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Night Lodger Joe Barry Drawn Into River Pact
A New York apartment clerk river shows Joe Barry, an accordionist with a troubled past, clashes with a harsh landlord and a lonely crowd. He is propositioned by attorney John B. Martin to leave the city for ten thousand dollars, with Barry narrating a night in a haystack and a brush with danger around Orr's Mills while seeking survival and escape.
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Joe Barry
Joe
Louie
Third Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Washington Square
Louie Bertolini
Greenwich Village
Fullhouse
Pullhouse
Rane
Aloe
Joe Varry
Barry
Newburgh
Orr's Mills
New York
Orr’s Mills
Eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
John B. Martin
Wall Street
Martin
Missouri
Waverly
Broadway
Louie's
Mr. Martin