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always   threw peddlers  down´   stairs   as   fast   as   he   came   upon   'em�察 �has   to 

unwind old Isaacstein's whiskers from around his neck�察�and wake up the 

whole gang at daylight。 But here and there some few got acquainted and 

overlooked the discom´ forts of the elements。 There was five engagements 

to be married announced at the flats the next morning。 

     About midnight I gets up and wrings the dew out of my hair�察�and goes 

to the side of the driveway and sits down。 At one side of the park I could 

see   the   lights   in   the   streets   and   houses�察  �and   I   was   thinking   how   happy 

them folks was who could chase the duck and smoke their pipes at their 



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windows�察�and keep cool and pleasant like nature intended for 'em to。 

     Just then an automobile stops by me�察�and a fine´ looking�察�well´dressed 

man steps out。 

     'Me   man��'   says   he�察  �'can   you   tell   me   why   all   these   people   are   lying 

around on the grass in the park�拭�I thought it was against the rules。' 

     ;''Twas an ordinance��' says I�察�'just passed by the Polis Department and 

ratified by the Turf Cut´  ters' Association�察�providing that   all persons not 

car´   rying   a   license   number   on   their   rear   axles   shall   keep   in   the   public 

parks until further notice。 Fortu´ nately�察�the orders comes this year during 

a spell of fine weather�察�and the mortality�察�except on the borders of the lake 

and along the automobile drives�察�will not be any greater than usual。' 

     ;'Who are these people on the side of the bill��' asks the man。 

     ;'Sure��' says I�察�'none others than the tenants of the Beersheba Flats  a 

fine   home   for   any   man�察  �especially   on   hot   nights。   May   daylight   come 

soon��' 

     ;'They come here be night��' says be�察�'and breathe in the pure air and the 

fragrance of the flowers and trees。 They do that��' says be�察�'coming every 

night from the burning beat of dwellings of brick and stone。' 

     ;'And wood��' says I。 'And marble and plaster and iron。' 

     ;'The matter will be attended to at once��' says the man�察�putting up his 

book。 

     ;'Are ye the Park Commissioner��' I asks。 

     ;'I own the Beersheba Flats��' says he。 'God bless the grass and the trees 

that give extra benefits to a man's tenants。 The rents shall be raised fifteen 

per cent。 to´morrow。 Good´night��' says he。; 



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           THE EASTER OF THE SOUL 



       It is hardly likely that a goddess may die。 Then Eastre�察�the old Saxon 

goddess of spring�察�must be laughing in her muslin sleeve at people who 

believe that Easter�察�her namesake�察�exists only along certain strips of Fifth 

Avenue pavement after church service。 

     Aye� �It belongs to the world。 The ptarmigan in Chilkoot Pass discards 

his winter white feathers for brown�察�the Patagonian Beau Brummell oils 

his chi´ gnon and clubs him another sweetheart to drag to his skull´strewn 

flat。 And down in Chrystie Street  

     Mr。 ;Tiger; McQuirk arose with a feeling of disquiet that be did not 

understand。 With a prac´ tised foot be rolled three of his younger brothers 

like logs out of his way as they lay sleeping on the floor。 Before a foot´ 

square looking glass hung by the win´ dow he stood and shaved himself。 If 

that may seem to you a task too slight to be thus impressively chron´ icled�察�

I   bear   with   you�察  �you   do   not   know   of   the   areas   to   be   accomplished   in 

traversing the cheek and chin of Mr。 McQuirk。 

     McQuirk�察  �senior�察  �had   gone   to   work   long   before。   The   big   son   of   the 

house was idle。 He was a marble´ cutter�察�and the marble´cutters were out 

on a strike。 

     ;What ails ye�拭─�asked his mother�察�looking at him curiously�察 �are ye not 

feeling well the morning�察�maybe now�拭─�

     ;He's   thinking   along   of Annie   Maria   Doyle�察  �im´   pudently   explained 

younger brother Tim�察�ten years old。; 

     ;Tiger;   reached   over   the   hand   of   a   champion   and   swept   the   small 

McQuirk from his chair。 

     ;I feel fine�察─�said he�察 �beyond a touch of the I´don't´know´wbat´you´ 

call´its。 I feel like there was going to be earthquakes or music or a trifle of 

chills   and   fever   or   maybe   a   picnic。   I   don't   know   how   I   feel。   I   feel   like 

knocking   the   face   off   a   policeman�察  �or   else   maybe   like   playing   Coney 

