The Complete Stories
““Hey, Mac.”
But the peddler, either not hearing or paying no attention, went on. At that, the policeman, the younger of the two, pushed open the door and sprang out. He strode over to the peddler and, shoving the large carton on his back, swung him around as if he were straw. The peddler stared at him in frightened astonishment. He was a gaunt, shriveled man with very large eyes which at the moment gave the effect of turning lights, so that the policeman was a little surprised, though not for l...ong.
“Are you deaf?” he said.
The peddler’s lips moved in a way that suggested he might be, but at last he cried out, “Why do you push me?” and again surprised the policeman with the amount of wail that rang in his voice.
“Why didn’t you stop when I called you?”
“So who knows you called me? Did you say my name?”
“What is your name?”
The peddler clamped his sparse yellow teeth rigidly together.
“And where’s your license?”
“What license?—who license?”
“None of your wisecracks—your license to peddle.MoreLess
But the peddler, either not hearing or paying no attention, went on. At that, the policeman, the younger of the two, pushed open the door and sprang out. He strode over to the peddler and, shoving the large carton on his back, swung him around as if he were straw. The peddler stared at him in frightened astonishment. He was a gaunt, shriveled man with very large eyes which at the moment gave the effect of turning lights, so that the policeman was a little surprised, though not for l...ong.
“Are you deaf?” he said.
The peddler’s lips moved in a way that suggested he might be, but at last he cried out, “Why do you push me?” and again surprised the policeman with the amount of wail that rang in his voice.
“Why didn’t you stop when I called you?”
“So who knows you called me? Did you say my name?”
“What is your name?”
The peddler clamped his sparse yellow teeth rigidly together.
“And where’s your license?”
“What license?—who license?”
“None of your wisecracks—your license to peddle.MoreLess
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