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Title: Gigolo

Author: Edna Ferber

Release Date: January 22, 2007 [EBook #20419]

Language: English

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GIGOLO

BY

EDNA FERBER

AUTHOR OF

SO BIG, EMMA McCHESNEY & CO.,
FANNY HERSELF, THE GIRLS, ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY McCLURE's MAGAZINE, INCORPORATED
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY P. F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES,
GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY THE CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY,
AND THE PICTORIAL REVIEW COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

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CONTENTS

PAGE

THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN 1

OLD MAN MINICK 34

GIGOLO 69

NOT A DAY OVER TWENTY-ONE 106

HOME GIRL 150

AIN'T NATURE WONDERFUL! 188

THE SUDDEN SIXTIES 222

IF I SHOULD EVER TRAVEL! 259

_GIGOLO_

THE AFTERNOON OF A FAUN

Though he rarely heeded its summons--cagy boy that he was--the telephone
rang oftenest for Nick. Because of the many native noises of the place,
the telephone had a special bell that was a combination buzz and ring.
It sounded above the roar of outgoing cars, the splash of the hose, the
sputter and hum of the electric battery in the rear. Nick heard it,
unheeding. A voice--Smitty's or Mike's or Elmer's--answering its call.
Then, echoing through the grey, vaulted spaces of the big garage: "Nick!
Oh, Ni-ick!"

From the other side of the great cement-floored enclosure, or in muffled
tones fro