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

           Hermereexperienceandthefreeout-of-doorlifeofthecountrycausedhernaturetorevoltatsuchconfinement.Dirthadneverbeenhershare.Hersister’sflatwasclean.Thisplacewasgrimyandlow,thegirlswerecarelessandhardened.Theymustbebad-mindedandhearted,sheimagined.Still,aplacehadbeenofferedher.SurelyChicagowasnotsobadifshecouldfindoneplaceinoneday.Shemightfindanotherandbetterlater.

           Hersubsequentexperienceswerenotofareassuringnature,however.Fromallthemorepleasingorimposingplacesshewasturnedawayabruptlywiththemostchillingformality.Inotherswheresheappliedonlytheexperiencedwererequired.Shemetwithpainfulrebuffs,themosttryingofwhichhadbeeninamanufacturingcloakhouse,whereshehadgonetothefourthfloortoinquire.

           “No,no,”saidtheforeman,arough,heavilybuiltindividual,wholookedafteramiserablylightedworkshop,“wedon’twantanyone.Don’tcomehere.”

           Withthewaneoftheafternoonwentherhopes,hercourage,andherstrength.Shehadbeenastonishinglypersistent.Soearnestaneffortwaswelldeservingofabetterreward.Oneveryhand,toherfatiguedsenses,thegreatbusinessportiongrewlarger,harder,morestolidinitsindifference.Itseemedasifitwasallclosedtoher,thatthestrugglewastoofierceforhertohopetodoanythingatall.Menandwomenhurriedbyinlong,shiftinglines.Shefelttheflowofthetideofeffortandinterest—feltherownhelplessnesswithoutquiterealisingthewisponthetidethatshewas.

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