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The ne'er-do-well (1911)

The ne'er-do-well (1911)

Classics Literary Fiction Action & Adventure

Rex Ellingwood Beach

Year: 1911
Authors: Rex Ellingwood Beach
Print type: BOOK

Description:

It was a crisp November night. The artificial brilliance of Broadway was rivalled by a glorious moonlit sky. The first autumn frost was in the air, and on the side-streets long rows of taxicabs were standing, their motors blanketed, their chauffeurs threshing their arms to rout the cold. A few well-bundled cabbies, perched upon old-style hansoms, were barking at the stream of hurrying pedestrians.