"
The man paused again and his great hand shook with disappointment and
chagrin. Finally he turned the sheet and read the conclusion.
"Seeing that tag gave me warning just in time the night you bragged
that you could make me come into your arms. Next time, Jack, I counsel
you to be honest with the girls you make love to. They like it. Come
and see us when you get back to the mountains. Alexander McGivins.
P.S. I promised my paw to keep my own name when I was wed, and Jerry
doesn't mind."
The letter escaped from nerveless fingers and floated down to the
floor. At last Halloway picked up the small tailor's label and turned
it in his fingers absentmindedly, as though he were not yet quite sure
what he was doing.
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