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bis visits home his kindness to and intense love for my mother how in my tenth year he had talked of my being a writer heaven only knows why and how once os one of bis visits home when i was fourteen he bad set me to tbe task of a humorous essay which he felt sore i could write i willingly and i it but when i chose the...	43
miss w and told the editor and nearly everybody else i dropped in at s to get an estimate on the kind of dinner i thought be would like the head plan it for me and then eagerly awaited his arrival sunday morning came and i called at the at eleven and f him on the stage of this old entirely by trunks and scenery there w...	43
the song had destroyed its character as an honest business street forever so much for the import of a silly ballad and the passing song writer what are the really powerful i in this world t after the show we all to some music hall in the vicinity of this old which dick insisted by reason of its wretchedness would amuse...	43
railroad which went into within an hour fertile all about both gas and oil struck making the a book about and therefore in the mood for a as we would imagine sparkling glimmering in the t as a financial of a paper i chapter mt thoughts being now if to idea of life and a country newspaper although i really did not belie...	43
to give me a general letter of introduction which might stand me in good stead in other cities true enough on the monday on which i left having gone to the office to say farewell i was met by th who handed me a letter of introduction it was of the to whom it might concern variety and related my labors and in no vague w...	43
give to a paper that was run right t well that depends he said gloomily and i d have to see how it was mn first some i mi t give more than others me and we left i foi ot to tell you he said that he s a and a he d expect yoa to ran it in favor of those if yon got his support bat all the men around town won t feel that w...	43
the seeming comfort and of them the well kept the and windows i the wonder of evening fires in winter i the open cool and shadowy doors in summer and on and i the m a about myself of the book and somehow in the of my disturbed i had missed most of this after a day of looking the city i applied to the city editor of the...	43
was not considered a live town i decided to travel eastward and t a ticket to in ai t of the tumbling waves of lake i was taken back in thought to my d rs in and all those who had already dropped out of my life forever what a queer thing this living was i where should be tomorrow what doing the next year the year aft...	43
poor composed of a half articles on local and with a few drawings i read one or two of them and then looked up my boat i it tied ap at a dock adjoining an immense railroad yard and near an imposing grain finding nobody about i oat the of the grain who told me that the captain of the boat had gone to the company s local...	43
to myself so long i decided not to wait ten days spent in these offices daily and i concluded that it useless to remain longer yet before i went i determined to see at one thing more falls therefore one day i by to and looked at tliat tumbling flood then not or drained by water power i was impressed but not so much as ...	43
as ai other this growing labor problem or the general american dissatisfaction with poor returns upon efforts made three years later in the free silver campaign and the gold the full dinner was then invented as a to the vast and the threat to close down and so bring misery to the entire country unless william was elect...	43
and holding his job not so much by reason of what he pat into his paper as by what he k t out of it he wanted to know where i had worked before i came to whether i had been connected with any paper here whether i had ever done feature stuff i described my experiences as nearly as i could and finally he said that there ...	43
plant had attacked them killing several and others and so permitting the introduction of the state which and permanently broke the power of the they could only wait then and starve and bo they had waited and starved for six months when they finally returned to work such of them as would be received when i reached there...	43
before them but again not all men of brains had the blessing of as bad these few men strength as i felt should not be too or too forgetful of the accident or chance by which it had arrived it might do something for the poor pay them decent living wages for instance were these giants planning to subject their sons and ...	43
them puzzled if not always accurate judges of affairs and events one can always talk to a newspaper man i think with the full confidence that one is talking to a man who is at least free of nearly everything in connection with those of justice truth mercy patriotism profession of all sorts is already and forever gone i...	43
realm and yet among the hardest worked a or was a brick structure like an oven seven feet high and six feet square with two one a into which p was thrown the other a fuel chamber where the melting heat was the were so arranged that the flame swept from the directly upon the surface of the iron from five to six hundred ...	43
the streets ranged along the below water first and second were many houses of as large and an area as i had seen in any city as i learned from the political and police man the police here as elsewhere protected ice or in other words npon it chapter in the i was going about m general work and an easy task it proved my ...	43
