Frank Richard Jones and James Young

Mickey (1918)

Summary

Frank Richard Jones and James Young Mickey (1918)

We win because we lose."
"Will your horse win?"
"I think he will."
PRIVATE
"You double-crossed me."
"It's Mickey."
"I did it for you."
Some weeks later. Much against her better judgment Mickey goes riding with Reggie.
Oh! She is out riding with Reggie.
Mickey, now thoroughly frightened at his coarse advances, makes a break for her horse.
Where only a caretaker is in charge.
Mickey plays for time.
The Honeymoon. Leaving behind all bitter memories of the East's tinseled glitter and heartless society, they harken to call the Tomboy mine and the open places where they first met.
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Frank Richard Jones and James Young Mickey (1918)

Mickey.
"Minnie, you've been drinkin' again."
"See them gray hairs? You give me them!"
Dear Joe,
They tell me I can't live much longer, and as your partner and old friend, I'm asking you to take my little girl and care for her after I'm gone. I know you'll do the right thing by her if the mine should ever pay. You know where her aunt, Mrs. Drake, is in New York, but these people never cared much, that is, they never seemed to be very pleased [...]
Dear Mrs. Drake-
I hav took care er your niece sense her father died an I have looked after her gold mine.
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