11/27 Then I'll say: 'Well, I'm going up-town and have Mr.O'Day look at it, and maybe it will suit him, and that if it does, I'll make him pay fifty dollars for it.' How do you think that will work ?" Felix, who had been looking into the old fellow's eyes, reading his mind in their depths, seeing clear down into the heart beneath, now picked up the bronze and began passing his hand over it. Where did you get it ?" "Spoken like a gentleman and a man of honor, and this time you tell the truth. It's just what you say--marvellous. I swapped a twenty by thirty for it. Will you take it ?" Felix shook his head, a smile playing about his lips. |