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She wrote me a letter, but it didn't get to me till after midnight, so I called up Max and got him to go with me down to the Rookeries district where she lives.

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge

"Sounds as if this little affair of the Rookeries might be some story."

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge

Ten years ago they started a scare about smallpox in those same Rookeries.

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge

Then, in a pause, a young voice said: "Well, to bring the subject up to date, what about the deaths in the Rookeries?"

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge

"I've heard it stated on medical authority that there is some sort of plague in the Rookeries."

From The Clarion by Stevens, William Dodge