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Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition

CHAPTER XIV
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Now I will give five dollars for the Home for Fallen Wimmen and the other five for the Home for Fallen Men." Sez she, and she screamed the words right out: "There hain't any such institution in the hull city!" "Why, there must be!" sez I."It hain't reasonable that there shouldn't be.

Why, if a man and a woman go along over a bridge together, and both fall through, and are maimed and broke to pieces, they are carried to a male and female hospital to be mended up.

Or if they fall through a sidewalk or anywhere else they have to both be doctored up and have the same splints on and rubbed with the same anarky, etc." "That's very different," sez Jane Olive.
"Why different ?" sez I."If they both fall morally their morals ort to be mended up agin both on 'em.

The woman ort to be carried to the Home for Fallen Wimmen, the Home for Magdalenes, and the men to the Home for Fallen Men, the Home for Mikels." "There hain't no such place!" sez Jane Olive agin decidedly.
Sez I, "Did you ever inquire ?" "No," sez she, "I wouldn't make a fool of myself by inquirin' for such a thing as that, Home for Mikels! I don't know what you mean by that anyway." "Why," sez I, "fallen men angels.

You know Mikel wuz a angel once and he fell." "Well, there is no such place," sez she, tossin' her head a little.
"Well," sez I, "you ort to know, you're from the city and I hain't; but I know that if there hain't such a place it's a wicked thing.


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