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قراءة كتاب Torchy, Private Sec.
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TORCHY |
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TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC. BY SEWELL FORD AUTHOR OF TORCHY, TRYING OUT TORCHY, ON WITH TORCHY, ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. FOSTER LINCOLN
NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS |
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Copyright, 1914, 1915, by SEWELL FORD Copyright, 1915, by EDWARD J. CLODE |
Contents
| I | THE UP CALL FOR TORCHY | 1 |
| II | TORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS | 19 |
| III | TORCHY TAKES A CHANCE | 37 |
| IV | BREAKING IT TO THE BOSS | 56 |
| V | SHOWING GILKEY THE WAY | 75 |
| VI | WHEN SKEET HAD HIS DAY | 95 |
| VII | GETTING A JOLT FROM WESTY | 113 |
| VIII | SOME GUESSES ON RUBY | 129 |
| IX | TORCHY GETS AN INSIDE TIP | 148 |
| X | THEN ALONG CAME SUKEY | 170 |
| XI | TEAMWORK WITH AUNTY | 188 |
| XII | ZENOBIA DIGS UP A LATE ONE | 206 |
| XIII | SIFTING OUT UNCLE BILL | 223 |
| XIV | HOW AUNTY GOT THE NEWS | 243 |
| XV | MR. ROBERT AND A CERTAIN PARTY | 259 |
| XVI | TORCHY TACKLES A SHORT CIRCUIT | 275 |
| XVII | MR. ROBERT GETS A SLANT | 290 |
| XVIII | WHEN ELLA MAY CAME BY | 306 |
| XIX | SOME HOOP-LA FOR THE BOSS | 323 |
TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC.
Well, it's come! Uh-huh! And sudden, too, like I knew it would, if it came at all. No climbin' the ladder for me, not while they run express elevators. And, believe me, when the gate opened, I was right there with my foot out.
It was like this: One mornin' I'm in my old place behind the brass rail, at the jump-end of the buzzer. I'm everybody's slave in general, and Piddie's football in particular. You know—head office boy of the Corrugated Trust.
That's description enough, ain't it? And I'd been there so long—— Honest,