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There was nothing left to do now, but to place the figure in a legless chair that had been nailed to two poles, and the procession was ready. "She's a very fine lady," cried Grace, running ahead to get the effect of the absurd lopsided figure whose eyes glared and went out alternately. "I wish the real Miss L. could see herself now.
For the most part the legless man went about the business of begging among the business men of the city, since from the congested slum into which he disappeared at night it was no great feat for a man of his power to reach the more northern streets of that circle in whose midst the finances of the nation by turns simmer, boil, and boil over.
He had no shoes on his feet; his trousers were almost legless, and fastened up over one shoulder by a piece of string, while his arms were thrust into the sleeves of an old coat, much too large for him, and patched and torn again in all directions. He did not beg, but just looked up into my tall friend's face, as if he saw something pleasing there. "What do you want?" said the sailor.
As it approaches, it turns suddenly up from its quadrupedal position, takes off its hat, shows a broad, stout, legless torso, with a vigorous chest and a ruddy face, as of a person who has come half-way up from below the steps through a trap-door, and with a smile whose breadth is equalled only by the cunning which lurks round the corners of the eyes, says, in the blandest and most patronizing tones, with a rising inflection, "Buon giorno, Signore!
"Fifteen down," said the legless man; "ten when the job's done, and a ticket to Chicago." "With a reservation? I'll feel like the devil; I couldn't sit up all night." "I'll throw in an upper," said the legless man. Still the unshaven man resisted. "What's Fanny done to you?" "None of your business."
Barbara, who, you may say, had been unconsciously putting out tentacles of affection toward Harry West, at once withdrew them, and said coolly: "So I supposed." "May I look at the bust?" "Certainly." She removed the damp cloths from her work, and Harry found himself looking into the legless man's face.
I had made up my mind to interfere." "Well, why should you?" "I have heard terrible things about you, Mr. Blizzard." "That I have done things which the world regards as terrible is true," returned the legless man imperturbably. "What of it? Haven't you?" Dr. Ferris turned away and slowly paced the length of the studio and back. "I owe you," he then said, "anything you choose to ask.
Ferris sighed inwardly, but the expression of his face did not change. "Do you mind if I stay?" he asked. "I think it's time I knew what you look like when you are at work, don't you?" "High time!" exclaimed Barbara. "I'll just get into my apron." She went into the next room and closed the door. "Your innocents abroad," said the legless man, "wasn't a success." His face was a jeer.
When Barbara at length told the legless man that he might rest, he appeared to think that she had invited him to converse. He leaned back as far as he could in the deal chair. His expression was no longer that which had struck Barbara so hard in the imagination, but one of easy and alert affability. He looked at her when he spoke, or when she spoke, but casually and without offence.
This was the herdsman's room. Most of the space was occupied by a wide legless bedstead made of rough boards knocked together, with nothing but the stone floor to rest on. Upon a deep layer of rye straw the bed-clothes lay in a disordered heap, and the thick striped blankets were stiff with dried cow-dung, to which feathers and bits of straw had adhered.
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