Flopper's

"An 'den it's all off wid me an' Mamie" -- the Flopper's face grew hard.

The Miracle Man 1909

The Flopper's eyelids fell -- covering a quick, ugly glint.

The Miracle Man 1909

The Flopper's eyes never lifted from the strip of carpet before him, but his lips moved.

The Miracle Man 1909

The Flopper's eyes lifted and made a quick, comprehensive tour of his surroundings.

The Miracle Man 1909

The first man down from the seat halted and stared at the twisted, unsightly thing before him, and, with a little gasp, reached into his pocket and dropped a bill into the Flopper's hat.

The Miracle Man 1909

Still once again the Flopper's eyes swept the line of men and women and children, fast reaching toward a common ungovernable hysteria -- and then he turned with an unbalanced, impotent, broken movement, flung out his good arm toward the Patriarch in piteous supplication, and, jerking himself forward, went on.

The Miracle Man 1909

Then the Flopper's step sounded, passing down to the rear, of the cottage.

The Miracle Man 1909

Came then the sound of footsteps -- and from the hall the Flopper's face peered cautiously around the jamb of the door.

The Miracle Man 1909

Flopper's arm in a sudden and far from gentle grip.

The Miracle Man 1909

He hadn't managed to get a dozen words with her since that night on the station platform, without taking chances and gaining admission to the cottage through the Flopper's window after dark -- and then she had held him at arm's length.

The Miracle Man 1909