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Later
in
the
same
year
,
wishing
to
get
out
of
school
because
he
already
felt
himself
very
much
belated
in
the
race
,
he
secured
a
place
as
an
assistant
to
a
soda
water
clerk
in
one
of
the
cheaper
drug
stores
of
the
city
,
which
adjoined
a
theater
and
enjoyed
not
a
little
patronage
of
this
sort
.
A
sign
--
"
Boy
Wanted
"
--
since
it
was
directly
on
his
way
to
school
,
first
interested
him
.
Later
,
in
conversation
with
the
young
man
whose
assistant
he
was
to
be
,
and
from
whom
he
was
to
learn
the
trade
,
assuming
that
he
was
sufficiently
willing
and
facile
,
he
gathered
that
if
he
mastered
this
art
,
he
might
make
as
much
as
fifteen
and
even
eighteen
dollars
a
week
.
It
was
rumored
that
Stroud
's
at
the
corner
of
14th
and
Baltimore
streets
paid
that
much
to
two
of
their
clerks
.
The
particular
store
to
which
he
was
applying
paid
only
twelve
,
the
standard
salary
of
most
places
.
But
to
acquire
this
art
,
as
he
was
now
informed
,
required
time
and
the
friendly
help
of
an
expert
.
If
he
wished
to
come
here
and
work
for
five
to
begin
with
--
well
,
six
,
then
,
since
his
face
fell
--
he
might
soon
expect
to
know
a
great
deal
about
the
art
of
mixing
sweet
drinks
and
decorating
a
large
variety
of
ice
creams
with
liquid
sweets
,
thus
turning
them
into
sundaes
.
For
the
time
being
apprenticeship
meant
washing
and
polishing
all
the
machinery
and
implements
of
this
particular
counter
,
to
say
nothing
of
opening
and
sweeping
out
the
store
at
so
early
an
hour
as
seven-thirty
,
dusting
,
and
delivering
such
orders
as
the
owner
of
this
drug
store
chose
to
send
out
by
him
.
At
such
idle
moments
as
his
immediate
superior
--
a
Mr.
Sieberling
--
twenty
,
dashing
,
self-confident
,
talkative
,
was
too
busy
to
fill
all
the
orders
,
he
might
be
called
upon
to
mix
such
minor
drinks
--
lemonades
,
Coca
--
Colas
and
the
like
--
as
the
trade
demanded
.
Yet
this
interesting
position
,
after
due
consultation
with
his
mother
,
he
decided
to
take
.
For
one
thing
,
it
would
provide
him
,
as
he
suspected
,
with
all
the
ice-cream
sodas
he
desired
,
free
--
an
advantage
not
to
be
disregarded
.
In
the
next
place
,
as
he
saw
it
at
the
time
,
it
was
an
open
door
to
a
trade
--
something
which
he
lacked
.
Further
,
and
not
at
all
disadvantageously
as
he
saw
it
,
this
store
required
his
presence
at
night
as
late
as
twelve
o'clock
,
with
certain
hours
off
during
the
day
to
compensate
for
this
.
And
this
took
him
out
of
his
home
at
night
--
out
of
the
ten
-
o'clock-boy
class
at
last
.
They
could
not
ask
him
to
attend
any
meetings
save
on
Sunday
,
and
not
even
then
,
since
he
was
supposed
to
work
Sunday
afternoons
and
evenings
.
Next
,
the
clerk
who
manipulated
this
particular
soda
fountain
,
quite
regularly
received
passes
from
the
manager
of
the
theater
next
door
,
and
into
the
lobby
of
which
one
door
to
the
drug
store
gave
--
a
most
fascinating
connection
to
Clyde
.
It
seemed
so
interesting
to
be
working
for
a
drug
store
thus
intimately
connected
with
a
theater
.
And
best
of
all
,
as
Clyde
now
found
to
his
pleasure
,
and
yet
despair
at
times
,
the
place
was
visited
,
just
before
and
after
the
show
on
matinee
days
,
by
bevies
of
girls
,
single
and
en
suite
,
who
sat
at
the
counter
and
giggled
and
chattered
and
gave
their
hair
and
their
complexions
last
perfecting
touches
before
the
mirror
.
And
Clyde
,
callow
and
inexperienced
in
the
ways
of
the
world
,
and
those
of
the
opposite
sex
,
was
never
weary
of
observing
the
beauty
,
the
daring
,
the
self-sufficiency
and
the
sweetness
of
these
,
as
he
saw
them
.
For
the
first
time
in
his
life
,
while
he
busied
himself
with
washing
glasses
,
filling
the
ice-cream
and
syrup
containers
,
arranging
the
lemons
and
oranges
in
the
trays
,
he
had
an
almost
uninterrupted
opportunity
of
studying
these
girls
at
close
range
.
The
wonder
of
them
!
For
the
most
part
,
they
were
so
well-dressed
and
smart-looking
--
the
rings
,
pins
,
furs
,
delightful
hats
,
pretty
shoes
they
wore
.
And
so
often
he
overheard
them
discussing
such
interesting
things
--
parties
,
dances
,
dinners
,
the
shows
they
had
seen
,
the
places
in
or
near
Kansas
City
to
which
they
were
soon
going
,
the
difference
between
the
styles
of
this
year
and
last
,
the
fascination
of
certain
actors
and
actresses
--
principally
actors
--
who
were
now
playing
or
soon
coming
to
the
city
.
And
to
this
day
,
in
his
own
home
he
had
heard
nothing
of
all
this
.
And
very
often
one
or
another
of
these
young
beauties
was
accompanied
by
some
male
in
evening
suit
,
dress
shirt
,
high
hat
,
bow
tie
,
white
kid
gloves
and
patent
leather
shoes
,
a
costume
which
at
that
time
Clyde
felt
to
be
the
last
word
in
all
true
distinction
,
beauty
,
gallantry
and
bliss
.
To
be
able
to
wear
such
a
suit
with
such
ease
and
air
!
To
be
able
to
talk
to
a
girl
after
the
manner
and
with
the
sang-froid
of
some
of
these
gallants
!
what
a
true
measure
of
achievement
!
No
good-looking
girl
,
as
it
then
appeared
to
him
,
would
have
anything
to
do
with
him
if
he
did
not
possess
this
standard
of
equipment
.
It
was
plainly
necessary
--
the
thing
.
And
once
he
did
attain
it
--
was
able
to
wear
such
clothes
as
these
--
well
,
then
was
he
not
well
set
upon
the
path
that
leads
to
all
the
blisses
?
All
the
joys
of
life
would
then
most
certainly
be
spread
before
him
.
The
friendly
smiles
!
The
secret
handclasps
,
maybe
--
an
arm
about
the
waist
of
some
one
or
another
--
a
kiss
--
a
promise
of
marriage
--
and
then
,
and
then
!
