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Peter thanked her, and, walking away, accosted the first policeman.
"It's Blaker Strate, is it? Take the Sixth Avenue cars, there beyant,"
he was informed.
"Is it a respectable street?" asked Peter.
"Don't be afther takin' away a strate's character," said the policeman,
grinning good-naturedly.
"I mean," explained Peter, "do respectable people live there?"
"Shure, it's mostly boarding-houses for young men," replied the unit of
"the finest." "Ye know best what they're loike."
Reassured, Peter, sought and found board in Bleecker Street, not
comprehending that he had gone to the opposite extreme. It was a dull
season, and he had no difficulty in getting such a room as suited both
his expectations and purse. By dinner-time he had settled his simple
household gods to his satisfaction, and slightly moderated the
dreariness of the third floor front, so far as the few pictures and
other furnishings from his college rooms could modify the effect of
well-worn carpet, cheap, painted furniture, and ugly wall-paper.


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