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hang aroun' here fer�拭 �Do yeh wanna git me inteh trouble�拭─�he demanded
with an air of injury。
Astonishment swept over the girl's features。 ;Why�察 �Pete� �yehs tol'
me;
Pete glanced profound irritation。 His countenance reddened with the
anger of a man whose respectability is being threatened。
;Say�察�yehs makes me tired。 See�拭 �What deh hell deh yeh wanna tag
aroun' atter me fer�拭 �Yeh'll git me inteh trouble wid deh ol' man an' dey'll
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be hell teh pay� �If he sees a woman roun' here he'll go crazy an' I'll lose
me job� �See�拭 �Yer brudder come in here an' raised hell an' deh ol' man
hada put up fer it� �An' now I'm done� �See�拭 �I'm done。;
The girl's eyes stared into his face。 ;Pete�察�don't yeh remem;
;Oh�察�hell�察─�interrupted Pete�察�anticipating。
The girl seemed to have a struggle with herself。 She was apparently
bewildered and could not find speech。 Finally she asked in a low voice�此�
;But where kin I go�拭─�
The question exasperated Pete beyond the powers of endurance。 It
was a direct attempt to give him some responsibility in a matter that did
not concern him。 In his indignation he volunteered information。
;Oh�察 �go teh hell�察─ �cried he。 He slammed the door furiously and
returned�察�with an air of relief�察�to his respectability。
Maggie went away。
She wandered aimlessly for several blocks。 She stopped once and
asked aloud a question of herself�此 �Who�拭─�
A man who was passing near her shoulder�察 �humorously took the
questioning word as intended for him。
;Eh�拭 �What�拭 �Who�拭 �Nobody� �I didn't say anything�察─ �he
laughingly said�察�and continued his way。
Soon the girl discovered that if she walked with such apparent
aimlessness�察�some men looked at her with calculating eyes。 She quickened
her step�察 �frightened。 As a protection�察 �she adopted a demeanor of
intentness as if going somewhere。
After a time she left rattling avenues and passed between rows of
houses with sternness and stolidity stamped upon their features。 She
hung her head for she felt their eyes grimly upon her。
Suddenly she came upon a stout gentleman in a silk hat and a chaste
black coat�察 �whose decorous row of buttons reached from his chin to his
knees。 The girl had heard of the Grace of God and she decided to
approach this man。
His beaming�察 �chubby face was a picture of benevolence and kind´
heartedness。 His eyes shone good´will。
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But as the girl timidly accosted him�察�he gave a convulsive movement
and saved his respectability by a vigorous side´step。 He did not risk it to
save a soul。 For how was he to know that there was a soul before him
that needed saving�拭�
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Chapter XVII
Upon a wet evening�察 �several months after the last chapter�察 �two
interminable rows of cars�察 �pulled by slipping horses�察 �jangled along a
prominent side´street。 A dozen cabs�察 �with coat´enshrouded drivers�察�
clattered to and fro。 Electric lights�察 �whirring softly�察 �shed a blurred
radiance。 A flower dealer�察�his feet tapping impatiently�察�his nose and his
wares glistening with rain´drops�察 �stood behind an array of roses and
chrysanthemums。 Two or three theatres emptied a crowd upon the storm´
swept pavements。 Men pulled their hats over their eyebrows and raised
their collars to their ears。 Women shrugged impatient shoulders in their
warm cloaks and stopped to arrange their skirts for a walk through the
storm。 People having been comparatively silent for two hours burst into
a roar of conversation�察�their hearts still kindling from the glowings of the
stage。
The pavements became tossing seas of umbrellas。 Men stepped forth
to hail cabs or cars�察�raising their fingers in varied forms of polite request
or imperative demand。 An endless procession wended toward elevated
stations。 An atmosphere of pleasure and prosperity seemed to hang over
the throng�察 �born�察 �perhaps�察 �of good clothes and of having just emerged
from a place of forgetfulness。
In the mingled light and gloom of an adjacent park�察�a handful of wet
