HIS HEART'S DESIRE
there now by his side, firing his mind by pointing out the different celebrities who came in and telling highly flavoured stories of their lives or doings. Joe heard things that had never come within the range of his mind before.
"Aw, there's Skaggsy an' Maudie— Maudie's his girl, y' know, an' he's a reporter on the N' Yawk Universe. Fine fellow, Skaggsy."
Maudie—a portly, voluptuous-looking brunette—left her escort and went directly to the space by the piano. Here she was soon dancing with one of the coloured girls who had come in.
Skaggs started to sit down alone at a table, but Thomas called him, "Come over here, Skaggsy."
In the moment that it took the young man to reach them, Joe wondered if he would ever reach that state when he could call that white man Skaggsy and the girl Maudie. The new-comer soon set all of that at ease.
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