The Gates of Chance

By: Sutphen, Van Tassel

Book Excerpt: y enough room, at the point of intersection, for the traffic of one. The confusion grew worse as the policemen and signalmen stationed at the crossing occasionally lost their heads; every now and then a new block would form, and several minutes would elapse before it could be broken. In all directions long lines of yellow electric cars stood stalled, the impatient passengers looking ahead to discover the cause of the trouble. A familiar enough experience to the modern New-Yorker, yet it never fails to exasperate him afresh.The impasse looked hopeless when I reached the scene. A truck loaded with bales of burlap was on the point of breaking down at the crossing, and it was a question of how to get it out of the way in the shortest possible time consistent with the avoidance of the threatened catastrophe. Meanwhile, the jam of cars and trucks kept piling up until there was hardly space for a newsboy to worm his way from one curb to another, and the crowd on the street corners began to grow restive. TheyRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798728195627
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"