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The Cataclysm

           (ThisisnomeetingofPinskifollowers,butaconglomerateoutpouringofallthoseelementsofadistraitpopulacebentonenforcingforoncetheprinciplesofaldermanicdecency.Thereareevenwomenherelocalchurch-members,andoneortwoadvancedcivicreformersandW.C.T.U.bar-roomsmashers.Mr.Pinskihasbeensummonedtotheirpresencebythethreatthatifhedidn’tcomethenoblecompanywouldseekhimoutlaterathisownhouse.)

           "Hey,Pinski!Youoldboodler!Howmuchdoyouexpecttogetoutofthistractionbusiness?"(Thisfromavoicesomewhereintherear.)

           Mr.Pinski(turningtoonesideasifpinchedintheneck)."ThemanthatsaysIamaboodlerisaliar!Inevertookadishonestdollarinmylife,andeverybodyintheFourteenthWardknowsit."

           TheFiveHundredPeopleAssembled."Ha!ha!ha!Pinskinevertookadollar!Ho!ho!ho!Whoop-ee!"

           Mr.Pinski(veryred-faced,rising)."Itisso.WhyshouldItalktoalotofloafersthatcomeherebecausethepaperstellthemtocallmenames?Ihavebeenanaldermanforsixyearsnow.Everybodyknowsme.

           AVoice."Youcallusloafers.Youcrook!"

           AnotherVoice(referringtohisstatementofbeingknown)."Youbettheydo!"

           AnotherVoice(thisfromasmall,bonyplumberinworkclothes)."Hey,youoldgrafter!Whichwaydoyouexpecttovote?Fororagainstthisfranchise?Whichway?"

           StillAnotherVoice(aninsuranceclerk).

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