The Trimmed Lamp, And Other Stories of the Four Million
The Trimmed Lamp, And Other Stories of the Four Million
Henry O.
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" Con sauntered into the back room to view the battlefield. As he wentthrough the hall Katherine was just coming down the stairs. "Good evening again, Mr. Lantry, " said she. "And is there no newsfrom the weather yet?" "Still threatens r-rain, " said Con, slipping past with red in hissmooth, pale cheek. Riley and McQuirk had indeed waged a great and friendly battle. Broken bottles and glasses were everywhere. The room was full ofalcohol fumes; the floor was variegated with spirituous puddles. O...n the table stood a 32-ounce glass graduated measure. In the bottomof it were two tablespoonfuls of liquid--a bright golden liquid thatseemed to hold the sunshine a prisoner in its auriferous depths. Con smelled it. He tasted it. He drank it. As he returned through the hall Katherine was just going up thestairs. "No news yet, Mr. Lantry?" she asked with her teasing laugh. Con lifted her clear from the floor and held her there. "The news is, " he said, "that we're to be married. " "Put me down, sir!" she cried indignantly, "or I will-- Oh, Con, where, oh, wherever did you get the nerve to say it?" A HARLEM TRAGEDY Harlem.
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