Geraldine Bonner

Geraldine Bonner

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Portrait of Geraldine Bonner Geraldine Bonner,  The Girl at Central — Chapter V (1915)

“ The three other men—the Doctor as white as death, too—stood staring at Reddy. And then, seeing those three faces, he burst out like he was crazy:
"No—she's not—she can't be! I was there; I went the moment I got her message. I was on the turnpike where she said she'd be. I was up and down there most of the night. And—and——" he stopped suddenly and put his hands over his face, groaning, "Oh, my God, Sylvia—why didn't you tell me?"
He lurched forward and dropped into a chair, his hands over his face, moaning like an animal in pain.
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Portrait of Geraldine Bonner Geraldine Bonner,  The Girl at Central — Chapter V (1915)

“ Where is she?"
"Who the devil are you?" Reddy cried out suddenly, as mad as the Doctor, and before Mills could answer, the branch telephone on the desk rang.
Reddy gave a loud exclamation and made a jump for it. But Mills got before him and caught him. He struggled to get away till the Doctor seized him on the other side. They fought for a moment, and then got him back against the door, all the time the telephone ringing like mad. As they wrestled with him Mills called over his shoulder to Gilsey:
"Answer that telephone, quick."
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Portrait of Geraldine Bonner Geraldine Bonner,  The Girl at Central — Chapter V (1915)

“ If he stayed longer than he expected he'd wire back for his things, but, as it was, he'd only want his small auto trunk, which he'd take with him. When Mrs. Gilsey was packing this he joked her about having a good time while he was gone, and she told him that, as there'd be no dinner that night, she and Gilsey'd go over to a neighbor's, take supper there and spend the evening. After that he asked Casey, the chauffeur, to have the racing car brought round at five, to see that the tank was full, a foot-warmer in it and the heaviest rugs and a drum of gasoline, as he was going on a long trip. ”
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