Island straight across the board from pop´corn to the elephant boudabs。; 

     ;It's the spring in yer bones�察─�said Mrs。 McQuirk。 ;It's the sap risin'。 

Time was when I couldn't keep me feet still nor me head cool when the 

earthworms began to crawl out in the dew of the mornin'。 'Tis a bit of tea 



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will do ye good�察�made from pipsissewa and gentian bark at the druggist's。; 

     ;Back up� ─�said Mr。 McQuirk�察�impatiently。 

     ;There's no spring in sight There's snow yet on the shed in Donovan's 

backyard。 And   yesterday  they  puts   open   cars on   the   Sixth Avenue   lines�察�

and the janitors have quit ordering coal。 And that means six weeks more of 

winter�察�by all the signs that be。; 

     After     breakfast    Mr。    McQuirk       spent    fifteen   minutes     before     the 

corrugated mirror�察�subjugating his hair and arranging his green´and´purple 

ascot with its amethyst tombstone pin´eloquent of his chosen calling。 

     Since the strike had been called it was this par´ ticular striker's habit to 

hie himself each morning to the corner saloon of Flaherty Brothers�察  �and 

there   establish   himself   upon   the   sidewalk�察  �with   one   foot   resting   on   the 

bootblack's stand�察�observing the panorama of the street until the pace of 

time    brought     twelve    o'clock    and    the  dinner    hour。   And     Mr。   ;Tiger; 

McQuirk�察�with his athletic seventy inches�察�well trained in sport and battle�察�

his smooth�察�pale�察�solid�察�amiable face  blue where the razor had trav´ elled�察�

his   carefully   considered   clothes   and   air   of   capa´   bility�察  �was   himself   a 

spectacle not displeasing to the eye。 

     But on this morning Mr。 McQuirk did not hasten immediately to his 

post of leisure and observation。 Something unusual that he could not quite 

grasp was in the air。 Something disturbed his thoughts�察�ruffled his senses�察�

made him at once languid�察�irritable�察�elated�察�dissastisfied and sportive。 He 

was   no   diagnostician�察  �and   he   did   not   know   that   Lent   was   breaking   up 

physiologically in his system。 

     Mrs。   McQuirk   had   spoken   of   spring。   Sceptically  Tiger   looked   about 

him for signs。 Few they were。 The organ´grinders were at work�察�but they 

were always precocious harbingers。 It was near enough spring for them to 

go    penny´hunting       when    the   skating   ball   dropped     at  the  park。   In   the 

milliners'    windows      Easter    hats�察 �grave�察  �gay   and    jubilant�察  �blos´  somed。 

There were green patches among the side´ walk debris of the grocers。 On a 

third´story window´ sill the first elbow cushion of the season  old gold 

stripes on a crimson ground  supported the kimo´ noed arms of a pensive 

brunette。 The wind blew cold from the East River�察�but the sparrows were 

fly´ ing to the eaves with straws。 A second´hand store�察�combining foresight 



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with faith�察�had set out an ice´ chest and baseball goods。 

     And   then   ;Tiger's;   eye�察  �discrediting   these   signs�察  �fell   upon   one   that 

bore    a  bud    of  promise。     From    a  bright�察  �new    lithograph     the  head    of 

Capricornus con´ fronted him�察�betokening the forward and heady brew。 

     Mr。 McQuirk entered the saloon and called for his glass of bock。 He 

threw his nickel on the bar�察�raised the glass�察�set it down without tasting it 

and strolled toward the door。 

     ;Wot's the matter�察�Lord Bolinbroke�拭─�inquired the sarcastic bartender�察�

want a chiny vase or a gold´lined epergne to drink it out of  hey�拭─�

     ;Say�察─�said Mr。 McQuirk�察�wheeling and shooting out a horizontal hand 

and a forty´five´degree chin�察 �you know your place only when it comes for 

givin'   titles。   I've   changed   me   mind   about   drinkin      see�拭  �You   got   your 

money�察�ain't you�拭�Wait till you get stung before you get the droop to your 

lip�察�will you�拭─�

     Thus Mr。 Quirk added mutability of desires to the strange humors that 

had taken possession of him。 

     Leaving   the   saloon�察  �he   walked   away   twenty   steps   and   le
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