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"
Well
,
my
father
was
telling
me
of
his
talk
with
you
in
Chicago
.
From
what
he
told
me
I
gather
that
you
have
n't
had
much
practical
experience
of
any
kind
.
You
do
n't
know
how
to
keep
books
,
do
you
?
"
"
No
,
I
do
n't
,
"
replied
Clyde
a
little
regretfully
.
"
And
you
're
not
a
stenographer
or
anything
like
that
?
"
"
No
,
sir
,
I
'm
not
.
"
Most
sharply
,
as
Clyde
said
this
,
he
felt
that
he
was
dreadfully
lacking
in
every
training
.
And
now
Gilbert
Griffiths
looked
at
him
as
though
he
were
rather
a
hopeless
proposition
indeed
from
the
viewpoint
of
this
concern
.
"
Well
,
the
best
thing
to
do
with
you
,
I
think
,
"
he
went
on
,
as
though
before
this
his
father
had
not
indicated
to
him
exactly
what
was
to
be
done
in
this
case
,
"
is
to
start
you
in
the
shrinking
room
.
That
's
where
the
manufacturing
end
of
this
business
begins
,
and
you
might
as
well
be
learning
that
from
the
ground
up
.
Afterwards
,
when
we
see
how
you
do
down
there
,
we
can
tell
a
little
better
what
to
do
with
you
.
If
you
had
any
office
training
it
might
be
possible
to
use
you
up
here
.
"
(
Clyde
's
face
fell
at
this
and
Gilbert
noticed
it
.
It
pleased
him
.
)
"
But
it
's
just
as
well
to
learn
the
practical
side
of
the
business
,
whatever
you
do
,
"
he
added
rather
coldly
,
not
that
he
desired
to
comfort
Clyde
any
but
merely
to
be
saying
it
as
a
fact
.
And
seeing
that
Clyde
said
nothing
,
he
continued
:
"
The
best
thing
,
I
presume
,
before
you
try
to
do
anything
around
here
is
for
you
to
get
settled
somewhere
.
You
have
n't
taken
a
room
anywhere
yet
,
have
you
?
"
"
No
,
I
just
came
in
on
the
noon
train
,
"
replied
Clyde
.
"
I
was
a
little
dirty
and
so
I
just
went
up
to
the
hotel
to
brush
up
a
little
.
I
thought
I
'd
look
for
a
place
afterwards
.
"
"
Well
,
that
's
right
.
Only
do
n't
look
for
any
place
.
I
'll
have
our
superintendent
see
that
you
're
directed
to
a
good
boarding
house
.
He
knows
more
about
the
town
than
you
do
.
"
His
thought
here
was
that
after
all
Clyde
was
a
full
cousin
and
that
it
would
n't
do
to
have
him
live
just
anywhere
.
At
the
same
time
,
he
was
greatly
concerned
lest
Clyde
get
the
notion
that
the
family
was
very
much
concerned
as
to
where
he
did
live
,
which
most
certainly
it
was
NOT
,
as
he
saw
it
.
His
final
feeling
was
that
he
could
easily
place
and
control
Clyde
in
such
a
way
as
to
make
him
not
very
important
to
any
one
in
any
way
--
his
father
,
the
family
,
all
the
people
who
worked
here
.
He
reached
for
a
button
on
his
desk
and
pressed
it
.
A
trim
girl
,
very
severe
and
reserved
in
a
green
gingham
dress
,
appeared
.
