 Mike gives up, and tells Johnny to go after her.With the way clear to adopting Nipper, Slag asks Mamie for a loan of $200 ... to pay for a wedding.The critic for "The New York Times" found "The Mighty McGurk" to be too much like Beery's previous efforts, writing, "while this story of an ex-prizefight champ who befriends an English orphan boy fits our pug as comfortably as an old shoe, it doesn't look much better than an ancient brogan.