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The man hesitated.
"
Oh," she said, "I'm going to do it, anyway. Wait a minute," and, rising, she left
the table.
In a few minutes she returned. "Here," she said, "you've got to take it," and
extended her hand toward him beneath the edge of the table. "I can't," said
Jimmy. "It wouldn't be right."
The girl looked at him and flushed.
"
Do you mean," she said, "because it's my--because of what I am?"
"
Oh, no," said Jimmy; "please don't think that!" And impulsively he took her
hand beneath the table. At the contact the girl caught her breath with a little
quick-drawn sigh.
"Here, take it!" she said, and drawing her hand away quickly, left a roll of bills in
Jimmy's hand.
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