THE
PUBLIC SQUARE
THE
PUBLIC SQUARE
BY
WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT
AUTHOR OF “ROUTLEDGE RIDES ALONE,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK :: :: MCMXXIII
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
DOROTHY MOSHER
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | 54 Harrow Street | 1 |
| II. | The Colored Man | 10 |
| III. | A Fish Omelet | 17 |
| IV. | Lambill Knocks | 23 |
| V. | Luncheon at Sharpe’s | 31 |
| VI. | Enter, Fanny Gallup | 36 |
| VII. | “The Freedom of Ignorance” | 47 |
| VIII. | Somebody’s Shoulder | 52 |
| IX. | “You Both Have Keys” | 61 |
| X. | April Breathes Again | 69 |
| XI. | The Baby Carriage | 75 |
| XII. | Under the Same Lamp | 81 |
| XIII. | “Mother” | 87 |
| XIV. | Isolation | 93 |
| XV. | The Cobden Interior | 99 |
| XVI. | Dicky Feels a Slump | 109 |