Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           Ratterer,Tom’smother,hadcriedanddeclaredherboywasagoodboy,andhadnotmeanttodoanyharm,shewassure.AndMrs.Hegglund—Oscar’sdevotedbutagedmother—hadsaidthattherewasnotamorehonestorgeneroussoulandthathemusthavebeendrinking.Andathisownhome—TheStarhaddescribedhismotherasstanding,pale,verystartledandverydistressed,claspingandunclaspingherhandsandlookingasthoughshewerescarcelyabletograspwhatwasmeant,unwillingtobelievethathersonhadbeenoneofthepartyandassuringallthathewouldmostcertainlyreturnsoonandexplainall,andthattheremustbesomemistake.

           However,hehadnotreturned.Norhadheheardanythingmoreafterthat.For,owingtohisfearofthepolice,aswellasofhismother—hersorrowful,hopelesseyes,hehadnotwrittenformonths,andthenalettertohismotheronlytosaythathewaswellandthatshemustnotworry.Hegaveneithernamenoraddress.Later,afterthathehadwanderedon,essayingonesmalljobandanother,inSt.Louis,Peoria,Chicago,Milwaukee—dishwashinginarestaurant,soda-clerkinginasmalloutlyingdrug-store,attemptingtolearntobeashoeclerk,agrocer’sclerk,andwhatnot;andbeingdischargedandlaidoffandquittingbecausehedidnotlikeit.Hehadsenthertendollarsonce—anothertimefive,having,ashefelt,thatmuchtospare.

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