[The Case and The Girl by Randall Parrish]@TWC D-Link bookThe Case and The Girl CHAPTER XXIII 6/19
But after you were locked in safe, and nobody knew what had happened, and you certainly handled easily enough, I slipped ashore into the restaurant and called up Jim Hobart on the wire. Did he give me your pedigree? He did.
Jim was about the happiest guy in the town when he learned we had you bottled.
Raised hell last night, didn't you? All right, my friend, you are going to pay the piper today. What got you into this muss, anyhow? You are no relation to the Coolidge girl, are you ?" "None whatever; merely a friend." "Friend, hey! Well, she's a good looker; so this friendship stuff is easily accounted for.
Friend, hell!" he laughed.
"You must have it bad to put on all these stunts for sweet friendship's sake.
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