Richard Edward Norman

Richard Edward Norman

Summary

Portrait of Richard Edward Norman Richard Edward Norman The Flying Ace (1926)

Look, there's blood stains on it, and your hand's been bleeding!"
"You killed him an' hid his body in th' swamp! Where's th' money you stole? Where is it?"
"I didn't do it! Go ahead and hang me, but I didn't do it!"
"I suppose you've come to arrest me, for murder?"
"Then you'll arrest Sawtelle. I tried to help the old fellow out, for Ruth's sake."
"Tucker, you offered me your fist to smell this afternoon. Smell it yourself!"
"The smell of paper money clings to your fingers. You planned this dirty work and packed the payroll in Dr. Maynard's box."
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Portrait of Richard Edward Norman Richard Edward Norman The Flying Ace (1926)

Traveling at a speed of 140 miles an hour, the earth appears to float lazily beneath them from their perch, a mile high in the air.
"For the hundredth time, Ruth, I again ask you to marry me?"
"Now Finley, don't be foolish. For the hundredth time I tell you that I am not certain I love you."
"Confound the perversity if woman. The next time I get her in that plane of mine, she'll say YES or get out and walk on a cloud."
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Portrait of Richard Edward Norman Richard Edward Norman The Flying Ace (1926)

I will use my plane and get there in an hour."
"I don't bother work, work don't bother me;
I'se fo' time happy as a bumblebee."
"The Pay-master has been robbed of $25,000 at Mayport. Disguise yourself as a tramp; hop the Lightning Freight and drop off at Mayport; I'll meet you there."
"I tell you Mr. Tucker, I don't know how it happened! I swear I don't! We were sittin' here, an' he had the bag on the floor besides him—"
"There Father, suppose you wait until the detective from the railroad comes. You're just wearing yourself out—"
"Ruth, I'm trying to help your father.
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