The Public Square

by Will Levington Comfort

THE
PUBLIC SQUARE

THE
PUBLIC SQUARE

BY
WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT
AUTHOR OF “ROUTLEDGE RIDES ALONE,” ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK :: :: MCMXXIII

COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY
WILL LEVINGTON COMFORT
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO
DOROTHY MOSHER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
I.	54 Harrow Street	[ 1]
II.	The Colored Man	[ 10]
III.	A Fish Omelet	[ 17]
IV.	Lambill Knocks	[ 23]
V.	Luncheon at Sharpe’s	[ 31]
VI.	Enter, Fanny Gallup	[ 36]
VII.	“The Freedom of Ignorance”	[ 47]
VIII.	Somebody’s Shoulder	[ 52]
IX.	“You Both Have Keys”	[ 61]
X.	April Breathes Again	[ 69]
XI.	The Baby Carriage	[ 75]
XII.	Under the Same Lamp	[ 81]
XIII.	“Mother”	[ 87]
XIV.	Isolation	[ 93]
XV.	The Cobden Interior	[ 99]
XVI.	Dicky Feels a Slump	[ 109]
XVII.	New Lodgers for Harrow Street	[ 113]
XVIII.	An Outer Change	[ 118]
XIX.	Fanny Dries Her Tears	[ 120]
XX.	They Walk in Circles	[ 124]
XXI.	The Dinner Coat	[ 129]
XXII.	A Letter from Pidge	[ 136]
XXIII.	The Red Room	[ 143]
XXIV.	Miss Claes Speaks	[ 149]
XXV.	“Be It Ever So Humble”	[ 154]
XXVI.	The Hanging Sock	[ 161]
XXVII.	The Mahatma and the Miracle	[ 167]
XXVIII.	The Rack of Sex	[ 175]
XXIX.	Rufus’ Play Day	[ 180]
XXX.	The Head of the House	[ 190]
XXXI.	Two Letters from India	[ 194]
XXXII.	France, 1918. The Yank	[ 197]
XXXIII.	Paris, 1918—Haddon and Ames	[ 202]
XXXIV.	The House of Ducier	[ 207]
XXXV.	Fanny Hears the Drum	[ 214]
XXXVI.	Rufe Hurries Home	[ 218]
XXXVII.	John Higgins’ Code	[ 219]
XXXVIII.	An Office of the World	[ 225]
XXXIX.	Seven Flawless Days	[ 229]
XL.	The Yank Developed	[ 239]
XLI.	Under the Mangoes of Cawnpore	[ 246]
XLII.	Lala Relu Ram	[ 249]
XLIII.	Hathis Laments	[ 257]
XLIV.	The Slate and the Sponge	[ 263]
XLV.	Amritsar, April 13, 1919	[ 268]
XLVI.	The Hooked Man	[ 277]
XLVII.	In the Warm Dark	[ 281]
XLVIII.	“India’s Messenger”	[ 288]
XLIX.	Pidge Tries Gramercy Park	[ 292]
L.	Dicky’s Idea Works	[ 298]
LI.	“We Look Upon Women as Sacred”	[ 302]
LII.	The Old Face	[ 309]
LIII.	The White Light Again	[ 315]