Excerpt from A Daughter of the Tenements The men about town had those four squads of four named, not prettily: the Shorts, Longs, Thins, and Plumps. The Longs came down the stage last, and, when they started, the orchestra leader waved more brass into the music, and the audience cheered louder than ever; for the four strapping big girls marched down with such a swing, with such an all conquering swagger, that it was delightfully exciting. Well, then, Teresa was the tallest of the Longs, the one on the right of the line, to the left as you looked. She was also, you recollect, now that I have identified her, the prettiest in the company, as well as the most graceful dancer, excepting the premiere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.