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Rh “Fat gentlemen with side whiskers,” it was now whispering, “who present young girls with popcorn and peanuts on the Elevated trains are nice, but naughty.” But, though he had his neck shaved, he was wealthy, and could evidently afford it. If, then, he choose to drop buttered popcorn

and peanuts down the back of her neck, why shouldn’t she accept the gifts in the spirit in which they were given? For they were given in the very highest of spirits.

Angela’s view of life, you see, was a little