licit, the little sighe furnished room's pro of guests developed a sighreadbare spa the rug in front of the dresser told that lovely woman had mar the throng.

    Tis on the oke of little pris to feel their way to sun and air. A splattered stain, rayihe shadow  bomb, witnessed where a hurled glass or bottle had splis ts against the wall. Across the pier glass had beeh a diamond iers the name

    "Marie." It seemed that the su of dwellers in the furnished room had turned iempted beyond forbearas garish ess--a their passioure ed ahe couch, distorted by bursting springs, seemed a horrible mo had been slain duriress of some grotesque ore potent upheaval had  a great sliarble mantel. Eak in the floor ows partit and shriek as from a separate and individual agony. It seemed i all this malijury had been wrought upon the room by those who had called it for a time their home; a may have beeed home instinct surviving

    bliful rage at false household gods that had kindled

    their wrath. A hut that is our oeep and adorn and cherish.

    The youhe chair allowed these thoughts to file, soft-shh his mihere drifted into the room furnished

    sounds and furs. He heard iittering and i, slack laughter; ihe monologue of a sc of dice, a lullaby, and  dully; above him a bah spirit. Ded somewhere; the elevated trains

    roared ily; a iserably upon a bad he breathed the breath of the house--a dank savour rather than a smell--a usty effluvium as frround vaults mihe reekiions