Category: Humour
CHAPTER PAGE I. JIMMY MAKES A BET 7 II. THE NEW PYRAMUS AND THISBE 15 III. MR. McEACHERN 21 IV. MOLLY 26 V. A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 30 VI. AN EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE 36 VII. GETTING ACQUAINTED 42 VIII. AT DREEVER 48 IX. A NEW FRIEND AND AN OLD ONE 53 X. JIMMY ADOPTS A LAME DOG 60...
He could not divine her thoughts. He could not know what his words had done—how they had shown her in a flash what Jimmy was to her, and lit up her mind like a flame, revealing...
2. Part 2“Don’t quibble! You stared at her. You behaved like a common rubber-neck, and you know it. I am no prude, James, but I feel compelled to say that I consider your conduct that of...
6. Part 6“Why, I knew I’d seen that chap’s face somewhere before, only I couldn’t place him. I’ve got him now. He’s the Johnny who came into the shelter last night—chap you gave a quid to.”
16. Part 16He lit another cigarette. He was feeling pleased with himself. Never before had ideas marshalled themselves in his mind in such long and well-ordered ranks. He felt that he coul...
12. Part 12“One hundred t’ousand plunks,” murmured Spike, gazing lovingly at them. “I says to meself, ‘De boss ain’t got no time to be gettin’ after dem himself. He’s too busy dese days wi...
11. Part 11“But this would be different. Father would never speak to me again— I should never see him again. He would go right out of my life. Jimmy, I couldn’t. A girl can’t cut away twen...
5. Part 5The young man flitted back to his table, bearing the spoil. Jimmy looked at the card he had left. “Lord Dreever,” it read, and in the corner the name of a well-known club. The n...
8. Part 8From his seat at the farther end of the table he looked at the jewels as they gleamed on their wearer’s neck. They were almost too ostentatious for what was, after all, an infor...
7. Part 7“Poor brute!” said Jimmy. It seemed to him at that moment that there was only one place in the world where a man might be even reasonably happy. “What sort of part is it? Lord D...
14. Part 14While the duologue was in progress there had been no chance of Sir Thomas taking it into his head to visit his dressing-room. He had been, as his valet detective had observed to...
10. Part 10His lordship subsided hastily. He was feeling alarmed. He had never seen this side of Jimmy’s character. At first he had been merely aggrieved and disappointed. He had expected...
15. Part 15Jimmy was a little puzzled. He had expected to check the enemy, to bring him to reason, but not to demolish him in that way. There was something in this which he did not underst...
3. Part 3The yellow glow which flooded the room disclosed a short, stocky youth of obviously Bowery extraction. A shock of vivid red hair was the first thing about him that caught the ey...
13. Part 13“No; but look here, you know,” said his lordship. “What I mean is, it isn’t that I don’t—I mean, look here, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be the best of pals.”
4. Part 4“The same treatment,” suggested Jimmy, with approval, “would also do a world of good to this playful and affectionate animal—unless he is a vegetarian, in which case don’t bother.”
1. Part 1CHAPTER PAGE I. JIMMY MAKES A BET 7 II. THE NEW PYRAMUS AND THISBE 15 III. MR. McEACHERN 21 IV. MOLLY 26 V. A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 30 VI. AN EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE 36 VII. GETTING...
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