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...days, they say, a Texan once wandered into the Met, and remarked with uneasy awe: "Doggone, it sure would hold a lot of hay." Whatever the Texan might feel now about Francis Taylor's big attic, he would probably have to admit that what it holds ain...
...breach of promise suit against Andy (". . . We was engaged 147 times in one year . . . an' it woulda been more dan dat if we'd been goin' steady"); Andy's first meeting with Kingfish- played by Gosden (Andy: "Say, scusee me for protrudin', stranger, but ain't you got ahold of my watch chain?" Kingfish: "Your watch chain? Well, so I does. How you like dat! One of dese solid gold cuff links of mine musta hooked on your watch chain dere...
...Reds. In his beat, Dunkley dubbed the team the Black Sox-and the name stuck. A few days later he also reported the memorable remark of a boy so stunned by the news that he ran up to the Black Sox's "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, crying: "Say it ain...
...enjoyment that she seemed like one of those drunks who, at the end of the party, do not even need to smile from their trance, stopped, gazed, gradually took in the scene and at last, with a look of such conscious wisdom that it seemed to say to itself "Ain't I a clever responsible person?", rescued the baby, carried it to the rug, and carefully, maternally laid it flat on its back...
...picked them up in front of the Barber Shop and then walked over to stand in two orderly rows flanking the police barrier. There was a little boy leaning on the barrier. He turned to one of the boys with the signs. "How much they givin' ya?" "Dunno. They ain't payin' us 'til after." The little boy looked over towards the barber shop. "Any left?" "Dunno. Wyn'cha go look?" The little boy started to brush through the crowd, then stopped and looked at the bigger boy. "You from 'round here?" "Nah," said the bigger boy. "Eighth street...