ISBN: 9781458869210

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...No, she replied, simply. Why not? I don''t want to. ''Well, that''s plain enough, he said, changing his lone. Say, Rose, you''re in Clark''s store, aren''t you? I was. But I lost the place. How''s that? I couldn''t stand on my feet all day. I fainted. Then he fired me. So you''re hunting for another job? inquired Swann, thoughtfully. Yes. Sorry. It''s too bad a sweet kid like you has to work. You''re not strong, Rose.... Well, I''ll turn off at this corner. You won''t meet me to-night? No, thanks. Swann pulled a gold case from his pocket, and extracting a cigarette, tilted it in his lips as he struck a match. His face wore a careless smile Rose did not like. He was amiable, but he seemed so sure, so satisfied, almost as if he believed she would change her mind. Rose, you''re turning me down cold, then? Take it any way you like, Mr. Swann, she replied. Good day. Rose forgot him almost the instant her back was turned. He had only annoyed her. And she had her stepfather to face, with news of her discharge from the store. Her fears were verified; he treated her brutally. Next day Rose went to work in a laundry. And then, very soon it seemed, her school days, the merry times with the boys, and Bessy--all were far back in the past. She did not meet any one who knew her, nor hear from any one. They had forgotten her. At night, after coming home from the laundry and doing the housework, she was so tired that she was glad to crawl into bed. But one night a boy brought her a note. It was from Dick Swann. He asked her to go to Mendleson''s Hall to see the moving-pictures. She could meet him uptown at the entrance. Rose told the boy to tell Swann she would not come. This invitation made her thoughtful. If Swann had been ashamed to be seen with... Zane Grey, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Day of the Beast Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1458869210

[SR: 1487482], Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781458869210], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Book, [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 6… Plus…

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