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In the Dead of Night

by John T. McIntyre

2022-04-26 20:31:03

Excerpt.....Kenyon ate the good little German dinner which the Berlin always served, and looked amusedly out upon Broadway. “Apparently it’s the same old town,” said he. “A little more light, a few more people; but the ... Read more

Excerpt.....Kenyon ate the good little German dinner which the Berlin always served, and looked amusedly out upon Broadway.

“Apparently it’s the same old town,” said he. “A little more light, a few more people; but the same cocksureness, the same air of being the goal of all human effort.”

With a smile, he lay back in his chair and watched the tide ebbing along. It was a November night and the pulse of Broadway beat heavily: the stream of life that flowed through the great artery was as flippant and as garish as a vaudeville. An orchestra was drooning behind some palms in the Berlin; it played one of those Indian things, filled with the throb of tom-toms and unusual combinations of tone.....

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File size921.018 KB
Print pages302
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1166468682
John Thomas McIntyre (26 November 1871 – 21 May 1951) was an American playwright, and novelist of mystery and crime fiction. Working for South Street Standard Theatre(stock company), he wrote a wee...

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