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Updated: June 13, 2025
Here a mother would be whispering the name of her boy; there a merchant would snore and dream he was drowning, weighted with gold; and a wife would be turning to stretch out her arms to-no one; and a wounded soldier wake out of a dream trench with sweat on his brow; and a newsvendor in his garret mutter hoarsely.
sympathy with the brave women, the steady voice went on, 'who are still in prison. 'Serve 'em jolly well right! 'Give the speaker a chaunce, caun't ye? said the newsvendor, with a withering look. 'Our friends who are in prison, are there simply for trying to bring before a member of the Government 'Good old Effingham. Three cheers for Effingham! 'Oh, yes, said the newsvendor, 'go on!
More excitement was caused by a newsvendor mounting a box and holding aloft a single copy of the latest newspaper which he would sell to the highest bidder. Being ignorant of what had transpired since I had left London I resolved to have that copy. I scrambled over a pile of baggage and came within arm's length of the newsvendor.
You couldn't have got these women out of their homes without the goad of poverty. You men can't always earn enough to keep the poor little home going, so the women work in the shops, they swarm at the mill gates, and the factories are full. 'True! True, every blessed word! said the old newsvendor. 'Hush! she said. 'Don't interrupt.
Going to Ventnor? You will be roasted before your time." My friends grieved, my very publishers wrung their hands, my newsvendor took me aside and besought me to live on a high hill. Yet through the whole of August I sat coolly writing on a low terrace. There is a superstition about Ventnor, and none of the people who talk glibly about its temperature have ever been there.
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