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In consequence, he very cordially detested the people who could  especially that grimacing ass, Kennaston. IN CONSEQUENCE HE VERY CORDIALLY DETESTED THE PEOPLE WHO COULD ESPECIALLY THAT GRIMACING ASS CANNASTON
at afternoon that Frederick R. Woods finally sent for them to come to dinner--hadn't he told her then that only women and children cared for sweet wines? Of course he had--the villain! [Illustration: "Billy Woods"] Billy, too, had his emotions. To hear that paragon, that queen among women, descant of work done in the slums and of the mysteries of sweat-shops; to hear her state off-hand that there were seventeen hundred and fifty thousand children between the ages of ten and fifteen years employed in the mines and factories of the United States; to hear her discourse of foreign missions as glibly as though she had been born and nurtured in Zambesi Land: all these things filled him with an odd sense of alienation. He wasn't worthy of her, and that was a fact. He was only a dumb idiot, and half the words that were falling thick and fast from philanthropic lips about him might as well have been hailstones, for all the benefit he was deriving from them. He couldn't understand half she said. TED WITH PURPLE SPRIGS AND THEY SAT BY THE LAKE SO LATE THAT AFTERNOON THAT FREDERICK R WOODS FINALLY SENT FOR THEM TO COME TO DINNER HADN'T HE TOLD HER THEN THAT ONLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN CARED FOR SWEET WINES OF COURSE HE HAD THE VILLAIN BILLY TOO HAD HIS EMOTIONS TO HEAR THAT PARAGON THAT QUEEN AMONG WOMEN DISCANT OF WORK DONE IN THE SLUMS AND OF THE MYSTERIES OF SWEATSHOPS TO HEAR HER STATE OFF HAND THAT THERE WERE SEVENTEEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND CHILDREN AMONG THE AGES OF TEN AND FIFTEEN YEARS EMPLOYED IN THE MINES AND FACTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO HEAR HER DISCOURSE OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AS GLIBLY AS THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN BORN IN NURTURED IN SOMEBEZI LAND ALL THESE THINGS FILLED HIM WITH AN ODD SENSE OF ALIENATION HE WASN'T WORTHY OF HER AND THAT WAS A FACT HE WAS ONLY A DUMB IDIOT AND HALF THE WORDS THAT WERE FALLING THICK AND FAST FROM PHILANTHROPIC LIPS ABOUT HIM MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN HAILSTONES FOR ALL THE BENEFIT HE WAS DRIVING FROM THEM HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HALF SHE SAID
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