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Arms and the Woman

CHAPTER II
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There is always one around somewhere when a man's breath smells of whisky.

A good deal of this woman's temperance business is caused by remorse.

I was drawing aimless pictures in the frozen gravel, when I became aware that two skaters had stopped in front of me.

I glanced up and saw Phyllis and Ethel, their eyes like stars and their cheeks like roses.
"I was wondering if it was you," said Ethel.

"Phyllis, where is my cavalier ?" "I believe he has forsaken us," said the voice of the woman I loved.
"Will you not accept part of the bench ?" I asked, moving along.
The girls dropped easily beside me.
"I was just wishing I was a boy again and was in for a game of hockey," said I.


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