Currently rejoicing that I managed to *aquire* (nudge-nudge, wink-wink) some Damon Runyon in e-format at last. I will soon be reading "Dancing Dan's Christmas" for the first time on my 505
Here's the opening:
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Now one time it comes on Christmas, and in fact it is the evening before Christmas, and I am in Good Time Charley Bernstein's little speakeasy in West Forty-seventh Street, wishing Charley a Merry Christmas and having a few hot Tom and Jerrys with him.
This hot Tom and Jerry is an old-time drink that is once used by one and all in this country to celebrate Christmas with, and in fact it is once so popular that many people think Christmas is invented only to furnish an excuse for hot Tom and Jerry, although of course this is by no means true.
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