Chapter III. Wee Question Of Fortune: Four-fifty A Week

           

           Onceacrosstheriverandintothewholesaledistrict,sheglancedaboutherforsomelikelydooratwhichtoapply.Asshecontemplatedthewidewindowsandimposingsigns,shebecameconsciousofbeinggazeduponandunderstoodforwhatshewas—awage-seeker.Shehadneverdonethisthingbefore,andlackedcourage.Toavoidacertainindefinableshameshefeltatbeingcaughtspyingaboutforaposition,shequickenedherstepsandassumedanairofindifferencesupposedlycommontooneuponanerrand.Inthiswayshepassedmanymanufacturingandwholesalehouseswithoutonceglancingin.Atlast,afterseveralblocksofwalking,shefeltthatthiswouldnotdo,andbegantolookaboutagain,thoughwithoutrelaxingherpace.Alittlewayonshesawagreatdoorwhich,forsomereason,attractedherattention.Itwasornamentedbyasmallbrasssign,andseemedtobetheentrancetoavasthiveofsixorsevenfloors.“Perhaps,”shethought,“theymaywantsomeone,”andcrossedovertoenter.Whenshecamewithinascoreoffeetofthedesiredgoal,shesawthroughthewindowayoungmaninagreycheckedsuit.Thathehadanythingtodowiththeconcern,shecouldnottell,butbecausehehappenedtobelookinginherdirectionherweakeningheartmisgaveherandshehurriedby,tooovercomewithshametoenter.Overthewaystoodagreatsix-storystructure,labelledStormandKing,whichsheviewedwithrisinghope.Itwasawholesaledrygoodsconcernandemployedwomen.Shecouldseethemmovingaboutnowandthenupontheupperfloors.Thisplaceshedecidedtoenter,nomatterwhat.

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