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...peer sureptitiously into a sordid room. A child, not much older than three, indifferently sucked its index finger; a woman, with delicate almost mask-like features brushed her hair, occasionally glancing at the child, then to a corner where an elderly man, sitting on a crummy stool, whittled whistlewood: His salt worn cheeks, drawn closely together below two unevenly coloured eyes resembling niches in the side of a chameleon, suddenly moved backward; uneven and sinisterly pointed teeth protruded. His uncovered muscular arms turned with his body as he lowered his head. Two calloused hands held a large...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 4/25/1933 | See Source »

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