Американская трагедия

Chapter 17

           That’stheonlythingthatwouldeverworryme."

           AndHigby,comingupatthemoment,hadvoicedexactlythesamesentiments.YetClyderemainedtroubled.Itmightnotworkoutright;hemightlosehisjobthroughathinglikethis.ButsofascinatedwashebythethoughtofridinginsuchafinecarwithHortenseandwithalltheseothergirlsandboysthathecouldnotresistthetemptationtogo.

           ImmediatelyafternoonontheFridayofthisparticularweektheseveralparticipantsoftheoutingweregatheredatthepointsagreedupon.Hegglund,Ratterer,HigbyandClydeatEighteenthandWestProspectneartherailroadyards.MaidaAxelrod,Hegglund’sgirl,LucilleNickolas,afriendofRatterer’s,andTinaKogel,afriendofHigby’s,alsoLauraSipe,anothergirlwhowasbroughtbyTinaKogeltobeintroducedtoSparserfortheoccasion,atTwentiethandWashington.OnlysinceHortensehadsentwordatthelastmomenttoClydethatshehadtogoouttoherhouseforsomething,andthattheyweretorunouttoForty-ninthandGenesee,whereshelived,theydidso,butnotwithoutgrumbling.

           Theday,alateJanuaryone,wasinclinedtobesmokywithloweringclouds,especiallywithintheenvironsofKansasCity.Iteventhreatenedsnowattimesamostinterestingandpicturesqueprospecttothosewithin.Theylikedit.

           "Oh,gee,Ihopeitdoes,"TinaKogelexclaimedwhensomeonecommentedonthepossibility,andLucilleNickolasadded:"Oh,Ijustlovetoseeitsnowattimes.

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