for law when it came to what the money wished the and trust oi au a book about hiding behind a huge and wall he one of their chief and political and if yon it look up his record but it was owing to this very careful interpretation of what was and what was not news that i experienced some of the most delightful newspape...	43
to and fro impressed me so as to accomplish for me what his imaginary magic skin had done for his transfer me bodily and without defect or lack to the as well as the of the world which be was describing i knew his characters sa well as he did so was his his grand and somewhat philosophical his ea y and disposition h al...	43
to a prayer this sudden and soothing storm upon of huge clouds with great silvery of light darkening the sun as they came and how suddenly while shutters clapped and papers flew and office windows and doors had to be closed and signs and swung and people everywhere ran to cover the thousands upon thousands who had been...	43
and at the same time through the company store the short ton the cost of materials rent at first knowing nothing about the situation i was inclined to doubt whether he was as sound in these matters as he seemed to be later as i grew in personal i thought he might be too so painful did many of the things seem which i sa...	43
how long i be about the west when i ought to be in new i should come this summer when new york was at its best he show me beach a dozen worlds he would introduce me to some new york newspaper men who would introduce me to the of the and the sun the mere mention of these papers so over awed was i by the of and me i ough...	43
train ran i the winds at last the train stopped and left me standing at midnight on a wooden platform with no one to greet me the train was late a who was to look after me did not at a lone window sat the telegraph baggage agent all in one a green shield his eyes otherwise the station was bare and silent save for the i...	43
the same thing unconsciously i identified her with the beauty of all i saw and at the same time felt that it was all so different from anything a book about myself i knew or believed that i wondered how she fit in with the kind of life toward which i was moving how overcome thia in and f both of os being it was the moa...	43
its miserable amount or character it would be gone some had strength or capacity or looks or fortune or all at their command and then all the world was theirs to travel over and explore beauty and ease were theirs and love perhaps and the companionship of interesting and capable people but i poor with no definite or sk...	43
the of and so characteristic of the boats and houses the crowd in the house on the new york side waiting to cross over once we arrived there and the miserable little horse cars then still along west street and between and and the and market these were drawn by one horse and yon deposited your fare yourself and this in ...	43
fall in a new one which he had written for himself and which subsequently enjoyed many seasons on the road in addition he was by way of becoming more and more aa a song writer also as i have said he had connected himself as a third partner in a song business which waa to his own and other songs and this despite its was...	43
there a friend of his who was comfortably and a good sport into the bargain thee a bird however hav ing had my fill of and its ways i was not so much impressed either by his friend or his character but sixth avenue in this sunshine did impress me it was the crowded of nearly all the great stores at least five each a bl...	43
widely known but who was then only beginning to rise and around the comer in at thirty fifth was a very the herald square facing the unique and beautiful building beyond that in thirty fifth not many feet east of sixth avenue was the or the as it was then known managed by daniel above these at thirty sixth on the west ...	43
accepted that as an important challenge maybe it ought to be shown up as though or life has ever yet changed it but he the genial and hopeful always fancied that it might be so and i with him when he left me this day at three or four his interest ended because the wonders of had been exhausted i found myself with all ...	43
were huge dreams and and being gratified i wanted to know the worst and the best of it daring the few days that i was permitted to remain here i certainly had an excellent my brother while associated the other two as a partner was so a so far as his firm s internal economy was concerned that be was not needed as more t...	43
the course of fifteen years it had become the of some cities that they could do without new york in the matter of and it was true they could and today many go west not east for their cash in the main wall street has into a second rate paradise what significant wall street figures are there today t on one of my morning ...	43
that i fear that i cannot make you feel how these things came upon me in the course of a few weeks reading and left me my fears as to the le disorder and nt y ver i felt as low and hopeless et times as a beggar of the streets there was of course this ther matter of necessity i al to i had to respond whether i would or ...	43
