This, spread
out before my aunt, proved to contain three carrots and two onions,
carefully washed, and shining; they were the kindly fruits of the
earth, and of the prophet's own labor, and my old auntie was deeply
touched, because it appeared that this visitor was a seer, the sole
composer of a mighty tome which is to be found in the public
library, and is known as the "Eternal Bible."
So here I was, strolling along quite as a matter of course with my
strange acquaintance. I saw that he was looking about, and I
prepared for questions, and wondered what they would be. I thought
that he must naturally be struck by such wonders as automobiles and
crowded street-cars. I failed to realize that he would be thinking
about the souls of the people.
Said he, at last: "This is a large city?"
"About half a million."
"And what quarter are we in?"
"The shopping district."
"Is it a segregated district?"
"Segregated? In what way?"
"Apparently there are only courtesans."
I could not help laughing.
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