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remarked to her�此 �Mag�察�I'll tell yeh dis� �See�拭�Yeh've edder got teh go teh
hell or go teh work� ─ �Whereupon she went to work�察�having the feminine
aversion of going to hell。
By a chance�察�she got a position in an establishment where they made
collars and cuffs。 She received a stool and a machine in a room where
sat twenty girls of various shades of yellow discontent。 She perched on
the stool and treadled at her machine all day�察�turning out collars�察�the name
of whose brand could be noted for its irrelevancy to anything in
connection with collars。 At night she returned home to her mother。
Jimmie grew large enough to take the vague position of head of the
family。 As incumbent of that office�察�he stumbled up´stairs late at night�察�
as his father had done before him。 He reeled about the room�察�swearing at
his relations�察�or went to sleep on the floor。
The mother had gradually arisen to that degree of fame that she could
bandy words with her acquaintances among the police´ justices。 Court´
officials called her by her first name。 When she appeared they pursued a
course which had been theirs for months。 They invariably grinned and
cried out�此 �Hello�察 �Mary�察 �you here again�拭─ �Her grey head wagged in
many a court。 She always besieged the bench with voluble excuses�察�
explanations�察 �apologies and prayers。 Her flaming face and rolling eyes
were a sort of familiar sight on the island。 She measured time by means
of sprees�察�and was eternally swollen and dishevelled。
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One day the young man�察 �Pete�察 �who as a lad had smitten the Devil's
Row urchin in the back of the head and put to flight the antagonists of his
friend�察 �Jimmie�察 �strutted upon the scene。 He met Jimmie one day on the
street�察�promised to take him to a boxing match in Williamsburg�察�and called
for him in the evening。
Maggie observed Pete。
He sat on a table in the Johnson home and dangled his checked legs
with an enticing nonchalance。 His hair was curled down over his
forehead in an oiled bang。 His rather pugged nose seemed to revolt from
contact with a bristling moustache of short�察 �wire´like hairs。 His blue
double´breasted coat�察�edged with black braid�察�buttoned close to a red puff
tie�察�and his patent´leather shoes looked like murder´fitted weapons。
His mannerisms stamped him as a man who had a correct sense of his
personal superiority。 There was valor and contempt for circumstances in
the glance of his eye。 He waved his hands like a man of the world�察�who
dismisses religion and philosophy�察 �and says ;Fudge。; He had certainly
seen everything and with each curl of his lip�察�he declared that it amounted
to nothing。 Maggie thought he must be a very elegant and graceful
bartender。
He was telling tales to Jimmie。
Maggie watched him furtively�察�with half´closed eyes�察�lit with a vague
interest。
;Hully gee� �Dey makes me tired�察─ �he said。 ;Mos' e'ry day some
farmer comes in an' tries teh run deh shop。 See�拭 �But dey gits t'rowed
right out� �I jolt dem right out in deh street before dey knows where dey
is� �See�拭─�
;Sure�察─�said Jimmie。
;Dere was a mug come in deh place deh odder day wid an idear he
wus goin' teh own deh place� �Hully gee�察�he wus goin' teh own deh place� �
I see he had a still on an' I didn' wanna giv 'im no stuff�察�so I says�此�'Git deh
hell outa here an' don' make no trouble��' I says like dat� �See�拭 �'Git deh
hell outa here an' don' make no trouble'�察�like dat。 'Git deh hell outa here��'
I says。 See�拭─�
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Jimmie nodded understandingly。 Over his features played an eager
desire to state the amount of his valor in a similar crisis�察�but the narrator
proceeded。
;Well�察�deh blokie he says�此�'T'hell wid it� �I ain' lookin' for no scrap��'
he says ��See�殖��察�'but' he says�察�'I'm 'spectable cit'zen an' I wanna drink an'
purtydamnsoon�察�too。' See�拭 �'Deh hell��' I says。 Like dat� �'Deh hell��' I
says。 See�拭 �'Don' make no trouble��' I says。 Like dat。 'Don' make no
trouble。' See�拭 �Den deh mug he squared off an' said he was fine as silk