looked at me as much as to say well i thought so then said well i think yon do better there myself bat i m not d to have yon go yon can refer to as any time yon want to on saturday i drew my pay at noon and by four o clock had once more the express which me in new york the following morning at seven my brother had long...	43
and strife to be seen there today i presume i looked at them and then considered myself and these great offices and it was then that the of was born the city seemed so huge and cruel i recalled gay of the preceding summer and the isolated atmosphere of fifth ave all and now i was here and it was winter with this great ...	43
and difficulty perhaps securing a position t and dow of a here i was swiftly into the very which of all others i had most surely this moat be the influence of a star of fortune surely now if i had the least trace of ability i should be in a better than i had ever been in before i looked about the great room as i waited...	43
there to be some kind of a to it i did not get him he told me to wait and i oat an empty desk and sat down the thing that was interesting me was how i should be paid per week in the mean i contented myself with counting the and wondering the men who them who they were and what they were doing to my right against the no...	43
row looking for a job and get us to work on space because it bounds bigger to a sure they have space men here who amount to something fellows who get big money but they re not like us they make as much as seventy five and a hundred dollars a week but they re men old who have too big a pull and who are too sure of thems...	43
and which the social of the city there had been the investigation with its sickening revelations of and corruption and the protection and encouragement of vice and crime in every walk of political and police life the most horrible types of had been proved to be not only winked at bat npon by the police and the by a fix...	43
been given me to investigate i went to the place in and that it was a cheap beer drinking on the east side which had its in the objection of one neighbor to the noise made by another i a story of my own to the effect that the first irritated neighbor was a who had been attempting at midnight to a into which the and of...	43
my very good in another man s story while i took time another day having a book another tale of a marriage the girl of a family of some standing i was not allowed to write it i was beginning to see that i was a hopeless failure as a here chapter r v things most contributed to my want of in new york and eventually drove...	43
to a shelf of drawers reaching from the to the chest height of a man or higher and two sides of the room and opening those containing the latest supposing yoa were interested to look allow yon to gaze the last of that strange which once as a being here on earth the faces the l the clothing i stared in sad horror and pr...	43
might be led in to some wretch who was ont of his mind or had an of some kind funny bnt there s no hope hell be dead in a or so i think the most sickening thing i ever saw was cash gambling among two and a young nurse in charge of the receiving ward as to whether the next patient to be brought in by the which had been ...	43
ma la pi ce n est ce pas oh pas du ah t eat bread an ah t eat nor yet nor tea oh dear no sir you won t find that class of goods at any respectable shop a pastoral a of a wet july argument mr and mrs brown of north roused to by certain recent open air performances have invited their friends to witness a selection from ...	44
have mr k g if don t have them i shall enter on stage if it should thunder as it did before i know not where to hide my head same cloud cannot choose but fall by alas the storm is come again c c thunder rain mr k g really a triumph of stage management enter on bearing a log he it down with a heavy splash there be some...	44
re not a man no more than i am myself first p not altogether flattered well that s as may be the s but i b yer to be a man o the world although i don t know yer first p modestly i used to be in it at one time the s i m in it now i don t get my by it though mind yer i m a i am to a certain extent i ve been in america...	44
in question that very afternoon i ah do know miss adds at last to himself bitterly and feels better hostess then i want you to take her in please you won t mind being close to the fire mr b thinks he has been very close to the fire already a paternal old gentleman a most charming young lady i congratulate you sir ...	44
gentleman comes tip and miss with elderly attentions for rest of the evening which she appears to appreciate highly in the hall mr b who by merest accident has taken his leave the moment after miss f are they getting you a cab coldly to miss f whom he finds below miss f it s outside i m only waiting for my maid good n...	44
mr colonel and mrs mr and mrs mr mechanically to each how are you so kind of you to come you ll with a nervous laugh find a picture or two over there the visitors drift vaguely about nervously at the and examining the and or anything else by preference model mrs le mrs and miss mrs i to find he knows somebody mrs ho...	44
suggest a title for me und as before give a bad picture a good name and they may hang it mrs mar to s oh yes i call it well with a brilliant inspiration how would sick monkey do t charming admirable but just a trifle too subtle eh und why not a pair of em mrs mar brightly no know and child sounds quite old mastery ...	44
