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Children of the Ghetto

CHAPTER X
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But the inspiration came.
"Do you know I have summonsed Morris Kerlinski ?" "No," said Daniel.

"What for ?" "He owes me dirty shillings.

I found him a very fine maiden, but, now he is married, he says it was only worth a suvran.

He offered it me but I vouldn't take it.

A poor man he vas, too, and got ten pun from a marriage portion society." "Is it worth while bringing a scandal on the community for the sake of ten shillings?
It will be in all the papers, and _Shadchan_ will be spelt shatcan, shodkin, shatkin, chodcan, shotgun, and goodness knows what else." "Yes, but it isn't ten shillings," said Sugarman.


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