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The Cataclysm

           OfmixedJewishandAmericanextraction,hehadbeenbornandraisedintheFourteenthandspokewithadecidedlyAmericanaccent.Hewasneithersmallnorlargesandy-haired,shifty-eyed,cunning,andonmostoccasionsamiable.Justnowhewasdecidedlynervous,wrathy,andperplexed,forhehadbeenbroughthereagainsthiswill.Hisslightlyoleaginouseyenotunlikethatofasmallpighadbeenfixeddefinitelyandfinallyonthemunificentsumofthirtythousanddollars,noless,andthislocalagitationthreatenedtodeprivehimofhisalmostunalienablerighttothesame.Hisordealtookplaceinalarge,low-ceiledroomilluminatedbyfiveveryplain,thin,two-armedgas-jetssuspendedfromtheceilingandadornedbypostersofprizefights,raffles,games,andthe"SimonPinskiPleasureAssociation"plasteredhereandtherefreelyagainstdirty,long-unwhitewashedwalls.Hestoodonthelowraisedplatformatthebackoftheroom,surroundedbyascoreormoreofhiswardhenchmen,allmoreorlessreliable,allblack-frocked,oratleastintheirSundayclothes;allscowling,nervous,defensive,red-faced,andfearingtrouble.Mr.Pinskihascomearmed.Thistalkofthemayor’sconcerningguns,ropes,drums,marchingclubs,andthelikehasbeengivenverywidepublicity,andthepublicseemsrathereagerforaChicagoholidayinwhichtheslaughterofanaldermanorsomightfurnishtheleadingandmostacceptablefeature.

           "Hey,Pinski!"yellssomeoneoutofasmallseaofnewanddecidedlyunfriendlyfaces.

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