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King-Hunger 309
Young Woman. One night my baby and I crossed
the long bridge over the river. And since I had long be
fore decided, so then approaching the middle, where the
river is deep and swift, I said :
"
Look, baby dear, how
the water is a-roaring below." She said,
"
I can t reach,
mamma, the railing is so high." I said,
"
Come, let me
lift you, baby dear." And when she was gazing down
into the black deep, I threw her over. That s all.
The Law and King-Hunger condemn the woman
to
"
blackest hell," there to be
"
tormented and
burned in everlasting, slackless fires.
1
The heavy responsibility of meting out justice
has fatigued the judges. The excitement of the
trial has sharpened the appetite of the spectators.
King-Hunger, at home with all people, proposes
that the court adjourn for luncheon.
The scene in the restaurant represents Hunger
devouring like a wild beast the produce of toil,
ravenous, famished, the victim of his own glutton
ous greed.
The monster fed, his hunger and thirst ap
peased, he now returns to sit in self-satisfied judg
ment over the Starving. The judges are more
bloated than before, the ladies more eager to bask
in the misery of their fellows. The college pro
fessors and students, mentally heavy with food, are
still anxious to add data to the study of human
criminality.
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