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Jonah

CHAPTER 19
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That means a hat and a pair of gloves or a pair of boots less through no fault of my own.

You don't seem very sympathetic," she cried, looking sharply at Jonah.
"I ain't," said Jonah, calmly.
"Well, I must say you don't pick your words.

A guinea may be nothing to you, but it means a great deal to me." "It ain't that," said Jonah, "but I hate the thought of yer bein' at the beck an' call of people who ain't fit to clean yer boots.

Ye're like a kid 'oldin' its finger in the fire an' yellin' with pain.
There's no need fer yer to do it.

I've offered ter make yer cashier in the shop at two pounds a week, if yer'd put yer pride in yer pocket." "And throw a poor girl out of work to step into her shoes." "Nuthin' of the sort, as I told yer.


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