wanderers�察 �in attitudes of chronic dejection�察 �was scattered among the
benches。
A girl of the painted cohorts of the city went along the street。 She
threw changing glances at men who passed her�察�giving smiling invitations
to men of rural or untaught pattern and usually seeming sedately
unconscious of the men with a metropolitan seal upon their faces。
Crossing glittering avenues�察 �she went into the throng emerging from
the places of forgetfulness。 She hurried forward through the crowd as if
intent upon reaching a distant home�察 �bending forward in her handsome
cloak�察 �daintily lifting her skirts and picking for her well´shod feet the
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dryer spots upon the pavements。
The restless doors of saloons�察�clashing to and fro�察�disclosed animated
rows of men before bars and hurrying barkeepers。
A concert hall gave to the street faint sounds of swift�察 �machine´like
music�察�as if a group of phantom musicians were hastening。
A tall young man�察�smoking a cigarette with a sublime air�察�strolled near
the girl。 He had on evening dress�察�a moustache�察�a chrysanthemum�察�and a
look of ennui�察�all of which he kept carefully under his eye。 Seeing the
girl walk on as if such a young man as he was not in existence�察�he looked
back transfixed with interest。 He stared glassily for a moment�察�but gave a
slight convulsive start when he discerned that she was neither new�察�
Parisian�察�nor theatrical。 He wheeled about hastily and turned his stare into
the air�察�like a sailor with a search´light。
A stout gentleman�察 �with pompous and philanthropic whiskers�察 �went
stolidly by�察�the broad of his back sneering at the girl。
A belated man in business clothes�察�and in haste to catch a car�察�bounced
against her shoulder。 ;Hi�察 �there�察 �Mary�察 �I beg your pardon� �Brace up�察�
old girl。; He grasped her arm to steady her�察�and then was away running
down the middle of the street。
The girl walked on out of the realm of restaurants and saloons。 She
passed more glittering avenues and went into darker blocks than those
where the crowd travelled。
A young man in light overcoat and derby hat received a glance shot
keenly from the eyes of the girl。 He stopped and looked at her�察�thrusting
his hands in his pockets and making a mocking smile curl his lips。
;Come�察�now�察�old lady�察─�he said�察 �you don't mean to tell me that you sized
me up for a farmer�拭─�
A laboring man marched along with bundles under his arms。 To her
remarks�察�he replied�此 �It's a fine evenin'�察�ain't it�拭─�
She smiled squarely into the face of a boy who was hurrying by with
his hands buried in his overcoat�察�his blonde locks bobbing on his youthful
temples�察 �and a cheery smile of unconcern upon his lips。 He turned his
head and smiled back at her�察�waving his hands。 him。 ;He's all right� �He
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didn't mean anything� �Let it go� �He's a good fellah� ─�
;Din' he insul' me�拭─�asked the man earnestly。
;No�察─�said they。 ;Of course he didn't� �He's all right� ─�
;Sure he didn' insul' me�拭─�demanded the man�察�with deep anxiety in his
voice。
;No�察 �no� �We know him� �He's a good fellah。 He didn't mean
anything。;
;Well�察�zen�察─�said the man�察�resolutely�察 �I'm go' 'pol'gize� ─�
When the waiter came�察�the man struggled to the middle of the floor。
;Girlsh shed you insul' me� �I shay damn lie� �I 'pol'gize� ─�
;All right�察─�said the waiter。
The man sat down。 He felt a sleepy but strong desire to straighten
things out and have a perfect understanding with everybody。
;Nell�察�I allus trea's yeh shquare�察�din' I�拭 �Yeh likes me�察�don' yehs�察�Nell�拭�
I'm goo' f'ler�拭─�
;Sure�察─�said the woman of brilliance and audacity。
;Yeh knows I'm stuck on yehs�察�don' yehs�察�Nell�拭─�
;Sure�察─�she repeated�察�carelessly。
Overwhelmed by a spasm of drunken adoration�察�he drew two or three
bills from his pocket�察�and�察�with the trembling fingers of an offering priest�察�
laid them on the table before the woman。
;Yehs knows�察�damn it�察�yehs kin have all got�察�'cause I'm stuck on yehs�察�
Nell�察�damn't�察�II'm stuck on yehs�察�N
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