through. The second time it was not so g

he second time it looked mechanical, rehearsed; the thrill was gone, too, because she knew positively tha

y the cause of the pout that seemed to say, "Please kiss me!" She

esh and cool; and there are hearts that spoil whatever is intr

enter a cheap restaurant. She did not know how cheap it

Western stomach. She ordered clam chowder and Hamburger steak, spaghetti Itali

thought her father a miser for complaining of the breakfast bill of

but he grinned as he asked her to come again. He hoped she would. He went to the door and stared

ewildered Kedzie. The town grew more solemn. I

standing still. The noise fatigued her. She turned wes

were ten ways to follow, and she

he great, vicious city, but nobody had threatened her. Nearly everybody had paid her charm the

! June with her millions of exquisite roses is no richer in beauty than New York. Yet ev

uld not decide. She began to be a little hungry again, but she was always that, and she t

iver who had absorbed too much of his own cargo sank down by her side. He could not see Kedzie thr

t realize that it was going north till she heard the conductor calling in higher and higher street numbers. Then she understood, with tired wrath,

e conductor called to a drowsy ol

! You ast me to leave you off at

rtled from her re

s a Hundred and

t I said,

nner of apology for intruding

changed to an insinuating murmur. He sat down near

way, Cutie, o

nted his familiarity, and she was afraid that he was going to

r was understood by them. He accepted Kedzie's blow with resignation. He

He gave the two bells, and the car went away like a b

, and she would have been afraid of their prices. Probably they all charged as much as the Bilt

ht have been, but they bo

hen she encountered a huge mass of shadowy foliage, a park-C

with here and there searing arc-lights as bright as immediate moons. Kedzie dropped to the fir

as a kind of wrap and huddled herself close to herself. Her head teetered and tottered and gradually sank till he

in the wicked city, she s