Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           Ratterer,Tom’smother,hadcriedanddeclaredherboywasagoodboy,andhadnotmeanttodoanyharm,shewassure.AndMrs.HegglundOscar’sdevotedbutagedmotherhadsaidthattherewasnotamorehonestorgeneroussoulandthathemusthavebeendrinking.AndathisownhomeTheStarhaddescribedhismotherasstanding,pale,verystartledandverydistressed,claspingandunclaspingherhandsandlookingasthoughshewerescarcelyabletograspwhatwasmeant,unwillingtobelievethathersonhadbeenoneofthepartyandassuringallthathewouldmostcertainlyreturnsoonandexplainall,andthattheremustbesomemistake.

           However,hehadnotreturned.Norhadheheardanythingmoreafterthat.For,owingtohisfearofthepolice,aswellasofhismotherhersorrowful,hopelesseyes,hehadnotwrittenformonths,andthenalettertohismotheronlytosaythathewaswellandthatshemustnotworry.Hegaveneithernamenoraddress.Later,afterthathehadwanderedon,essayingonesmalljobandanother,inSt.Louis,Peoria,Chicago,Milwaukeedishwashinginarestaurant,soda-clerkinginasmalloutlyingdrug-store,attemptingtolearntobeashoeclerk,agrocer’sclerk,andwhatnot;andbeingdischargedandlaidoffandquittingbecausehedidnotlikeit.Hehadsenthertendollarsonceanothertimefive,having,ashefelt,thatmuchtospare.

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