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This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1922. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... and it was certainly at that hour a dark and dismal place to traverse. Up to this time my lady of mystery had said very little; nothing, in fact, of her destination or the object of our expedition, and I asked no questions. But now she turned to me and said: "I am afraid when you see where I am going you will think me a horrible sort of person. Of course, you must have heard some of the gossip that goes on at the house. Nobody there knows what I do for a living, and that doesn't prevent unkind surmises. Perhaps if they really knew, the comments would be more unkind still. "When we get into the better neighborhood before us, I go to a house where there is black crepe and a white ribbon on the door. A tiny baby has just died there and my work is to dress it, to surround it with flowers, to make the last view its mother has of it a beautiful memory. My work comes to me through the florists. To some people it might seem a ghoulish business; certainly, it is a strange occupation for a woman who aspires to play comedy." We were through the worst part of our journey now, and, after climbing a long hill, arrived at the house of mourning, where I left milady at the door. Many times afterward I fancied that I saw a resemblance in some clever actress on the stage to this extraordinary girl, but the camouflage of make-up and stage names concealed her always if by chance it were she. A few months spent as a "goat" in the engraving office convinced me that I was in the wrong place to pick up an art education and I shifted my line of endeavor to the Worcester Technical Institute. A vacation job brought me into New York just in time to witness the riots of July 12, 1871. After periods of peace and quiet lasting many years, law and order in New York have a habit of being t...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150425301
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 72
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 115042530X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 145 gr


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