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

           

           InherindifferentwanderingsheturnedintoJacksonStreet,notfarfromtheriver,andwaskeepingherwayalongthesouthsideofthatimposingthoroughfare,whenapieceofwrappingpaper,writtenonwithmarkinginkandtackeduponthedoor,attractedherattention.Itread,“Girlswanted—wrappers&stitchers.”Shehesitatedamoment,thenentered.

           ThefirmofSpeigelheim&Co.,makersofboys’caps,occupiedonefloorofthebuilding,fiftyfeetinwidthandsomeeightyfeetindepth.Itwasaplaceratherdingilylighted,thedarkestportionshavingincandescentlights,filledwithmachinesandworkbenches.Atthelatterlabouredquiteacompanyofgirlsandsomemen.Theformerweredrabby-lookingcreatures,stainedinfacewithoilanddust,cladinthin,shapeless,cottondressesandshodwithmoreorlesswornshoes.Manyofthemhadtheirsleevesrolledup,revealingbarearms,andinsomecases,owingtotheheat,theirdresseswereopenattheneck.Theywereafairtypeofnearlythelowestorderofshop-girls—careless,slouchy,andmoreorlesspalefromconfinement.Theywerenottimid,however;wererichincuriosity,andstrongindaringandslang.

           Carrielookedabouther,verymuchdisturbedandquitesurethatshedidnotwanttoworkhere.Asidefrommakingheruncomfortablebysidelongglances,noonepaidhertheleastattention.Shewaiteduntilthewholedepartmentwasawareofherpresence.Thensomewordwassentaround,andaforeman,inanapronandshirtsleeves,thelatterrolleduptohisshoulders,approached.

           “Doyouwanttoseeme?”heasked.

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