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     ``You   SHALL  be   here   to´morrow�          �If   you   don't   wish   young   Heilig 

here   for   your   own   sake�察  �you   must   show   consideration   for   your   parents。 

Are they to be deprived of their Sunday afternoon�拭               �You have never done 

this before�察�Hilda。      You have never forgotten us before。'' 

     Hilda   hung   her   head�察  �after   a   moment   she   unrolled   her   sleeves�察  �laid 

aside her apron and set out。         She was repentant toward her father�察�but she 

felt that Otto was to blame。          She determined to make him suffer for it 

how easy it was to make him suffer�察�and how pleasant to feel that this big 

fellow     was    her   slave�    �She     went    straight    up   to  him。     ``So    you 

complained   of   me�察  �did   you��''  she  said   scornfully�察  �though   she  knew   well 

that he   had not�察 �that he   could   not have   done   anything that   even   seemed 

mean。 

     He flushed。      ``Nono��'' he stammered。          ``No�察�indeed�察�Hilda。        Don't 

think'' 

     She    looked    contempt。     ``Well�察    �you've   won。    Come      down     Sunday 

afternoon。      I suppose I'll have to endure it。'' 

     ``Hilda�察  �you're   wrong。     I   will   NOT   come��''    He   was   angry�察  �but   his 

mind   was   confused。       He   loved   her   with   all   the   strength   of   his   simple�察�

straightforward       nature。     Therefore he appeared at his worst before her 

usually either incoherent or dumb。            It was not surprising that whenever it 



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was suggested that only a superior man could get on so well as he did�察�she 

always   answered�此       �`He   works   twice   as   hard   as   any   one   else�察  �and   you 

don't need much brains if you'll work hard。'' 

     She now cut him short。         ``If you don't come I'll have to suffer for it��'' 

she said。     ``You MUST come�            �I'll not be glad to see you。        But if you 

don't come I'll never speak to you again��''            And she left him and went to 

the other counter and ordered the chickens from Schwartz。 

     Heilig was wretched��another of those hideous dilemmas over which 

he had been stumbling like a drunken man in a dark room full of furniture 

ever since he let his mother go to Mrs。 Brauner and ask her for Hilda。                 He 

watched Hilda's splendid back�察�and fumbled about�察�upsetting bottles and 

rattling    dishes�察  �until   she   went   out   with    a  glance    of  jeering    scorn。 

Schwartz burst out laughing。 

     ``Anybody  could   tell   you   are   in   love��''   he   said。 ``Be   stiff   with   her�察�

Otto�察�and you'll get her all right。        It don't do to let a woman see that you 

care   about   her。   The   worse   you   treat   the   women   the   better   they  like   it。 

When they used to tell my father about some woman being crazy over a 

man�察�he always used to say�察 �What sort of a scoundrel is he��'                   That was 

good sense。'' 

     Otto made no reply。         No doubt these maxims were sound and wise�察�

but how was he to apply them�拭           �How could he pretend indifference when 

at sight of her he could open his jaws only enough to chatter them�察�could 

loosen his tongue only enough to roll it thickly about�拭               �`I can work��'' he 

said to himself�察  �`and I can pay  my  debts and have   something over�察�but 

when it comes to love I'm no good。'' 



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                              CHAPTER II 



                            BRASS OUTSHINES GOLD 

    Hilda    returned    to  her  father's  shop   and  was   busy   there   until  nine 

o'clock。    Then Sophie Liebers came and they went into the Avenue for a 

walk。    They     pushed    their  way   through    and   with  the  throngs    up  into 

Tompkins   Squarethe   center   of   one   of   the   several   vast   districts�察  �little 

known because little written about�察�that contain the real New York and the 

real   New   Yorkers。    In   the   Square   several   thousand   young   people   were 

promenading�察�many of the girls walking in pairs�察�almost all the young men 

paired off�察�each with a young woman。           It was warm�察�and the stars beamed 

down upon the hearts of young lovers�察�blotting out for them electric lights 

and    surrounding     crowds。    It  caused    no   comment      there   for  a  young 

couple to walk hand in hand�察�looking each at the other with the expression 

that makes commonplace eyes wonderful。               And when the sound of a kiss 

came     from   a  somewhat     secluded    bench�察  �the  only   glances   east  in  the 

direction whence it had come were glances of approval or envy。 

     ``There's Otto Heilig dogging us��'' said Hilda to Sophie�察�as they walked 

up and down。       ``Do you wonder I hate him��''          They talked in American�察�

