Shorty McCabe

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Shorty McCabe, by Sewell FordThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Shorty McCabeAuthor: Sewell FordIllustrator: Francis Vaux WilsonRelease Date: August 5, 2007 [EBook #22249]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHORTY MCCABE ***Produced by Roger Frank and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netShe was a dream, all right.She was a dream, all right.Shorty McCabeBySewell FordIllustrated byFrancis Vaux WilsonNEW YORKGROSSET & DUNLAPPUBLISHERSCopyright, 1906, by Mitchell Kennerley.SHORTY McCABECHAPTER IExcuse me, mister man, but ain't you—Hello, yourself! Blamed if I didn't think there was somethin' kind of natural aboutthe looks, as you come pikin' by. How're they runnin', eh?Well say, I ain't seen you since we used to hit up the grammar school together. You've seen me, eh? Oh, sure! I'd forgot.That was when you showed up at the old Athletic club the night I got the belt away from the Kid. Doin' sportin' news then,wa'n't you? Chucked all that now, I s'pose?Oh, I've kept track of you, all right. Every time I sees one of your pieces in the magazines I reads it. And say, some of'em's kind of punk. But then, you've got to sling out somethin' or other, I expect, ...