... Out of what dim corner of his brain had the words sprung? - words scarcely noticed when spoken almost forty years before. Was it the suggestion of Jean Willard's creamy girl-face with its shadowy eyes and her mass of shadowy dark hair? Was it the spirit-presence of one whose memory never left him in such silent moments as this? Was it the strange joy of calling her son - scarce known, grown to a man - his son? Was it - . He lost the links of thought. (...)That was the night young Goldschmitt, without an English word in ...
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... Out of what dim corner of his brain had the words sprung? - words scarcely noticed when spoken almost forty years before. Was it the suggestion of Jean Willard's creamy girl-face with its shadowy eyes and her mass of shadowy dark hair? Was it the spirit-presence of one whose memory never left him in such silent moments as this? Was it the strange joy of calling her son - scarce known, grown to a man - his son? Was it - . He lost the links of thought. (...)That was the night young Goldschmitt, without an English word in his vocabulary or a cent in his pocket, had come staggering in, his pack on his hack, and demanded explanation of the cruel treatment he had received from the women he had approached with his wares. Whereupon they discovered that a certain wit, one Samuel Weiss by name, had written for the ignorant emigrant a list of questions to be asked, each one prefaced with a dainty oath, such as, " Dam you, lady, here's a dimity that will make your eyes water! " Young Goldschmitt wept tears of boyish grief over the unfolding, the others swore mysterious vengeance on the witless wit, and while Daniel Willard, the scribe, sat quietly down and wrote up an elegant text for the sale of his textures - "just like a book - they all agreed - Charlie Stein trolled out: " With a stone for a pillow and a sky for a sheet, Oh, a peddler's life, my dear ones, is a hard one to beat." To the truth of which sentiment several of those present could ...
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