The Eight Million: Journal of a New York CorrespondentA collection of stories and musings on life as a journalist in New York City. |
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... o'clock one ' morning about thirty years ago . He said to the peddler , " Will you let me eat all the apples I can for a quarter ? ” Apples then sold at twenty for twenty - five cents — more than most men could eat - and it seemed a ...
... o'clock one ' morning about thirty years ago . He said to the peddler , " Will you let me eat all the apples I can for a quarter ? ” Apples then sold at twenty for twenty - five cents — more than most men could eat - and it seemed a ...
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... o'clock that morning was now a valley between the low pushcart walls . The face of the beery man was very flushed but he munched steadily . Silver and grimy banknotes swapped hands . A little man with dirt ingrained in his facial seams ...
... o'clock that morning was now a valley between the low pushcart walls . The face of the beery man was very flushed but he munched steadily . Silver and grimy banknotes swapped hands . A little man with dirt ingrained in his facial seams ...
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... o'clock , Sergeant O'Connor took over . The cal- ligraphic urge was on him , too , and for want of something more official he wrote , " Weather clear and beautiful . " There were to be many such entries when the moon or the languor of ...
... o'clock , Sergeant O'Connor took over . The cal- ligraphic urge was on him , too , and for want of something more official he wrote , " Weather clear and beautiful . " There were to be many such entries when the moon or the languor of ...
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The End of the World | 17 |
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