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Not
so
long
after
the
matter
of
the
hundred
dollars
,
he
encountered
his
mother
in
Montrose
Street
,
one
of
the
poorest
streets
which
ran
north
from
Bickel
,
and
which
consisted
entirely
of
two
unbroken
lines
of
wooden
houses
and
two-story
flats
and
many
unfurnished
apartments
.
Even
the
Griffiths
,
poor
as
they
were
,
would
have
felt
themselves
demeaned
by
the
thought
of
having
to
dwell
in
such
a
street
.
His
mother
was
coming
down
the
front
steps
of
one
of
the
less
tatterdemalion
houses
of
this
row
,
a
lower
front
window
of
which
carried
a
very
conspicuous
card
which
read
"
Furnished
Rooms
.
"
And
then
,
without
turning
or
seeing
Clyde
across
the
street
,
she
proceeded
to
another
house
a
few
doors
away
,
which
also
carried
a
furnished
rooms
card
and
,
after
surveying
the
exterior
interestedly
,
mounted
the
steps
and
rang
the
bell
.
Clyde
's
first
impression
was
that
she
was
seeking
the
whereabouts
of
some
individual
in
whom
she
was
interested
and
of
whose
address
she
was
not
certain
.
But
crossing
over
to
her
at
about
the
moment
the
proprietress
of
the
house
put
her
head
out
of
the
door
,
he
heard
his
mother
say
:
"
You
have
a
room
for
rent
?
"
"
Yes
.
"
"
Has
it
a
bath
?
"
"
No
,
but
there
's
a
bath
on
the
second
floor
.
"
"
How
much
is
it
a
week
?
"
"
Four
dollars
.
"
"
Could
I
see
it
?
"
"
Yes
,
just
step
in
.
"
Mrs.
Griffiths
appeared
to
hesitate
while
Clyde
stood
below
,
not
twenty-five
feet
away
,
and
looked
up
at
her
,
waiting
for
her
to
turn
and
recognize
him
.
But
she
stepped
in
without
turning
.
And
Clyde
gazed
after
her
curiously
,
for
while
it
was
by
no
means
inconceivable
that
his
mother
might
be
looking
for
a
room
for
some
one
,
yet
why
should
she
be
looking
for
it
in
this
street
when
as
a
rule
she
usually
dealt
with
the
Salvation
Army
or
the
Young
Women
's
Christian
Association
.
His
first
impulse
was
to
wait
and
inquire
of
her
what
she
was
doing
here
,
but
being
interested
in
several
errands
of
his
own
,
he
went
on
.
That
night
,
returning
to
his
own
home
to
dress
and
seeing
his
mother
in
the
kitchen
,
he
said
to
her
:
"
I
saw
you
this
morning
,
Ma
,
in
Montrose
Street
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
his
mother
replied
,
after
a
moment
,
but
not
before
he
had
noticed
that
she
had
started
suddenly
as
though
taken
aback
by
this
information
.
She
was
paring
potatoes
and
looked
at
him
curiously
.
"
Well
,
what
of
it
?
"
she
added
,
calmly
,
but
flushing
just
the
same
--
a
thing
decidedly
unusual
in
connection
with
her
where
he
was
concerned
.
Indeed
,
that
start
of
surprise
interested
and
arrested
Clyde
.
"
You
were
going
into
a
house
there
--
looking
for
a
furnished
room
,
I
guess
.
"
"
Yes
,
I
was
,
"
replied
Mrs.
Griffiths
,
simply
enough
now
.
"
I
need
a
room
for
some
one
who
is
sick
and
has
n't
much
money
,
but
it
's
not
so
easy
to
find
either
.
"
She
turned
away
as
though
she
were
not
disposed
to
discuss
this
any
more
,
and
Clyde
,
while
sensing
her
mood
,
apparently
,
could
not
resist
adding
:
"
Gee
,
that
's
not
much
of
a
street
to
have
a
room
in
.
"
His
new
work
at
the
Green
--
Davidson
had
already
caused
him
to
think
differently
of
how
one
should
live
--
any
one
.
She
did
not
answer
him
and
he
went
to
his
room
to
change
his
clothes
.
A
month
or
so
after
this
,
coming
east
on
Missouri
Avenue
late
one
evening
,
he
again
saw
his
mother
in
the
near
distance
coming
west
.
In
the
light
of
one
of
the
small
stores
which
ranged
in
a
row
on
this
street
,
he
saw
that
she
was
carrying
a
rather
heavy
old
-
fashioned
bag
,
which
had
long
been
about
the
house
but
had
never
been
much
used
by
any
one
.
On
sight
of
him
approaching
(
as
he
afterwards
decided
)
she
had
stopped
suddenly
and
turned
into
a
hallway
of
a
three-story
brick
apartment
building
,
and
when
he
came
up
to
it
,
he
found
the
outside
door
was
shut
.
He
opened
it
,
and
saw
a
flight
of
steps
dimly
lit
,
up
which
she
might
have
gone
.
However
,
he
did
not
trouble
to
investigate
,
for
he
was
uncertain
,
once
he
reached
this
place
,
whether
she
had
gone
to
call
on
some
one
or
not
,
it
had
all
happened
so
quickly
.
But
waiting
at
the
next
corner
,
he
finally
saw
her
come
out
again
.
And
then
to
his
increasing
curiosity
,
she
appeared
to
look
cautiously
about
before
proceeding
as
before
.
It
was
this
that
caused
him
to
think
that
she
must
have
been
endeavoring
to
conceal
herself
from
him
.
But
why
?
