The House That Shadows Built (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The House That Shadows Built
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The House That Shadows Built
Leaf #:
00042
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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CHAPTER III CASTLE GARDEN e$*EWED into the lining of his second-best waistcoat beside the precious forty dollars, Adolph treasured a notebook with the addresses of a few Ricse people who had transplanted themselves to New York. Dr. Gustavus Liebermann, his cousin, headed the list. However, the doctor had advised against his emigration. Adolph felt none too sure of his welcome in that quarter — especially since he looked, after his fortnight in an upper bunk, like a specimen from a garbage pail. Next in order was a certain Mrs. Lowy who, as an older girl, had played with the Liebermann children in Ricse. On the edge of Battery Park stood drawn up a line of express wagons. An experienced Hungarian from the steerage told him that these conveyances made a business of transporting passengers and their goods. Adolph approached the nearest wagon and showed Mrs. Lowy’s address. The driver nodded, helped him pile his luggage aboard, drove him to a tenement in Second Street, took a fifty-cent piece from the handful of change which Adolph proffered, and helped find Mrs. Lowy’s door. When that opened, Mrs. Lowy stared for a half minute at this little scarecrow and then fell on its neck. 38