The Carolina Magazine, Vol. 57

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Carolina Magazine, Vol. 57: October, 1926-May, 1927 As the moments multiplied he was conscious of being strangely alone and proceeded, quite innocently, to tap on the table with the green check. His vigilant eyes escaped the glare of the frosted window. Indeed, only vaguely, negligibly, was he cognizant of the Shadows - impish brats oh the drowsy street outside. A fat Russian girl - broad-faced, red - lipped, sensual - was a symbol of the strayed lamb, and loved Spicy Negro food. As she buried her head in the plate, her sheared locks, dark as a raven's, fell straight forward obscuring the lower portion of her face. But perhaps that was just as well for there were flame Spots on it making it unseemingly lewd. 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.