[From the Housetops by George Barr McCutcheon]@TWC D-Link bookFrom the Housetops CHAPTER XIII 26/50
He would not go to Anne's. "And you'll not touch another drop to-night ?" said Dodge, as they crossed over to the line of taxi-cabs. George halted.
"Say, what's on your mind, Simmy? Are you afraid I'll go off my nut and create a scene,--perhaps mop up the sidewalk with some one like Percy Wintermill or--well, any one of those nuts in there? That the idea you've got? Well, let me set you right, my boy.
If I ever do anything like that it will not be with Lutie as the excuse.
I'll not drag her name into it.
Mind you, I'm not saying I'll never smash some one's head, but--" "I didn't mean that, at all," said Simmy. "And you needn't preach temperance to me," went on George.
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