Excerpt from The Ragged Edge: A Tale of Ward Life Politics Arrah, me jewel, sure, Larry's the boy Old song. Eary horses dragged ponderous trucks homeward the drivers drooped upon their high seats and thought of cans of beer; a red sun threw shafts of light along the cross-town streets and between the rows of black warehouses. The porters had all gone for the night from Mason Sons, and young Mason stood upon the office step, about to lock the door, when Kerrigan jumped from a passing car and hailed him. I just happened to notice you as I was going by, Kerrigan said; and that reminded me that I wanted to speak to you. Come in and sit down, said Mason, leading the way into the office. 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.