Eshek the Oppressor (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Eshek the OppressorTo-night, however, he had little thought for what he ate or for the comfort the meal brought him. The truth was, he had had a hard day of it. In fact, ever since the Saturday before, when his period of service at the factory ended, things had been hard.He found no work, he suffered bitterly from the cold. From early morning until late at night he wan dered aimlessly about the streets looking for a place, trying to keep warm, lamentably conscious that two dollars and a half was all that stood between him and absolute want.Then the sudden change in the weather was a bad thing for him. It had come on raw and wet, with every indication of a protracted period of gloom. Another week would see him literally turned out in the street with winter at hand. Never before had his prospects been so dubious.Perched on a high stool before the counter, Jarvis glanced out through the window every little while, frowning at the weather. It was very comfortable in there. Jarvis could almost fancy it was summer again. For the first time all day, a pleasant warmth pervaded the boy's body. He swallowed his food slowly that he might remain inside as long as pos sible. The heat from a stove crammed full of coal, maintaining the restaurant at a sti¿ing temperature, made him drowsy, and, by degrees, the only sensation that remained to him was dread of the cold.Never had he so hated to leave a place. He could hear the wind outside whistling and roaring, rising into a regular tempest. A fine, cold drizzle, almost a sleet, had set in, beating sharply against the window panes. The night was dreary, cheerless, desolate be yond words.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.