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"
But
can
that
worry
stuff
,
"
he
said
to
Clyde
toward
the
end
of
the
evening
.
"
It
do
n't
get
you
nothing
.
"
And
then
only
two
days
after
this
most
encouraging
conversation
,
and
while
Clyde
was
still
debating
whether
he
would
resign
his
job
,
resume
his
true
name
and
canvass
the
various
hotels
in
search
of
work
,
a
note
came
to
his
room
,
brought
by
one
of
the
bell-boys
of
the
Union
League
which
read
:
"
See
Mr.
Lightall
at
the
Great
Northern
before
noon
to-morrow
.
There
's
a
vacancy
over
there
.
It
ai
n't
the
very
best
,
but
it
'll
get
you
something
better
later
.
"
And
accordingly
Clyde
,
after
telephoning
his
department
manager
that
he
was
ill
and
would
not
be
able
to
work
that
day
,
made
his
way
to
this
hotel
in
his
very
best
clothes
.
And
on
the
strength
of
what
references
he
could
give
,
was
allowed
to
go
to
work
;
and
much
to
his
relief
under
his
own
name
.
Also
,
to
his
gratification
,
his
salary
was
fixed
at
twenty
dollars
a
month
,
meals
included
.
But
the
tips
,
as
he
now
learned
,
aggregated
not
more
than
ten
a
week
--
yet
that
,
counting
meals
was
far
more
than
he
was
now
getting
as
he
comforted
himself
;
and
so
much
easier
work
,
even
if
it
did
take
him
back
into
the
old
line
,
where
he
still
feared
to
be
seen
and
arrested
.
It
was
not
so
very
long
after
this
--
not
more
than
three
months
--
before
a
vacancy
occurred
in
the
Union
League
staff
.
Ratterer
,
having
some
time
before
established
himself
as
day
assistant
to
the
club
staff
captain
,
and
being
on
good
terms
with
him
,
was
able
to
say
to
the
latter
that
he
knew
exactly
the
man
for
the
place
--
Clyde
Griffiths
--
then
employed
at
the
Great
Northern
.
And
accordingly
,
Clyde
was
sent
for
,
and
being
carefully
coached
beforehand
by
Ratterer
as
to
how
to
approach
his
new
superior
,
and
what
to
say
,
he
was
given
the
place
.
And
here
,
very
different
from
the
Great
Northern
and
superior
from
a
social
and
material
point
of
view
,
as
Clyde
saw
it
,
to
even
the
Green
--
Davidson
,
he
was
able
once
more
to
view
at
close
range
a
type
of
life
that
most
affected
,
unfortunately
,
his
bump
of
position
and
distinction
.
For
to
this
club
from
day
to
day
came
or
went
such
a
company
of
seemingly
mentally
and
socially
worldly
elect
as
he
had
never
seen
anywhere
before
,
the
self-integrated
and
self-centered
from
not
only
all
of
the
states
of
his
native
land
but
from
all
countries
and
continents
.
American
politicians
from
the
north
,
south
,
east
,
west
--
the
principal
politicians
and
bosses
,
or
alleged
statesmen
of
their
particular
regions
--
surgeons
,
scientists
,
arrived
physicians
,
generals
,
literary
and
social
figures
,
not
only
from
America
but
from
the
world
over
.
Here
also
,
a
fact
which
impressed
and
even
startled
his
sense
of
curiosity
and
awe
,
even
--
there
was
no
faintest
trace
of
that
sex
element
which
had
characterized
most
of
the
phases
of
life
to
be
seen
in
the
Green
--
Davidson
,
and
more
recently
the
Great
Northern
.
In
fact
,
in
so
far
as
he
could
remember
,
had
seemed
to
run
through
and
motivate
nearly
,
if
not
quite
all
of
the
phases
of
life
that
he
had
thus
far
contacted
.
But
here
was
no
sex
--
no
trace
of
it
.
No
women
were
admitted
to
this
club
.
These
various
distinguished
individuals
came
and
went
,
singly
as
a
rule
,
and
with
the
noiseless
vigor
and
reserve
that
characterizes
the
ultra
successful
.
They
often
ate
alone
,
conferred
in
pairs
and
groups
,
noiselessly
--
read
their
papers
or
books
,
or
went
here
and
there
in
swiftly
driven
automobiles
--
but
for
the
most
part
seemed
to
be
unaware
of
,
or
at
least
unaffected
by
,
that
element
of
passion
,
which
,
to
his
immature
mind
up
to
this
time
,
had
seemed
to
propel
and
disarrange
so
many
things
in
those
lesser
worlds
with
which
up
to
now
he
had
been
identified
.
Probably
one
could
not
attain
to
or
retain
one
's
place
in
so
remarkable
a
world
as
this
unless
one
were
indifferent
to
sex
,
a
disgraceful
passion
,
of
course
.
And
hence
in
the
presence
or
under
the
eyes
of
such
people
one
had
to
act
and
seem
as
though
such
thoughts
as
from
time
to
time
swayed
one
were
far
from
one
's
mind
.
