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Chapter II. What Poverty Threatened: Of Granite And Brass

           Thesevastbuildings,whatwerethey?Thesestrangeenergiesandhugeinterests,forwhatpurposesweretheythere?Shecouldhaveunderstoodthemeaningofalittlestone-cutter’syardatColumbiaCity,carvinglittlepiecesofmarbleforindividualuse,butwhentheyardsofsomehugestonecorporationcameintoview,filledwithspurtracksandflatcars,transpiercedbydocksfromtheriverandtraversedoverheadbyimmensetrundlingcranesofwoodandsteel,itlostallsignificanceinherlittleworld.

           Itwassowiththevastrailroadyards,withthecrowdedarrayofvesselsshesawattheriver,andthehugefactoriesovertheway,liningthewater’sedge.Throughtheopenwindowsshecouldseethefiguresofmenandwomeninworkingaprons,movingbusilyabout.Thegreatstreetswerewall-linedmysteriestoher;thevastoffices,strangemazeswhichconcernedfar-offindividualsofimportance.Shecouldonlythinkofpeopleconnectedwiththemascountingmoney,dressingmagnificently,andridingincarriages.Whattheydealtin,howtheylaboured,towhatenditallcame,shehadonlythevaguestconception.Itwasallwonderful,allvast,allfarremoved,andshesankinspiritinwardlyandflutteredfeeblyattheheartasshethoughtofenteringanyoneofthesemightyconcernsandaskingforsomethingtodo—somethingthatshecoulddo—anything.

           

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