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At that moment shrill cries arose in the street outside the familiar, distressing, almost exultant cries of news-venders, glad of any calamity that puts a few nickels into their pockets. "Ex-tra! Ex-tra! Special ex-tra!" "What's that?" exclaimed Helen apprehensively. The sound of special editions always filled her with anxiety, especially since Kenneth's departure. "Ex-tra! Ex-tra!
I expended much change in buying every edition of all the papers; I listened with dread to the distant cries of news-venders, fearing, as the words gradually became distinguishable, to hear that our secret was a secret no longer. I was bound to show myself, and yet shrank from all gatherings of men.
"Though I did, and of the grossest kind." "How was it possible for a stranger like Mr. C to be personal? He knows nothing of the characters or conduct of individuals here." "Strangers generally have quick ears, and there are always plenty of news-venders to fill them. He's been with the Harrisons, and we all know what they are." "To whom did he refer?" was asked. "He referred to me." "To you?"
And just ask her to keep an eye on Grace while I'm gone. Tell her I leave Gracie under her wing. Keziah and me are old chums, in a way, you see." "Yes. I'll tell her that, too." "And don't forget the 'friend' part. Well, so long." They shook hands and parted. Didama and her fellow news-venders distributed the tale of Captain Nat's sailing broadcast during the next few days.
Through the open windows the hoarse shouting of news-venders, the rushing of elevated trains, the clanging of street cars, with the occasional feverish dash of an ambulance all these familiar noises of a great city had the far- away sound peculiar to top floors of the modern sky-scraper.
By the curious effect of circumstances the likeness between the two men had never been more significantly marked than on that morning of April 19th, when Loder walked along the pavements crowded with early workers and brisk with insistent news-venders already alive to the value of last night's political crisis.
He returned with us all to “Gad’s Hill,” very happy and hopeful, under the temporary improvement which the rest and peace of his home brought him, and he settled down to his new book, “Edwin Drood,” with increased pleasure and interest. His last public appearances were in April. On the fifth he took the chair at the News-venders’ dinner.
With hat pulled over his eyes and hands immersed in the pockets of his coat, he made his way through the throng, while the raucous voices of news-venders cried out the latest tidings from the front. To escape the proximity of the crowds and the nerve-shaking noises of traffic, he turned down a wide thoroughfare, and eventually emerged on Fleet Street.
Through the open windows the hoarse shouting of news-venders, the rushing of elevated trains, the clanging of street cars, with the occasional feverish dash of an ambulance all these familiar noises of a great city had the far-away sound peculiar to top floors of the modern sky-scraper.
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