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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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