fancy charles the duke uses j pens charles not even gilded this is a severe blow to be overcome his wife if you go on in this foolish manner i will not be seen talking to you the matron in a whisper see if you can manage to pick up a when no one s looking there are plenty lying about a anxious to the butler an excell...	44
an old aunt relates a fearful story of the effect of cold water taken upon an old the e n begins to be alarmed the b b taking advantage of silence thing man ought to be most careful about and that is never take bath under medical advice now when went to my medical man describes interview at length the e n with terr...	44
i must say m w li pretty eh square i i i i y i i m c go on that gentleman s a west professional hook to line of o you re ere are you well me and my must take our little some bother that s all to and so youve actually been out of employment since last january monstrous the government ought to...	44
decline with one accord to the question and leave owner to his grievance outside which he does at intervals throughout the day at a hunt chase on the course young lady on to of oh ought i to pay you a shilling i didn t know and take one of these tickets out of the hat you must tell me which may i open it yet number t...	44
off o she she was away from them all she d a come in teu ahead that fourth oh that other was ridden very jealous and so old she got at the bank if there d a bin another she d ha em all a proper sure fifth ive sin run a deal nor that she run away from a field o fourteen two in a flat race once she did she worn t in form...	44
not a pretty wedding was it in the carriage bridegroom finding the silence embarrassing hope they ll give us time enough to change and all that horrid bore if we missed our train and had to wait bride oh if you are going to find everything a bore already i bridegroom well isn t it t silence in the drawing room presents...	44
indeed manager a it s having a great success certainly have you seen the press notices shows mounted on pieces of the a a waving away i don t require any papers to tell me what to admire and i say again there is some remarkably good work here i don t care who hears me manager quite so now here s a fine one look at th...	44
unless they put one of his tin soldiers on the piano i think that s so charming of him in tlie front row to his infant daughter a still more surprising p who is coming out next week remember you clap your hands the instant the first movement is over but the flowers you will throw when i tell you a mother to master who ...	44
it there he s feeling in his pockets he s going to pay yer now elderly gentleman vaguely in a and eventually produces a bit which he ain t no good to me two shillings is what i want out o you a j ear me the e g after another fishes three all you re to go way go way crowd soothingly to e ll make it up in time don ...	44
see him through any adventures that may await his progress the remains to discuss the affair at great length on the the policeman paces slowly on conscious that he has maintained the dignity of his office h of scene a hotel room anywhere mr and mr discovered about to begin a game captain hazard and mr who have come i...	44
to take that twenty five back i ve no objection mr f s friend oh i say and how about my shilling mr b annoyed don t be too confident i shall catch you up yet i play a waiting game h jove and so do we mr b i wouldn t make too sure of that shilling jones the game isn t over yet by a long way beg pardon gentlemen but it...	44
to f r done je de at the french play ce n est ce pas ttie visitor comment done e est au qui c c in the dress circle first with a smile of subtle very written this dialogue eh that last bit he second who has been secretly wishing they wouldn t speak so fast full of of we re no match for them there i an aside is spoken...	44
t te scene a long dinner table y with plants in native pots visitors discovered consulting wine list y which they do with brows for some minutes y and order and german get in one another s y quarrel in late comers enter y either as if inclined to to the or as if they care particularly about but had just looked in conv...	44
to see than i expected at some scene a in north on a rock above the public are perched as a poet present remarks like sea birds below an surrounded by rough seats local in and dog carts c on a platform a is seen round performing with infinite satisfaction to himself upon his instrument while a jury of three take notes...	44
on in tlie centre sit middle aged ladies in grey red and white each politely admiring the other s work very young ladies whisper and laugh in the window seats all about nothing and exhibit the affection for one another others converse not unconscious of the distinction with the exceptional young men who have evening an...	44
ve got only the moon and love i looking up under some of my songs are rather soft and there s say but one word and i am thine that s a hint to some of you young gentlemen will you have that or this is a pretty one one kiss t ten we part the y m after looking through tier music i think if you wouldn t mind singing ...	44
the in mere or pure folly seizing one of the stones with which in those days for purposes of defence the was then and shouting away i see ye well it over the upon the of the crouching the s s the crouching which guide repeating with relish the crouching fortunately without injury to any of the party which waiting till ...	44
