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Title: The Long Day
The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself

Author: Dorothy Richardson

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Language: English

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THE LONG DAY

The Story of a New York Working Girl * * As Told by Herself

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New York
The Century Co.
1905

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Copyright, 1905, by The Century Co.

Published October, 1905

The Devinne Press

TO MY THREE "LADY-FRIENDS"

Happy, fortunate Minnie; Bessie, of gentle memory; and that other,
silent figure in the tragedy of Failure, the long-lost, erring Eunice,
with the hope that, if she still lives, her eye may chance to fall upon
this page, and reading the message of this book, she may heed.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I IN WHICH I ARRIVE IN NEW YORK 3

II IN WHICH I START OUT IN QUEST OF WORK 16

III I TRY "LIGHT" HOUSEKEEPING IN A FOURTEENTH-STREET
LODGING-HOUSE 27

IV WHEREIN FATE BRINGS ME GOOD FORTUNE IN ONE HAND
AND DISASTER IN THE OTHER 44

V IN WHICH I AM "LEARNED" BY PHOEBE IN THE ART
OF BOX-MAKING 58

VI IN WHICH PHOEBE AND MRS. SMITH HOLD FORTH UPON
MUSIC AND LITERATURE 75

VII IN WHICH I ACQUIRE A STORY-BOOK NAME AND MAKE
THE ACQUAINTANCE OF MISS HENRIETTA MANNERS 92

VIII WHEREIN I WALK THROUGH DARK AND DEVIOUS WAYS