half-street

Updated: May 22, 2025

Bart walked rapidly back the way he had come. It was just a quarter of seven when he reached a half-street extending along and facing the railroad tracks for a single square. The Sharp Corner was a second-class groggery and boarding house, patronized almost entirely by the poorest and most shiftless class of trackmen.

Allen Chapman - Bart Stirling's Road to Success : Or, The Young Express Agent