Coming Up Roses
“was writing for the Globe, he mused as he escorted the spluttering Rose Gilhooley and the stoical Little Elk down Fiftieth Street, was that he couldn’t remember ever having so much fun in his life.
Yeah, yeah, he knew a kid’s life was in danger—real danger. And he knew that he’d just irritated a member of Chicago’s police force, which might result on consequences of one sort or another. And he knew the Columbian Exposition would end one of these days, and then where would he be?
But all that st...uff didn’t matter. H.L. May was having the time of his life, and it was all because of the company he’d started keeping: Rose Ellen Gilhooley from Deadwood, Kansas, and Little Elk, the Sioux Indian from God Knew Where.
“You’re a scoundrel, H.L. May!” Rose shouted at him, oblivious to the stares of passersby on the street.
She’d realize folks were staring one of these minutes, and then she’d be embarrassed. H.L. was beginning to know her like a book.
“Probably,” he said, in hopes that the word would rile her further and keep her spitting at him for another little while.MoreLess
Yeah, yeah, he knew a kid’s life was in danger—real danger. And he knew that he’d just irritated a member of Chicago’s police force, which might result on consequences of one sort or another. And he knew the Columbian Exposition would end one of these days, and then where would he be?
But all that st...uff didn’t matter. H.L. May was having the time of his life, and it was all because of the company he’d started keeping: Rose Ellen Gilhooley from Deadwood, Kansas, and Little Elk, the Sioux Indian from God Knew Where.
“You’re a scoundrel, H.L. May!” Rose shouted at him, oblivious to the stares of passersby on the street.
She’d realize folks were staring one of these minutes, and then she’d be embarrassed. H.L. was beginning to know her like a book.
“Probably,” he said, in hopes that the word would rile her further and keep her spitting at him for another little while.MoreLess
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