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WEE QUESTION OF FORTUNE--FOUR-FIFTY A WEEK.
Once across the river and into the wholesale district, she glanced about her for some likely door at which to apply.

As she contemplated the wide windows and imposing signs, she became conscious of being gazed upon and understood for what she was--a wage-seeker.

She had never done this thing before, and lacked courage.

To avoid a certain indefinable shame she felt at being caught spying about for a position, she quickened her steps and assumed an air of indifference supposedly common to one upon an errand.