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Then she regarded him more intently, and her face softened somewhat. "What's the matter with your foot?" she demanded. "Brakesman," said Mr. Flinks, briefly. "Threw me off a train. He struck me cruel hard, he did, and me a poor workingman trying to make my way to New York, lady, where my poor old mother's dying, lady, and me out of a job. THEN SHE REGARDED HIM MORE INTENTLY AND HER FACE SOFTENED SOMEWHAT WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR FOOT SHE DEMANDED BRAKESMAN SAID MISTER FLINKS BRIEFLY THREW ME OFF A TRAIN HE STRUCK ME CRUEL HARD HE DID AND ME A POOR WORKINGMAN TRYING TO MAKE MY WAY TO NEW YORK LADY WHERE MY POOR OLD MOTHER'S DYING LADY AND ME OUT OF A JOB
came upon him in her misery, steadily trudging toward an unknown goal. I think he startled her a bit. Indeed, it must be admitted that Mr. Flinks, while a man of undoubted talent in his particular line of business, was, like many of your great geniuses, in outward aspect unprepossessing and misleading; for whereas he looked like a very shiftless and very dirty tramp, he was as a matter of fact as vile a rascal as ever pawned a swinish soul for whiskey. "What are you doing here?" said Margaret, sharply. "Don't you know this is private property?" To his feet rose Cock-eye Flinks. "Lady," said he, with humbleness, "you wouldn't be hard on a poor workingman, would you? It ain't my fault I'm here, lady--at least, it ain't rightly my fault. I just climbed over the wall to rest a minute--just a minute, lady, in the shade of these beautiful trees. I ain't a-hurting nobody by that, lady, I hope." "Well, you had no business to do it," Miss Hugonin pointed out, "and you can just climb right back. NTER A VISION IN VIOLET RUFFLES WIDE EYED SHE CAME UPON HIM IN THEIR MISERY STEADILY TRUDGING TOWARD AN UNKNOWN GOAL I THINK HE STARTLED HER A BIT INDEED IT MUST BE ADMITTED THAT MISTER FLINKS WHILE A MAN OF UNDOUBTED TALENT IN HIS PARTICULAR LINE OF BUSINESS WAS LIKE MANY OF YOUR GREAT GENIUSES IN OUTWARD ASPECT UNPREPOSSESSING AND MISLEADING FOR WHEREAS HE LOOKED LIKE A VERY SHIFTLESS AND VERY DIRTY TRAMP HE WAS AS A MATTER OF FACT AS VILE A RASCAL AS EVER PAWNED A SWINISH SOLE FOR WHISKY WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE SAID MARGARET SHARPLY DON'T YOU KNOW THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY TO HIS FEET ROSE COCKEYE FLINKS LADY SAID HE WITH HUMBLENESS YOU WOULDN'T BE HARD ON A POOR WORKING MAN WOULD YOU IT AIN'T MY FAULT I'M HERE LADY AT LEAST IT AIN'T RIGHTLY MY FAULT I JUST CLIMBED OVER THE WALL TO REST A MINUTE JUST A MINUTE LADY IN THE SHADE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL TREES I AIN'T A HURTIN NOBODY BY THAT LADY I HOPE WELL YOU HAD NO BUSINESS TO DO IT MISS YGUNA POINTED OUT AND YOU CAN JUST CLIMB RIGHT BACK
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