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WALTFR GLASTON
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’I hi* prettiest flower* sometimes lluimt tin*
glory from tin* unsightliest trash heaps. A precious
diamond is often found in the i lutch of foul, blue
clay. A valuable pearl is freipiently taken from the
cold, clammy she1’ of an oyster And so it is that we
sometimes are pleasurably surprised to lind a Kiri
of wondrous beauty amid tin llotsam and jetsam of
civilization. Who has not walked through the teem-
iiiK Khetto or hastened past foul shacks in a mean-
deling alley, and then suddenl.v e.oied a. some door
or wlndi a a fact whose beauty halted
s proKressV
l l war so with Verna Nrsli
When |ie mlc saw her U\ev
sloppi'd m s'll mouthed in their tracks mul blinked unbelievingly
What mi nnpertlloi't And whm ml environm ent! T all, grace
fill, mid ' hu|s'lr w ilh mi arlstortaM c coquotttshness lhat diew
nil unit evcrvlh in g (o her even as n magnet attracts « steel sl.-.v-
imt
W hen sh • glanced through loti« curving lashes of unus-tal
luxuriance i.nd startlin g blackness, one orram e spellbourxi
Her
sa llm brown skin that had never as vet known the cares' ol
palill. pow der-puff or lovesick swain, was as flawless as the linen
m ahogany lint hei crow ning «lory wu In i l>aig. Mark curly him
thm clttsiered around her shouTdera and the l a w . blai k eyes that
plerred you llirotiah and Ihrouglv niiide you ( m i i s c . made you want
lo llnm i Such was Verna
»bere In d ige n te lefl elTort onl.v lo Ila im agi-
n atio n
H ere In a Im n b le-d o w n tlire e -ro o m sn ack
u n -p n lu lc d and b e a le n by Ihe elem en ti, u n tll II
w as alin osi b lark ili color. Ilted V ern a a n d her
fa m lly
A n d w h a l a fu in ilv. O ld m an N ash
b 'a rk . Incy and sn a g g ie -to o tlird . a g c u i Ialin i
a in ali w l(h a to u ch o( rom an ce In Iti* soni bui
a m an w h o h ad M irreudered lo p rlv a tlo n a n o
in d ig e n te .
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An A in a/ ng I l e a ill.«
II e v e r th ere w as h p e rlec i sp ecim en 01
(e m u d lillv , li w as D ial K ill All N orrlsbu rg knew
het
A ll th e yininit m en ol N ornsliorK w or-
shl|)|n'd h er
f i e r y m an In. N orrlsbu rg gaged
at tier a d m lrln g l , a n d r iv eto u sly
And y e i V e r
na lived In p o s ir . Iv tin worst section ol tow n
a lout I r u 'h - s lr p w n a lle y ra ile d B illy d u a l l.sn e
w h en d e a th and d isease lu rked on ever.« side
w h e r it.v l.tu e w a 'k e d h an d lo h an d w ith vice
w hen» p lea su re was nourli lied In th e lap ol ouln
w lie ’ p potArt
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Then out of the darkness hurtled an athletic figure, and a fist iwung
uKainst Dick's jaw .