as did all the young people�察�except with those of their elders who could 

speak only German。 

     Sophie was silent。      If Hilda had been noting her face she would have 

seen a look of satisfaction。 

     ``I can't bear him��'' went on Hilda。        ``No girl could。      He's so stupid 

andand common��''         Never before had she used that last word in such a 

sense。    Mr。 Feuerstein had begun to educate her。 

     Sophie's   unobserved   look   changed   to   resentment。      ``Of   course   he's 

not equal to Mr。 Feuerstein��'' she said。         ``But he's a very nice fellowat 

least for an ordinary girl。''     Sophie's father was an upholsterer�察�and not a 

good one。      He owned no tenements was barely able to pay the rent for a 

small   corner   of   one。  Thus   her   sole   dower   was   her   pretty   face   and   her 

cunning。     She   had   an   industrious�察  �scheming�察  �not   overscrupulous   brain 



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andher   hopes   and   plans。      Nor   had   she   time   to   waste。   For   she   was 

nearer twenty´three than twenty´two�察�at the outer edge of the marriageable 

age of Avenue A�察�which believes in an early start at what it regards as the 

main business of lifethe family。 

     ``You surely couldn't marry such a man as Otto��'' said Hilda absently。 

Her eyes were searching the crowd�察�near and far。 

     Sophie     laughed。     ``Beggars     can't   be  choosers��''   she   answered。     ``I 

think   he's   all  rightas   men   go。    It   wouldn't   do   for   me   to   expect   too 

much。'' 

     Just then Hilda caught sight of Mr。 Feuersteinthe godlike head�察�the 

glorious hair�察�the graceful hat。        Her manner changedher eyes brightened�察�

her   cheeks   reddened�察  �and   she   talked   fast   and   laughed   a   great   deal。 As 

they passed near him she laughed loudly and called out to Sophie as if she 

were   not   at   her   elbowshe   feared   he   would   not   see。     Mr。   Feuerstein 

turned   his   picturesque   head�察  �slowly   lifted   his   hat   and   joined   them。  At 

once      Hilda    became      silent�察   �listening    with    rapt    attention    to    the 

commonplaces he delivered in sonorous�察�oracular tones。 

     As he deigned to talk only to Hilda�察�who was walking between Sophie 

and him�察�Sophie was free to gaze round。              She spied Otto Heilig drooping 

dejectedly along。       She adroitly steered her party so that it crossed his path。 

He   looked   up   to   find   himself   staring   at   Hilda。    She   frowned   at   this 

disagreeable apparition into her happiness�察�and quickened her step。                     But 

Sophie�察  �without   letting   go   of   Hilda's   hand�察  �paused   and   spoke   to   Otto。 

Thus Hilda was forced to stop and to say ungraciously�此                  �`Mr。 Feuerstein�察�

Mr。 Heilig。'' 

     Then she and Mr。 Feuerstein went on�察�and Sophie drew the reluctant 

Otto in behind them。         She gradually slackened her pace�察�so that she and 

Heilig dropped back until several couples separated them from Hilda and 

Mr。 Feuerstein。       A few minutes and Hilda and Mr。 Feuerstein were seated 

on a bench in the deep shadow of a tree�察�Sophie and Heilig walking slowly 

to and fro a short distance away。 

     Heilig was miserable with despondent jealousy。                He longed to inquire 

about this remarkable´looking new friend of Hilda's。                 For Mr。 Feuerstein 



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seemed   to   be   of    that   class   of   strangers   whom Avenue A  condemns   on 

their very appearance。          It associates respectability with work only�察�and it 

therefore   suspects   those   who   look   as   if   they   did   not   work   and   did   not 

know how。        Sophie was soon answering of her own accord the questions 

Heilig   as   a   gentleman   could   not   ask。      ``You   must   have   heard   of   Mr。 

Feuerstein�拭      �He's   an   actor   at   the   German   Theater。     I   don't   think   he's 

much of an actorhe's one of the kind that do all their acting off the stage。'' 

     Heilig laughed unnaturally。           He did not feel like laughing�察�but wished 

to show his gratitude to Sophie for this shrewd blow at his enemy。                      ``He's 

rigged out like a lunatic�察�isn't he��''         Otto was thinking of the long hair�察�the 

low´rolling   shirt   collar   and   the   velvet   collar   on   his   coat��light   gray�察  �to 

match his hat and suit。 

     ``I don't see what Hilda finds in him��'' continued Sophie。                    ``It makes 

me   laugh   to     look   at   him�察  �and   when   he   talks   I   can   hardly   keep   fro
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