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Page 107
... steps of that benevolent insti- tution , I said , " Surely , the evils of our cities are not more wonderful than their charities . " Then I started out through New Bowery , and I came to the sign of the Howard Mission , famous on earth ...
... steps of that benevolent insti- tution , I said , " Surely , the evils of our cities are not more wonderful than their charities . " Then I started out through New Bowery , and I came to the sign of the Howard Mission , famous on earth ...
Page 114
... step until they hear a quick step behind them , and then darting down an alley ? " This place , in the night of our exploration , was what the Bible calls " a den of thieves . " They will not admit it . You cannot prove it against them ...
... step until they hear a quick step behind them , and then darting down an alley ? " This place , in the night of our exploration , was what the Bible calls " a den of thieves . " They will not admit it . You cannot prove it against them ...
Page 132
... steps , and into the street . and from block to block until we come to another style of club - house . Opening the door , we find the fumes of strong drink and tobacco something almost intolera- ble . These young men at this table , it ...
... steps , and into the street . and from block to block until we come to another style of club - house . Opening the door , we find the fumes of strong drink and tobacco something almost intolera- ble . These young men at this table , it ...
Page 133
... step , and on the other side by his back window , knowing nothing higher than his own attic , or nothing lower than his own cellar ? That wife who becomes jealous of her husband's attention to art , or literature , or religion , or ...
... step , and on the other side by his back window , knowing nothing higher than his own attic , or nothing lower than his own cellar ? That wife who becomes jealous of her husband's attention to art , or literature , or religion , or ...
Page 144
... step in sin , is sharpening a dagger to plunge through that mother's heart . I saw it . The telegram summoned him . I saw him come in scarred and bloated , to look upon the lifeless form of his mother - 144 POISON IN THE CALDRON .
... step in sin , is sharpening a dagger to plunge through that mother's heart . I saw it . The telegram summoned him . I saw him come in scarred and bloated , to look upon the lifeless form of his mother - 144 POISON IN THE CALDRON .
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