The Dock Rats of New York by Harlan Page Halsey
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"She must be compelled to go with me!" "I wouldn't like to do that." "Listen, Tom, let me have the girl, and I will pay, you two thousand dollars down in gold!" "But she will not go with you." "We can manage that." "How do you mean to manage it?" "We'll play a trick on her, and I tell you when once I get her in my house, she will find things so pleasant and delightful she will never wish to return to this place again!" "I can't play no tricks on the gal! no, no, she's got perfect confidence in me, and I would not betray her confidence, not even for two thousand dollars in gold! And I'm a poor man, sir, very poor, and I'm old and getting feeble!" "I'll tell you what we can do, Tom; you can bring her to New York to visit me." "Yes." "And then we may be able to persuade her to remain." |
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