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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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