Side-stepping with Shorty

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Ford Sewell. Side-stepping with Shorty

I. SHORTY AND THE PLUTE

II. ROUNDING UP MAGGIE

III. UP AGAINST BENTLEY

IV. THE TORTONIS' STAR ACT

V. PUTTING PINCKNEY ON THE JOB

VI. THE SOARING OF THE SAGAWAS

VII. RINKEY AND THE PHONY LAMP

VIII. PINCKNEY AND THE TWINS

IX. A LINE ON PEACOCK ALLEY

X. SHORTY AND THE STRAY

XI. WHEN ROSSITER CUT LOOSE

XII. TWO ROUNDS WITH SYLVIE

XIII. GIVING BOMBAZOULA THE HOOK

XIV. A HUNCH FOR LANGDON

XV. SHORTY'S GO WITH ART

XVI. WHY FERDY DUCKED

XVII. WHEN SWIFTY WAS GOING SOME

XVIII. PLAYING WILBUR TO SHOW

XIX. AT HOME WITH THE DILLONS

XX. THE CASE OF RUSTY QUINN

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Say, who was tellin' you? Ah, g'wan! Them sea shore press agents is full of fried eels. Disguises; nothin'! Them folks I has with me was the real things. The Rev. Doc. Akehead? Not much. That was my little old Bishop. And it wa'n't any slummin' party at all. It was just a little errand of mercy that got switched.

It was this way: The Bishop, he shows up at the Studio for his reg'lar medicine ball work, that I'm givin' him so's he can keep his equator from gettin' the best of his latitude. That's all on the quiet, though. It's somethin' I ain't puttin' on the bulletin board, or includin' in my list of references, understand?

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Aunt Isabella says she's prepared to stand all the expense. And what do you suppose she passes out? A green five!

"Ah, say, this ain't any Sunday school excursion," says I. "Why, that wouldn't last us a block. Guess you'll have to dig deeper or call it off."

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