The reaching of this final goal, the sum of all his hopes and
ambitions, was due to the same tenacity of purpose which had
characterized his earlier life, aided and abetted by a geniality of
disposition which made him countless friends, a conscience which
overlooked their faults, together with a total lack of perception as to
the legal ownership of whatever happened to be within his reach. As to
the keeping of the other commandments, including the one of doing unto
others as you would have them do unto you----
Well, Muffles had grown up between the cobbles of the Bowery, and his
early education had consequently been neglected.
The Shady Side Inn, over which Muffles presided, and in which he was
one-third owner--the Captain of the Precinct and a "Big Pipe" contractor
owned the other two-thirds--was what was left of an old colonial
mansion. There are dozens of them scattered up and down the Bronx, lying
back from the river; with porches falling into decay, their gardens
overrun with weeds, their spacious rooms echoing only the hum of the
sewing-machine or the buzz of the loom.
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