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A group of small boys stood on the corner, looking anxiously down the / shaded street. They ranged from eight to twelve years in age; from / grimy hands to universal griminess in uncleanliness; from comfortable / meagreness to ragged poverty in clothing, while in race they were / polyglot, but they were identical in the impatience with which they / scanned the sidewalk, vision-length, and found it empty though there / were frequent passers-by.
"Gee! What's the matter wid her?"