[Five Thousand an Hour by George Randolph Chester]@TWC D-Link bookFive Thousand an Hour CHAPTER XI 7/9
To youth belongs much. Johnny Gamble, caught amidships, as it were, snorted. "Well, I don't live out there," he said. Mr.Slosher smiled. "That is all, I believe," he announced as he assisted Mrs.Slosher to her feet with that punctilious gallantry which defies a younger man to do it better. At four o'clock Jim Guff called Mr.Gamble on the telephone. "Hello, Gamble!" he hailed in an entirely new voice.
"You're a robber!" "You flatter me," returned Johnny quite comfortably.
"Is there anything I can do for you in that line ?" "A whole lot," replied Guff.
"I'll accept the price you gave Mrs.Guff on that river-view site." "Too late," answered Johnny cheerfully.
"I withdrew that offer before Mrs.Guff left the office.
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