Американська трагедія

Chapter 17

           Julia,nownineteen,wascashieringforalocaldowntownrestaurant,andFrank,nearingseventeen,hadbutrecentlyfoundworkinafruitandvegetablecommissionhouse.Infact,theonlychildabouttheplacebydaywaslittleRussell,theillegitimatesonofEstanowbetweenthreeandfouryearsofage,andmostreservedlyfictionalizedbyhisgrandparentsasanorphanwhomtheyhadadoptedinKansasCity.Hewasadark-hairedchild,insomewaysresemblingClyde,who,evenatthisearlyage,asClydehadbeenbeforehim,wasbeinginstructedinthosefundamentalveritieswhichhadirritatedClydeinhisownchildhood.

           AtthetimethatEsta,nowadecidedlysubduedandreservedwife,entered,Mrs.Griffithswasbusysweepinganddustingandmakingupbeds.Butonsightofherdaughteratthisunusualhourapproaching,andwithblanchedcheekssignalinghertocomeinsidethedoorofavacantroom,Mrs.Griffiths,who,becauseofyearsofdifficultiesofvariouskinds,wasmoreorlessaccustomedtoscenessuchasthis,nowpausedinwonder,theswiftlybecloudingmistofapprehensionshininginhereyes.Whatnewmiseryorillwasthis?FordecidedlyEsta’sweakgrayeyesandmannerindicateddistress.Andinherhandwasfoldedapaper,whichsheopenedandaftergivinghermotheramostsolicitouslook,pointedtotheitem,towardwhichMrs.Griffithsnowdirectedherlook.Butwhatwasthis?

           "BOYSLAYEROFWORKING-GIRLSWEETHEARTINDICTED.

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