With the exception of my landlady, who, if she knows my name, forgets it every time she comes up for her rent, there is not a human being in New York to whom I could apply for a reference.

Are you accustomed to pick up strangers out of the street and take them into your shops--and your homes ?" he added, smiling at Kitty, who had been following the conversation closely.
"But you is a different kind of a mans." No answer came.

The man was lost in thought.
"Ye'd better think it over, sir," said Kitty, laying a strong, persuasive hand on his wrist.

"It's near by, and ye can have your meals early or late as ye plaze, and the work ain't hard.

My Mike does the liftin' and two big fat Dutchies helps." "But I know nothing about the business, Mrs.Cleary--nothing about any business, for that matter.