One On the House (2013)
““Timmy is much improved! They let him sit up today! And that Barbara is out! Out of this world! Blue chambray and auburn pigtails! So in love!”
“You tell him about the Goon threatenin’ us?”
Miss Tinkham drank a glass of beer at a swallow.
“I did. He was not terribly distressed, however. He urged us not to get into any difficulty on his account. He said if it became necessary, we could close the place and live on what we had accumulated until our money came…by the way, I wonder why Darleen hasn’...t sent it? Timmy has made up his mind to sell the lease if he can, and since he is giving up the saloon, he wants us to be spared any unpleasantness.”
“Did he eat the soup?” Mrs. Rasmussen said.
“It had the effect of a blood-transfusion on him!”
“Hell, even if Timmy is gonna let him have the lease, I’m gonna keep open till the wagon backs up an’ hauls us off! The fellers is goin’ for the things at five…an’ if Timmy sells to him, we gotta see that he gets shook down, but good!”MoreLess
“You tell him about the Goon threatenin’ us?”
Miss Tinkham drank a glass of beer at a swallow.
“I did. He was not terribly distressed, however. He urged us not to get into any difficulty on his account. He said if it became necessary, we could close the place and live on what we had accumulated until our money came…by the way, I wonder why Darleen hasn’...t sent it? Timmy has made up his mind to sell the lease if he can, and since he is giving up the saloon, he wants us to be spared any unpleasantness.”
“Did he eat the soup?” Mrs. Rasmussen said.
“It had the effect of a blood-transfusion on him!”
“Hell, even if Timmy is gonna let him have the lease, I’m gonna keep open till the wagon backs up an’ hauls us off! The fellers is goin’ for the things at five…an’ if Timmy sells to him, we gotta see that he gets shook down, but good!”MoreLess
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