away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody’s best suit to 

get married in, and never even told me about it, and the man 

came after it one day when he was out. ‘oh, is that your suit?’ I said. ‘this is the first I ever heard about it.’ But I gave it to him 

and then I lay down and cried to beat the band all afternoon.” 

triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to 

stop, too — didn’t cut the pages. But what do you want? What 

do you expect?” 

the bay.” 

offended. You see, he’s a regular tough underneath it all.” 

course you can!” 

torn open her shirtwaist, still damp with perspiration, they saw 

that her 

st was swinging loose like a flap, and there 

was no need to listen for the heart beneath. The mouth was 

wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked 

a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored so 

long.