Money 'er grandmother left 'er a couple of years ago. Brad promised
he'd buy 'er share in a year or two and let 'er put the money away for
Christine. But he'll never do it, not 'im. You see, Da--Jacky, it all
'appened this way. She was going to a young ladies' boarding-school up
in Connecticut w'en she fust saw Tom Braddock. Her father lived in New
York City and he was a very wealthy guy. She was 'is only child and
'er mother was dead. The old man, whose name was Portman,--Albert
Portman, the banker,--was considering a second venture into matrimony
at the time. Mary was eighteen and she didn't want a stepmother. She
raised such a row that he sent 'er off to school so as he could do 'is
courting in peace and plenty. She was a wayward gal,--leastwise she
says so 'erself--and very impetuous-like. One day a circus comes to
the town where she was attending school. The young ladies were took to
the afternoon performance by the--er--school-ma'ams. They all
perceeded to fall in love at first sight with a 'andsome young
equestrian. He was very good-looking, I can tell you that, and he 'ad
a fine figger.
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