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           Onherleftweretwomatrons,withmassiveforeheadsandbonnetstomatch,discussingWomen’sRightsandmakingtatting.Beyondsatapairofhumblelovers,artlesslyholdingeachotherbythehand,asomberspinstereatingpeppermintsoutofapaperbag,andanoldgentlemantakinghispreparatorynapbehindayellowbandanna.Onherright,heronlyneighborwasastudiouslookingladabsorbedinanewspaper.

           Itwasapictorialsheet,andJoexaminedtheworkofartnearesther,idlywonderingwhatfortuitousconcatenationofcircumstancesneededthemelodramaticillustrationofanIndianinfullwarcostume,tumblingoveraprecipicewithawolfathisthroat,whiletwoinfuriatedyounggentlemen,withunnaturallysmallfeetandbigeyes,werestabbingeachothercloseby,andadisheveledfemalewasflyingawayinthebackgroundwithhermouthwideopen.Pausingtoturnapage,theladsawherlookingand,withboyishgoodnatureofferedhalfhispaper,sayingbluntly,"wanttoreadit?That’safirst-ratestory."

           Joaccepteditwithasmile,forshehadneveroutgrownherlikingforlads,andsoonfoundherselfinvolvedintheusuallabyrinthoflove,mystery,andmurder,forthestorybelongedtothatclassoflightliteratureinwhichthepassionshaveaholiday,andwhentheauthor’sinventionfails,agrandcatastropheclearsthestageofonehalfthedramatispersonae,leavingtheotherhalftoexultovertheirdownfall.

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