Jackson Gregory

Name: If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7
Author: Jackson Gregory

If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

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“If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7”, published in 1916, is a work by Jackson Gregory. It explores elements such as Jasper Ruud, New York and Rand.

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ At last Jasper Ruud had eaten as much as he dared offer to an empty stomach, had sipped his wine and was smoking a cigar, looking again more like a man than a ghost.
“Now,” and John Rand came away from the window and drew his chair close up to Ruud's, facing him. “Tell me about it. How does it happen that you are not dead?”
“Simply because a man dies a good deal harder than one would suppose. Because he really can go forty-eight hours at a stretch without eating and can sleep in box cars without catching his death of cold.” ”

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ Jasper Ruud got to his feet and strode up and down the room, puffing great clouds of smoke from his cigar. And presently he came back to Rand and stood in front of him, his eyes very determined under drawn brows.
“Mr. Rand,” he said quietly, “you've got to go. Now don't misunderstand me. I know that I've acted like a cur, and a coward, and that you have a perfect right to consider me as such. But you've got to go just the same. We can't go on living this way in the same house, can we? There's Mother and Audrey and the servants; there'll be no end of a mess and no end of explanations to make. ”

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ Jasper Ruud first went to the door and locked it.
“Now, listen to reason, Rand. It's impossible for you to stay. Why not tell me how much you want, why not let me pay you anything you like ... I've got more money than I need, and I'm not stingy, and...”
“Out of the question,” coolly. “I'm not to be bribed. You were going to tell me how you could force me to go?”
“If you won't listen to reason, yes!” He picked up the check book that he had flung back upon the table. “You have drawn heavily, you tell me? You have had to sign my name to do it? And that, Mr. Rand, is plain forgery! ”

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ Yes, if you like, because I'm not proud of myself, and I don't fancy having people, from Audrey to the butler, laugh at me. And on the other hand you can't leave the house and stay in New York. There'll be dozens, hundreds of people seeing you in cafés, on the streets, everywhere, who will notice. And there'll be talk in two days of two Jasper Ruuds. Which will bring the whole thing up again, and—you've got to go.”
“And if I won't go?” demanded John Rand, quietly. ”

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ When I tell you I'm ready to make it worth your while, worth any man's while. What is it, ten thousand, twenty, fifty thousand?”
“You'll understand why after a while. And a hundred thousand wouldn't take me away now. There are some things,” musingly, “that are a great deal more desirable than money.” ”

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ You leave New York on the first steamer bound for the other side of the Atlantic—or you stay to face a charge of forgery!”
John Rand chuckled.
“I've beat you to it, Ruud,” he retorted amiably. “I've thought that all out before you. Now you listen to me for a little. I'm not going to make trouble for you unless you drive me to it. But I'm not going away just yet. Forgery, you say? There have been, all told, about a dozen checks. Each time I drove to the bank, each time I saw the cashier, each time I showed him my bandaged hand, had him write the check, and made my cross for a signature. ”

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Jackson Gregory, If the Shoe Fits— — Chapter 7 (1916)

“ The first and second fingers had been taken off at the first joint. “I did that just before you came up the other night, when I lied to you about having been beaten. Got it jammed between two cars. They took 'em off for me at a county hospital, a poorhouse that is an infernally poor house. Wonder I didn't die.”
He had his bath, taking it luxuriously, shaved as well as he could, and came back to Rand dressed immaculately. He dropped back into his chair, selected a second cigar and smiled genially.
“I feel like a white man, again. And almost like Jasper Ruud once more. ”

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