BROKEN HOPES
available.—Jack," she called down the long room to the bartender, "make it three. Lean over here, I want to talk to you. See that woman over there by the wall? No, not that one, the big light woman with Griggs. Well, she's come here with a story trying to throw Joe down, and I want you to help me do her."
"Oh, that's the one that upset our young friend, is it?" said Sadness, turning his mournful eyes upon Minty.
"That's her. So you know about it, do you?"
"Yes, and I'll help do her. She must n't touch one of the fraternity, you know." He kept his eyes fixed upon the outsider until she squirmed. She could not at all understand this serious conversation directed at her. She wondered if she had gone too far and if they contemplated putting her out. It made her uneasy.
Now, this same Miss Sterling had the faculty of attracting a good deal of attention when she wished to. She brought it
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