Felix O'day
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1915 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / General Fiction / Anthologies Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / American / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and the...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1915 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / General Fiction / Anthologies Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / American / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Straightening his broad shoulders, his quick, alert manner returning, he moved nearer, his eyes searching the gloom. A newsboy, a little chap of seven or eight, his papers under him, lay fast asleep. For an instant he watched the rise and fall of the boy's breath, adjusted the short, patched coat about the little fellow's knees, and then slid back to his end of the bench. "Same old grind," he said to himself, "no home -- no money -- cold -- maybe hungry. Never too young to suffer -- never too old to eat your heart out. What a damnable world it is!" Rising to his feet, he felt in his pocket for a coin, widened the pocket of the waif's jacket, and slipped it in. The boy stirred, tightened his grasp on his papers, and lay still. Felix looked down at him for a moment, turned, and with lightened steps continued his walk. "Well, thank God," he said as he neared "The Avenue," "Masie was happy one night in her life."CHAPTER IX That the memories of Masie's birthday party should have been revived again and again, and that the several incidents should have been discussed for days thereafter -- every eye growing the brighter in the telling -- was to have been expected. Kitty could talk of nothing else. The beauty of the room; the charm of Masie's costume; King's generosity; and last, O'Day's bearing and appearance as he led the child through the stately dance, looking, as Kitty expressed it...
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