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A Nigh! in New Arabia 215
So Jacob followed his nose, which led him through
unswept streets to the homes of the poorest.
"The very thing!" said Jacob. "I will charter two
river steamboats, pack them full of these unfortunate chil-
dren and - say ten thousand dolls and drums and a thou-
sand freezers of ice cream, and give them a delightful out-
ing up the Sound. The sea breezes on that trip ought to
blow the taint off some of this money that keeps coming
in faster than I can work it off my mind."
Jacob must have leaked some of his benevolent inten-
tions, for an immense person with a bald face and a mouth
that looked as if it ought to have a "Drop Letters IIHere
sign over it hooked a finger around him and set him in a
space between a barber's pole and a stack of ash cans.
AWords came out of the post-office slit - smooth, husky
words with gloves on 'em, but sounding, as if they might
turn to bare knuckles any moment.
"Say, Sport, do you know where you are at ? Well, dis
is Alike O'Grady's district you're buttin' into-see?
Mike's got de stomach-ache privilege for every kid in dis
neighborhoods - see ? And if dere's any picnics or red
balloons to be dealt out here, Alike's money pays for 'em
- see ? Don't you butt in, or soncething'll be hamlcld
to you. Youse d settlers and reformers wiih your
social elogies and )your millionaire detectives have got
dis district in a hell of a fix, anyhow. With your college
students and professors rough-housing de soda-w aterI sn~
-'Is I
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