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associate with. She rose and follow
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the two plates she had laid. "I see
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corn. The window through which she
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"And it doesn't much matter," sneer
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cookery.The mare set out. Susan's g
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looking at the interior. The lower
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CHAPTER XLATE that afternoon Jeb re
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oad southeastward on the left. That
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came upon a flat surface where soil
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cell. Surely she would run no risk
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for she was not looking at him, but
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The girl shuddered. "Yes," she answ
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"Before what?" His silence set her
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And without hesitation she began on
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face like that of a fallen and diss
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thought of her by those of whom she
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CHAPTER XIIIWOMAN'S worktable, a ro
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ack, while the three women sat in d
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second is, don't sell your body to
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jauntily switching her great hips a
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egan to pose. And it was hardly thr
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to get you on." He looked round cas
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"Not so very far," said the girl. "
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she was ready to try again. When sh
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She lifted her head. "Did I do very
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her a good foundation to stand on.
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"He'll be back in a few minutes," r
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worn without ironing. Her new hat w
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the world. "They think I'm dead," s
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"Oh-a great deal enough.""You must
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accepted, she hoped that, if he wer
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door behind him. Through the crack
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that's why I'll never get rich. Any
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wandered on-through the labyrinth o
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whenever he could make opportunity.
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epulsive body-the contemptuous old
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"No, thank you," she said."I'll go
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delightful smile of hunger about to
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succeeded by the dawn of waking bir
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down on-though Lord knows it's hard
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"You'll try living with us?""If you
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dress and surroundings from books a
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and Sunday nights. She read in the
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off. They were such a multitude tha
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manufacturer. "Now, Lorny, you ough
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house life; so old Tom was sleeping
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explained the situation, got Ashbel
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egan to be annoyed by Ashbel. In hi
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no means sure that the reproach in
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lows, such as are commonplace enoug
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procurers for the pavement and the
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makes me crazy!"Susan gave a disdai
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"You don't know," said Susan. "Didn
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our restaurant burned.""I never tas
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"Don't say things you don't believe
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"Thank you," said Susan to John."Th
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into my head to say I was ashamed o
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"Do you think I can marry him?""If
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And I can't play you a mean trick.
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had left it, a small-town girl with
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crossing Fourth Street and ascendin
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me that.""Who's he?""That's a long
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"Well-it's where the devils have be
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She had no disposition to inquire c
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civilized world. It was not quite d
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find out all about it. Maybe some o
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As for herself-she had, through lov
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life. In this world, to understand
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quietly to look for work and to fit
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expressing itself. If so, jealousy
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seeing a defect in themselves as a
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that enough?""You are very differen
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If Susan had been of the suspicious
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"Kiss me," she said, in her usual s
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SUSAN LENOX: HER FALL AND RISEbyDav
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them. I see now why they are printe
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inheritance of some bleaching and b
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see all-all that was there, all tha
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CHAPTER IIELLEN, the maid, slept ac
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the kind I'd be crazy about if I wa
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finery."Why, you've got a model fig
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the crown and a third, not so long,
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his brain. "Do you know, I've a sor
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ones lock away their best asset; th
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CHAPTER IIIAT the lunch hour the ne
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were exploring the openings in her
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occupy you-and I'll foot the bills
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never had the inclination, apparent
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servants and automobiles and cultur
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agencies, masquerading in the newsp
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appeared. Her face was so beaming b
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them off more effectively the sides
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to revolt.Perhaps it was the wind-y
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they're out of style. I can't give
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"No," was the reply. "He's gone to
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argain she could, not waste time in
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Tucker lying alive. Susan could see
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objected Ida. "You eat with me in m
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After a pause, Ida went on: "If a g
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egulars: "He's a nice fellow-knows
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ack." He laughed at her expression.
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drank enough to blunt any refinemen
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upon the pale, laughing lips. His e
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inspecting her bruises. "Now, I'll
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from where she and Rod had lived. N
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and was leaning on his stiff arms.
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scream?" she cried."Stand out of th
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CHAPTER VIIBUT she did not "look ou
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combination seemed somehow to tell
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"As you please," said Susan indiffe
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a thousand imitators and copiers, a
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every class of society whenever edu
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"I've been drinking myself, but I'v
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gift some worthless trifle from the
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clinging to youth which among the l
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never in the most favorable circums
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"Didn't you run away from home with
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sight and smell. She halted at the
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epaired. She had worn away from For
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get some notion of the tune.She had
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advances; she could not even go so
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saloon of the tenement quarter that
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offered again and again-she could s
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capricious though she was with her
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white of old ivory. Her thinness to
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shame to the black floor of the slu
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CHAPTER XISHE fell asleep, her head
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whiskey-a large drink. He sat up, s
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Einstein understood their expressio
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thing was clawing and growling and
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And when Roderick should be well, a
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She left the elevated and walked ea
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summer material like linen. He was
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career. What I'm interested to find
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handsome face, so full of life and
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in Delancey Street at half-past fiv
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hospital. So long!""How about this
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the simple, elemental story of a pe
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cover them-fighting each other. And
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fallen in the mud-or has been pushe
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town. But down where I've been so l
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"Absolute rot. What reason did he g
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Whenever she saw his front face she
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utler, several women. But the house
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learn something-maybe enough to ena
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"No. I've got everything ready for
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you and I will try »Lola's« first
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"If I am tempted," said Susan, "do
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irresponsibility. Would it not be n
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As she was about to negotiate the s
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"Rod must be giving you an overdose
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"Oh, very well," said he sulkily. T
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collected herself. "I am not going
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him from the common foe, the law."I
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that the ordinary crooks let their
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and kind and all that. And I'm will
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CHAPTER XVIIISHE wrote Garvey askin
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Susan shrugged her shoulders.A sard
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She did not deny. "You're free and
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explained she. "Perhaps later on I'
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"Couple of weeks.""Where?"The janit
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manner of the lady, made absurd any
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Palmer had profound respect for her
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sensations of a few minutes before.
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tangible without destroying its spi
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"Not a soul.""I'll be glad to intro
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"Well-we'll find out in a few days
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say no. I think it would either amu
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from an all-pervading odor of a hea
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"One of the shocks of my life," he
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and have legally verified that Jeb-
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sense of a delirious embrace. He lo
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esourceful; but in the circumstance
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Certainly his eyes could not have f
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eakfasts, dinners, and lunches to w
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Palmer was presiding somberly.... T
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"I guess I was-a little.""You admit
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to have her finally and forever dis
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down with all on board."And then sh
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meager dispatches. The long account
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piano."Oh, but you--""Let her alone
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deliberate-except his eyes; they we
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of the best truth to which it is ab
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Brent. She saw what Garvey was thin
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"Since sorrow is the common lot, I