He “hammered” on the door; was answered by a girl who wore a white
“sash,” and asked if he could get a “square” meal. He “saw” that the
place was “plane” but clean, and “planking” himself down to the table,
he “braced” his legs beneath the chair, and “bit” into a Parker “House”
roll. His “nails” were rather dirty, but he met the “stairs” of those
about him with a “level” glance. After “bolting” his food, he “shingled”
off a dollar bill, paid the girl, opining that it was a good place to
“board.”
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_The tenants who formerly lived on the floor above said that our baby
balled them out._
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