Excerpt from As Having Nothing While she stood waiting for the elevator, which partook Of the dilatory nature Of the ease-loving colored boy who operated it, she had read, marked, and learned every word Of the cordial enclosure and now, with the letter tucked under her belt, where its crisp rustle as she moved suggested pleasurably a promise Of brave bank notes to come, she turned into the Park at fifty-ninth Street, and walked briskly along, occupied in inwardly digesting the good news which meant numberless little ...
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Excerpt from As Having Nothing While she stood waiting for the elevator, which partook Of the dilatory nature Of the ease-loving colored boy who operated it, she had read, marked, and learned every word Of the cordial enclosure and now, with the letter tucked under her belt, where its crisp rustle as she moved suggested pleasurably a promise Of brave bank notes to come, she turned into the Park at fifty-ninth Street, and walked briskly along, occupied in inwardly digesting the good news which meant numberless little indulgences for two appreciative people, as well as their daily bread. It was all that she could do to keep her feet dignified, for little ripples Of joy which had their well-spring in her heart went rollicking through her veins until every nerve danced in sympathy and her muscles ached to do the same. The childish disproportion Of her ela tion to its cause, which was only a natural. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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