human
I'll go back and punch him, if you'll let me. I heard it all.
gpt
No, it'll do no good,--both of us would get into trouble, then.
human
Well, then, I'll chuck my job. This ain't no place for any decent girl nor man. Was it pretty bad where you went, Katie?
gpt
Bad! Oh, Joe, you don't know. I said, last week, when I forced my way into the room of that poor mother whose son was arrested, that I'd never report another case like it. But you ought to have seen what I saw to-night. The poor girl worked in a box factory, they told me, and this man hounded her, and in despair she threw herself overboard. The room was full when I got there,--policemen,--one or two other reporters,--no woman but me. They had brought her in dripping wet and I found her on the floor,--just a child, Joe,--hardly sixteen,--her hair filled with dirt from the water,--the old mother wringing her hands. Oh, it was pitiful! I could have flashed a picture,--nobody would have cared nor stopped me,--but I couldn't. Don't you see I couldn't, Joe? He has no right to ask me to do these things,--nobody has,--it's awful. It's horrible! What would that poor mother have said when she saw it in the paper? I'll go home now. No, you needn't come,--they'll want you. Go back upstairs. Good-night.
human
What would dad say if he saw what his trees had come to?