And Adam was just a little queerer than the rest of it.

In a sense he had wronged her.

God knows he was cruel enough to those two poor youngsters.

As for his passion for drinking himself to sleep--well, when a man's had straight legs and plenty of health, such a fate as Adam's hits hard.
"He hated Joan and Donald," said Kenny.

"Why ?" "He resented their drain upon his pocket-book.