day let him remember says he it s at the lord show in our power to do that within a mile of the mansion house which would make the civilized world ring with he says and it s men like that as they re trying to silence and the p p s away a little nervously to one another well i hope the police are keeping a sharp look ou...	44
nights turns away and hat before mirror waiter a waiter who has been reading the globe in the corner presents himself with what shall we have to begin with eh the waiter himself appealed toy the responsibility a and privately that these stiff englishmen can be strangely familiar at times oh i don t feel as if i cared m...	44
to g b be d d don t you pay it it s a see i ll tell you in french j ai le holding up two fingers pour d g b i m sorry to have to say it but i don t believe your story to the b b b b rising i m going to have it out with cook up to door leading to kitchen and exit sounds of below re enter b b pursued by voice b b turni...	44
that his attachment to her was robust enough to bear the test and to that test she was determined to submit him she consented to an engagement on one condition that he was to take a long voyage if he returned in the same mind she would be sufficiently sure of his constancy to marry him as soon as he wished if he did no...	44
he was resolved not to compromise himself in her eyes just for the sake of a little temporary distraction at this point of his he looked at liis watch it was close upon twelve only one hour to be got through before why an hour was nothing he could surely contrive to it over a little courage a little and he would certai...	44
on such terms as that no said peter who could not follow all this so i should imagine only i don t quite see if you will pardon my saying so what particular advantage i should gain if i did open an account of this sort you don t you surprise me you really do here are you with these additional hours lying idle on your h...	44
he only wondered that he had never thought of so obvious a plan before and it was an immense relief to know that he had got rid of his extra hours for the present at all events and that he could now them to a period at which they would be a boon rather than a burden and very soon he put the book away and forgot all abo...	44
s own daughter i hope he said with a gravity which he intended as a rebuke i hope i treated him with all the respect and consideration possible s under the er circumstances i am sorry that that remark appears to amuse you i for miss was actually laughing with a merriment in which there was nothing forced how can i ...	44
was night and he could not clearly distinguish any objects around him for some uttle time owing to the darkness but from a glimmer of white that was faintly visible close by he easily inferred that there was another chair adjoining his which could only be occupied by miss he could just hear the ship s band playing a at...	44
watery grave but i had hoped you would appreciate the motive which restrained me from er seeming to dwell upon such a circumstance t this appeal as it was subdued her instantly oh forgive me she said putting out her hand with the prettiest i might have known you better than that i didn t mean it please say you forgi...	44
startled me that s all you had such a far away expression in your eyes said and you did jump so when i spoke to you you should really try to conquer that tendency to let yourself wander peter i will my love he said and he meant it for he had let wander farther than he quite intended chapter m the a farewell small pr...	44
matron who was him with a look of strong which made peter wish he had not come what he wondered was he in for now his uneasiness was increased as he glanced down upon his trousers which being new and of a delicate tint reminded him that in his impatience he had come away in his wedding garments he feared that he must p...	44
of them certainly not oh i said peter hopelessly once more i thought i might have given them grounds for some such expectation i m very glad i was mistaken you see you must really make for my utter ignorance if this behavior is not a mere sir i can make for much but d surely you are at least in your proper senses to se...	44
days for the moment peter had forgotten the want of in these eccentric time this interview should by rights have preceded the first he had had with her he felt annoyed with himself and still more with the like behavior of the bank i i was perhaps he said but i assure you that we shall certainly ie friends i may even ...	44
you know you are not free to say don t let me think badly of you peter was absolutely wliat had he said to her like that he had merely meant to express the pleasure he found in these brief and stolen visits to the and she had him hke this i at all he must explain now if it took him days to make it clear l e ll my dear...	44
allow himself to be caught so near the clock again he was not a little disturbed by the tenor of this last interview it was bad enough that in some way he seemed to have seriously displeased miss but besides that he could not contemplate without uneasiness the probable effect which her confidences whatever their exact ...	44
