Johnston McCulley

“ Tham agreed. “And what are we goin' to do with the retht of the day? Thinthe you have no job, you have no work to do.”
“Haven't I?” she asked, brightening. “Think a girl who's going to be married hasn't anything to do? You take me up the street, Tham, and let me go home, and then you can come this evening, and we'll go to a picture show. I've got sewing to do.”
Tham, being forced to agree, paid the check and led the way out of the restaurant. They wandered slowly up the street through the crowds, and finally they came to a corner, with Nettie's rooming house only a block away. ”

“ Perhaps he was traveling on a subway train; it is said that his business deals often are put over underground. Miss Burde, after a great deal of persuasion, confirmed the engagement.
Detective Craddock handed the newspaper to Thubway Tham and chuckled.
“There you are!” he said. “Right on the front page, Tham! It must be great to be famous.”
“Who do you thuppothe wrote that?” Tham demanded. “I could kill the thkunk! What right had he to——”
“Pause, Tham!” Detective Craddock implored. “It is common, plebeian, bourgeois to rave at the newspapers. The ordinary man does it, Tham. ”

“ Tham asked.
“To my sorrow, I have not, Tham,” Craddock replied. “But one of these days——”
“I know!” Tham interrupted. “One of thethe dayth you are going to catch me with the goodth and thend me up the river for a big, long term. Craddock, you make me thick! You have been thayin' that for almotht two yearth now, and all you do ith talk!”
“Uh-huh! But we are getting away from our subject, Tham. Do you expect to maintain the establishment of a married man by picking pockets in the subway?” ”

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