Wilt Thou Torchy. Ford Sewell

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Название Wilt Thou Torchy
Автор произведения Ford Sewell
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       Sewell Ford

      Wilt Thou Torchy

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066212292

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       "But the impudence of you, to do it right here!" she goes on. "No one but you, Torchy, would have thought of that." . . . . . . Frontispiece

       WILT THOU TORCHY

       CHAPTER I

       ON THE WAY WITH CECIL

       CHAPTER II

       TOWING CECIL TO A SMEAR

       CHAPTER III

       TORCHY HANDS OUT A SPILL

       CHAPTER IV

       HOW HAM PASSED THE BUCK

       CHAPTER V

       WITH ELMER LEFT IN

       CHAPTER VI

       A BALANCE FOR THE BOSS

       CHAPTER VII

       TORCHY FOLLOWS A HUNCH

       CHAPTER VIII

       BREAKING ODD WITH MYRA

       CHAPTER IX

       REPORTING BLANK ON RUPERT

       CHAPTER X

       WHEN AUNTIE CRASHES IN

       CHAPTER XI

       A JOLT FROM OLD HICKORY

       CHAPTER XII

       TORCHY HITS THE HIGH SEAS

       CHAPTER XIII

       WHEN THE NAVY HORNED IN

       CHAPTER XIV

       AUNTIE TAKES A NIGHT OFF

       CHAPTER XV

       PASSING THE JOKE BUCK

       CHAPTER XVI

       TORCHY TAKES A RUNNING JUMP

       CHAPTER XVII

       A LITTLE SPEED ON THE HOME STRETCH

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       "I don't think I ever saw Auntie come so near beamin' before. She seems right at home, fieldin' that line of chat. And Vee, too, is more or less under the spell.

       "For a second it looked like Gladys was goin' to freeze with horror; but she just gives Valentina the once-over and indulges in a panicky little giggle."

       "Then she grips me around the neck and snuggles her head down on my necktie—say, then I knew."

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      It was a case of declarin' time out on the house. Uh-huh—a whole afternoon. What's the use bein' a private sec. in good standin' unless you can put one over on the time-clock now and then? Besides, I had a social date; and, now Mr. Robert is back on the job so steady and is gettin' so domestic in his habits, somebody's got to represent the Corrugated Trust at these function things.

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