A Social Meteor — page 107: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METEOR. 97 CHAPTER VII. MRS. THORNE CRITICISED. In the meantime, Georgie had started out to make some calls. There were not very many, but she knew it was best for her to finish them all up as soon as possible, as it was pretty safe to conclude that Ray would decide to return to Philadelphia in a day or two, and she might not have another op- portunity to get out alone. She determined to go to her’ grandmother’s first, and deliver her invitation for the evening in person. It was a bitter day, and before she had gone a block she began to regret that she had not worn a vail, for the frosty air nipped her cheeks and ears unmercifully. On Broadway the pedestrians hurried along as if anxious to get out of the biting wind. In spite of the cold, however, groups of street- urchins gathered on the corners, trying to sell their cheap wares, or stood gazing wistfully into Eomicboo iS (Elo) |