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Scan 17
The yellow violin, 1902
12 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 7. See the scan on archive.org.
1the interview. "I can give them away," he soliloquized to himself.
3"Do you always sell papers about here?" he asked as she smiled and handed it to him.
5"Yes, indeed, this is my 'beat,' as the boys say. They are very kind to me, though they did bother me when I first went into the business, but when they got used to seeing me, they let me alone. You see, I am small for my age, but I'm really almost sixteen," she went on, her manner as artless as that of a child of five.
7"And can you keep yourself, my child?" the man asked, a pained expression in his face, his lips drawn together.
9"Oh, I'm taking care of six. The landlord, when my mother died, took me right into his family. To be sure I have to work hard tending the shop, but they're not unkind to me, sir. I must go. I had forgotten. My mother always told me I must not stop to talk with strangers," and she moved back a step or two, smiling but timid.
11"My dear young lady, when I tell you I am a music teacher, and was attracted by your exclamation at the shop window, and that I have some pupils who pay me nothing for their tuition, you
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