The game . if fat, dere iss joy in der eye, anshe iss proud for her good boy Joe. THE GAME 75 But he haf der peautiful body — ach,Gott, der peautiful body ! — stronger as derox, k-vicker as der tiger-cat, der head cooleras der ice-box, der eyes vat see eferytings,k-vick, just like dat. He put on der glovesvit der boys at Hansens loft, he put onder gloves vit der boys at der go before der club ; he knock out derSpider, k-vick, one punch, just like dat,der first time. Der purse iss five dollar —vat he do ? He bring it home to dermudder. He go many times before der clubs;he get many
The game . if fat, dere iss joy in der eye, anshe iss proud for her good boy Joe. THE GAME 75 But he haf der peautiful body — ach,Gott, der peautiful body ! — stronger as derox, k-vicker as der tiger-cat, der head cooleras der ice-box, der eyes vat see eferytings,k-vick, just like dat. He put on der glovesvit der boys at Hansens loft, he put onder gloves vit der boys at der go before der club ; he knock out derSpider, k-vick, one punch, just like dat,der first time. Der purse iss five dollar —vat he do ? He bring it home to dermudder. He go many times before der clubs;he get many purses — ten dollar, fifty dollar,one hundred dollar. Vat he do? Tellme dat! Quit der job at Hansens ? Hafder good time vit der boys ? No, no; heiss der good boy. He vork efery fight at night before der clubs. Hesay, * Vat for I pay der rent, Silverstein ? — 76 THE GAME to me, Silverstein, he say dat. Nefer mindvat I say, but he buy der good house forder mudder. All der time he vork at Han-. sens and fight before der clubs to pay forder house. He buy der piano for der sis-ters, der carpets, der pictures on der he iss all der time straight. He bet THE GAME 77 on himself—dat iss der good sign. Vender man bets on himself dat is der time youbet too — Here Mrs. Silverstein groaned her horrorof gambling, and her husband, aware thathis eloquence had betrayed him, collapsedinto voluble assurances that he was ahead ofthe game, An* all because of Joe Flem-ing, he concluded. I back him eferytime to vin. But Genevieve and Joe were preeminentlymated, and nothing, not even this terriblediscovery, could keep them apart. In vainGenevieve tried to steel herself against him ;but she fought herself, not him. To hersurprise she discovered a thousand excusesfor him, found him lovable as ever; and sheentered into his life to be his destiny, and tocontrol him after the way of women. Shesaw his future and hers through glowing 78 THE GAME vistas of reform, and her first gre
Size: 1632px × 1531px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1905
