The Rosie World

The Rosie World

Parts of The Rosie World have appeared serially in Everybody's Magazine under the titles: "The Chin-Chopper," "A Little Savings Account," copyright, 1912, by The Ridgway Company; "A Little Mother Hen," "The Loan of a Gentleman Friend," "Crazy with the Heat," copyright, 1913, by The Ridgway Company; "The Stenog," "The Watch-Dog," "The Rosie Morrow," copyright, 1914, by The Ridgway Company; and in Smith's Magazine under the title: "What Every Lady Wants," copyright, 1913, by Street & Smith. Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands. "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted. "All of yez! Make room for George!" What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge. No one heeded her in the least. George by this time was seated at the table and Rosie was hanging over his shoulder. Terence and small Jack stood facing him at the other side of the table and Miss Ellen O'Brien, with the baby in her arms, lingered near the door. "They ain't much to tell," George declared, with a complacency that belied his words. "He was nuthin' but a big stiff about nine feet high and built double across the shoulders." George sighed and cocked his eye as though bored at the necessity of recounting his adventure. Then, just to humour them, as it were, he continued: "I see trouble as soon as he got on. They was plenty of empty seats on one side, but the first thing I knew he was hanging on a strap on the crowded side insultin' a poor little lady. He wasn't sayin' nuthin' but he was just hangin' over her face, lookin' at her and grinnin' until she was ready to cry out for shame." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 31718
Author: Fillmore, Parker
Release Date: Mar 21, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877-1966