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The Cataclysm

           Pinskiisescortedoutbyfriends—completelysurrounded—amidshrieksandhisses,cat-calls,criesof"Boodler!""Thief!""Robber!"

           Thereweremanysuchlittledramaticincidentsaftertheordinancehadbeenintroduced.

           Henceforthonthestreets,inthewardsandoutlyingsections,andeven,onoccasion,inthebusinessheart,beholdthemarchingclubs—thosesinister,ephemeralorganizationswhichondemandofthemayorhadcroppedoutintoexistence—greatcompaniesoftheunheralded,thedull,theundistinguished—clerks,working-men,smallbusinessmen,andminorscionsofreligionormorality;alltrampingtoandfroofanevening,afterworking-hours,assemblingincheaphallsandpartyclub-houses,anddrillingthemselvestowhatend?ThattheymightmarchtothecityhallonthefatefulMondaynightwhenthestreet-railwayordinancesshouldbeupforpassageanddemandofunregeneratelawmakersthattheydotheirduty.Cowperwood,comingdowntohisofficeonemorningonhisownelevatedlines,wastheobserverofabuttonorbadgewornuponthecoatlapelofstolid,inconsequentialcitizenswhosatreadingtheirpapers,unconsciousofthatpresencewhichepitomizedtheterrorandthepowertheyallfeared.Oneofthesebadgeshadforitsdeviceagallowswithafreenoosesuspended;anotherwasblazonedwiththequery:"Arewegoingtoberobbed?"Onsign-boards,fences,anddeadwallshugeposters,fourbysixfeetindimension,weredisplayed.

           WALDENH.

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