, said: "Here,
Mike!--Did you say his name was Mike?--Go, if you
please, to this address, just below Union Square-I
will write it on a card--any time to-day after six
o'clock. I will meet you there and show you the trunks
--there are two of them." Then he turned to Otto,
still standing by, a silent and absorbed spectator.

"I have also to thank you, Mr. Kling. It was very
kind of you, and I am sure I shall be very happy here.
After I am settled I shall come over and see whether I
can be of some service to you in going through your
stock. There may be some other things that are
valuable which you have mislaid. And then, again,
I should like to see something more of your little
daughter--she is very lovable, and so is her dog."

"Vell, vy don't you come now? Masie don't go to
school to-day, and I keep her in de shop. I been tinkin'
since you and Kitty been talkin'--Kitty don't make no
mistakes: vot Kitty says goes. Look here, Kitty,
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