a slight shudder from one end of the ship to the other he repeated that that s rather a long way quite long enough for him though not nearly long enough for me i said the manager i u teach him to mix me up in these when i find him sir when i find him here steward bring some more of these dry you ll have some more won...	44
me that you lived in a world apart into which i was not admitted that very moment peter i should act just as did i should leave you for our marriage would have ceased to be one in any true sense of the word the mere idea of being abandoned by made him shiver what a risk he had been running after all was it worth while...	44
if could lay her hand on the volume at once he would have had his quarter of an hour and be comfortably back long before she could pass the arch which separated the two rooms for as we have seen this action was one of the chief of the time so he his and was at once transported to the secluded passage between the deck t...	44
must have placed himself in the position of s rival what was he to do he could not without tell this poor girl that he had not the smallest intention of alfred of her affections it was better and easier too to humor her for the short time that remained alfred will not take that as an excuse she said it is true we coul...	44
satisfactory he found his voice at last well he said now that you know all what are you going to do about it i would rather know the worst i will tell you that in good time she replied but first of all i want you to tell me exactly how you came to have these and what use you made of them on previous occasions so sligh...	44
balance of your time you can t possibly help getting the right fifteen minutes somewhere or other i think that s logical oh devilish logical muttered peter to himself who had reasons which he could not to her for strongly of such a plan the fact is my dear he said it it s rather late this evening to go away for any ti...	44
for the next chapter chapter paid in his own coin in suspense a gleam of comfort darkness returns the rock ahead sir william his of an old enemy a new danger out of the pa n peter found himself below this time in the broad passage furnished with seats and tables for writing and which divided the passengers above ...	44
he soon saw that all his anxiety on her account had been superfluous then you you didn t jump overboard after all he faltered divided between relief and annoyance at having been made to come back as it were on false you know who prevented me and by what arguments i she said in a low strained voice do i he said helples...	44
as he picked up his glass and wiped the don t be nervous my boy you don t know what she may have to say to you yet you know t to i don t he groaned i i think i ought to go down to the and meet her he added not that he had any intention of doing so but he wanted to be alone before the judge could even express his appro...	44
hardly have been anything like an hour on board the ng as yet he had to get through at least another three before he could hope for his only chance was to himself inside his cabin and refuse to come out upon any consideration whatever until he was released by the natural of time he sped down the passage and found to hi...	44
at door mr and mrs and miss i enter a old gentleman with light prominent eyes and a crest of hair in the wake of an imposing matron in velvet they are followed by an elderly in black and silver with jet miss after the usual i hope dearest maria you will excuse me if i am not quite in my usual spirits this evening but m...	44
mrs t ft look upon him simply as a human being don t make a fuss you can take glass as he wishes it let me advise you to be very care u mrs rises slowly with indignation i i wonder whether i ought to k ss it some fellows would j you know ow to do it n but look i know the i m i am i m sure i m flattered but i m alrea...	44
talk at all and she s rude i what did she ask me here for if she can t be civil if she wasn t my hostess i ll try her once more she may know something about aloud i suppose mr keeps his collection in a separate room i i was told he has some hunting of the that i am very curious to see mrs stiffly mr may keep all sort...	44
as you did with that most ill bred and impertinent i miss indignantly he is nothing of the sort mrs you you don t understand please let me tell you about him mrs i have no desire whatever to hear i am only sorry i ever permitted you to dine at all it will be a lesson to me another time and you will be good to retire ...	44
make complaints but there is a limit the man from m lord hotly there is you re very near it now sir j o himself if i quarrel with this little beggar i shan t see his temper perhaps you ll kindly let me know what you complain of mr well why couldn t you say you didn t smoke when my uncle offered you one of his cigars y...	44
my ah love you didn t hear me i was saying i ve almost prevailed on his mrs becoming articulate his indeed if a lord i don t wonder you re such a radical uncle why why what s come to you my lord i hope you ll excuse her she s a little mrs you ve been made a fool of can t you see for yourself that he s neither the ...	44
all this would never lord we were all the victims of circumstances weren t we but i at least have no reason to regret it and if i may ask one last indulgence will you a let me have an opportunity of saying good bye to miss mrs she she doesn t deserve oh i don t know what i m saying of course lord anything anything i...	44

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