The Third Degree: A Narrative of Metropolitan Life

The Third Degree: A Narrative of Metropolitan Life

CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. BOOKS ON NATURE STUDY BY CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS FAMOUS COPYRIGHT BOOKS IN POPULAR PRICED EDITIONS BRILLIANT AND SPIRITED NOVELS AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE THE MASTERLY AND REALISTIC NOVELS OF FRANK NORRIS NEW EDITIONS OF THE MOST POPULAR NOVELS Of HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES Caught in the swirl of the busy city's midday rush, engulfed in Broadway's swift moving flood of hustling humanity, jostled unceremoniously by the careless, indifferent crowds, discouraged from stemming further the tide of pushing, elbowing men and women who hurried up and down the great thoroughfare, Howard Jeffries, tired and hungry and thoroughly disgusted with himself, stood still at the corner of Fulton street, cursing the luck which had brought him to his present plight. It was the noon hour, the important time of day when nature loudly claims her due, when business affairs, no matter how pressing, must be temporarily interrupted so that the human machine may lay in a fresh store of nervous energy. From under the portals of precipitous office buildings, mammoth hives of human industry, which to right and left soared dizzily from street to sky, swarmed thousands of employees of both sexesclerks, stenographers, shop-girls, messenger boys, all moved by a common impulse to satisfy without further delay the animal cravings of their physical natures. They strode along with quick, nervous step, each chatting and laughing with his fellow, interested for the nonce in the day's work, making plans for well-earned recreation when five o'clock should come and the up-town stampede for Harlem and home begin. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 28505
Author: Hornblow, Arthur
Release Date: Apr 5, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Contributor (Author): Klein, Charles, 1867-1915