Smith, Frank Berkeley, 1869- · New York, Funk & Wagnalls Co. · leaf 37
ern grisette, the shopgirl, and the model; fakirs, beggars, andvagrants. Yet the word vagrant is a mis-nomer in this city, where economy hasreached a finesse that is marvelous. Thatfellow, in filth and rags, shuffling along, hiseyes scrutinizing, like a hungry rat, everynook and corner under the… … croupier. The butt he adds to the collec-tion in his filthy pocket, and shuffles on tothe next cafe. It will go so far at leasttoward paying for his absinthe. He ishungry, but it is the absinthe for whichhe is working. He is a marchand demegots ; it is his profession. One finds every type of…
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