wid his dukes ��See�殖� an' he wanned a drink damnquick。 Dat's what he
said。 See�拭─�
;Sure�察─�repeated Jimmie。
Pete continued。 ;Say�察�I jes' jumped deh bar an' deh way I plunked dat
blokie was great。 See�拭 �Dat's right� �In deh jaw� �See�拭 �Hully gee�察�he
t'rowed a spittoon true deh front windee。 Say�察�I taut I'd drop dead。 But
deh boss�察�he comes in after an' he says�察�'Pete�察�yehs done jes' right� �Yeh've
gota keep order an' it's all right。' See�拭�'It's all right��' he says。 Dat's
what he said。;
The two held a technical discussion。
;Dat bloke was a dandy�察─ �said Pete�察 �in conclusion�察 �but he hadn'
oughta made no trouble。 Dat's what I says teh dem�此�'Don' come in here
an' make no trouble��' I says�察�like dat。 'Don' make no trouble。' See�拭─�
As Jimmie and his friend exchanged tales descriptive of their prowess�察�
Maggie leaned back in the shadow。 Her eyes dwelt wonderingly and
rather wistfully upon Pete's face。 The broken furniture�察 �grimey walls�察�
and general disorder and dirt of her home of a sudden appeared before her
and began to take a potential aspect。 Pete's aristocratic person looked as
if it might soil。 She looked keenly at him�察�occasionally�察�wondering if he
was feeling contempt。 But Pete seemed to be enveloped in reminiscence。
;Hully gee�察─�said he�察 �dose mugs can't phase me。 Dey knows I kin
wipe up deh street wid any t'ree of dem。;
When he said�察 �Ah�察 �what deh hell�察─ �his voice was burdened with
disdain for the inevitable and contempt for anything that fate might
compel him to endure。
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Maggie perceived that here was the beau ideal of a man。 Her dim
thoughts were often searching for far away lands where�察�as God says�察�the
little hills sing together in the morning。 Under the trees of her dream´
gardens there had always walked a lover。
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Chapter VI
Pete took note of Maggie。
;Say�察 �Mag�察 �I'm stuck on yer shape。 It's outa sight�察─ �he said�察�
parenthetically�察�with an affable grin。
As he became aware that she was listening closely�察�he grew still more
eloquent in his descriptions of various happenings in his career。 It
appeared that he was invincible in fights。
;Why�察─ �he said�察 �referring to a man with whom he had had a
misunderstanding�察 �dat mug scrapped like a damn dago。 Dat's right。 He
was dead easy。 See�拭 �He tau't he was a scrapper。 But he foun' out
diff'ent� �Hully gee。;
He walked to and fro in the small room�察�which seemed then to grow
even smaller and unfit to hold his dignity�察 �the attribute of a supreme
warrior。 That swing of the shoulders that had frozen the timid when he
was but a lad had increased with his growth and education at the ratio of
ten to one。 It�察 �combined with the sneer upon his mouth�察 �told mankind
that there was nothing in space which could appall him。 Maggie
marvelled at him and surrounded him with greatness。 She vaguely tried
to calculate the altitude of the pinnacle from which he must have looked
down upon her。
;I met a chump deh odder day way up in deh city�察─�he said。 ;I was
goin' teh see a frien' of mine。 When I was a´crossin' deh street deh
chump runned plump inteh me�察 �an' den he turns aroun' an' says�察 �'Yer
insolen' ruffin��' he says�察�like dat。 'Oh�察�gee��' I says�察�'oh�察�gee�察�go teh hell
and git off deh eart'��' I says�察�like dat。 See�拭 �'Go teh hell an' git off deh
eart'��' like dat。 Den deh blokie he got wild。 He says I was a
contempt'ble scoun'el�察�er somet'ing like dat�察�an' he says I was doom' teh
everlastin' pe'dition an' all like dat。 'Gee��' I says�察�'gee� �Deh hell I am��' I
says。 'Deh hell I am��' like dat。 An' den I slugged 'im。 See�拭─�
With Jimmie in his company�察�Pete departed in a sort of a blaze of glory
from the Johnson home。 Maggie�察�leaning from the window�察�watched him
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as he walked down the street。
Here was a formidable man who disdained the strength of a world full
of fists。 Here was one who had contempt for brass´
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