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Also
he
soon
learned
that
several
miles
out
from
Lycurgus
,
on
the
Mohawk
,
near
a
hamlet
called
Van
Troup
,
was
an
inter-factory
country
club
,
to
which
most
of
the
department
heads
of
the
various
factories
about
belonged
,
but
,
alas
,
as
he
also
learned
,
Griffiths
and
Company
did
not
really
favor
their
officials
mixing
with
those
of
any
other
company
,
and
for
that
reason
few
of
them
did
.
Yet
he
,
being
a
member
of
the
family
,
as
Liggett
once
said
to
him
,
could
probably
do
as
he
chose
as
to
that
.
But
he
decided
,
because
of
the
strong
warnings
of
Gilbert
,
as
well
as
his
high
blood
relations
with
his
family
,
that
he
had
better
remain
as
aloof
as
possible
.
And
so
smiling
and
being
as
genial
as
possible
to
all
,
nevertheless
for
the
most
part
,
and
in
order
to
avoid
Dillard
and
others
of
his
ilk
,
and
although
he
was
much
more
lonely
than
otherwise
he
would
have
been
,
returning
to
his
room
or
the
public
squares
of
this
and
near-by
cities
on
Saturday
and
Sunday
afternoons
,
and
even
,
since
he
thought
this
might
please
his
uncle
and
cousin
and
so
raise
him
in
their
esteem
,
beginning
to
attend
one
of
the
principal
Presbyterian
churches
--
the
Second
or
High
Street
Church
,
to
which
on
occasion
,
as
he
had
already
learned
,
the
Griffiths
themselves
were
accustomed
to
resort
.
Yet
without
ever
coming
in
contact
with
them
in
person
,
since
from
June
to
September
they
spent
their
week-ends
at
Greenwood
Lake
,
to
which
most
of
the
society
life
of
this
region
as
yet
resorted
.
In
fact
the
summer
life
of
Lycurgus
,
in
so
far
as
its
society
was
concerned
,
was
very
dull
.
Nothing
in
particular
ever
eventuated
then
in
the
city
,
although
previous
to
this
,
in
May
,
there
had
been
various
affairs
in
connection
with
the
Griffiths
and
their
friends
which
Clyde
had
either
read
about
or
saw
at
a
distance
--
a
graduation
reception
and
dance
at
the
Snedeker
School
,
a
lawn
fete
upon
the
Griffiths
'
grounds
,
with
a
striped
marquee
tent
on
one
part
of
the
lawn
and
Chinese
lanterns
hung
in
among
the
trees
.
Clyde
had
observed
this
quite
by
accident
one
evening
as
he
was
walking
alone
about
the
city
.
It
raised
many
a
curious
and
eager
thought
in
regard
to
this
family
,
its
high
station
and
his
relation
to
it
.
But
having
placed
him
comfortably
in
a
small
official
position
which
was
not
arduous
,
the
Griffiths
now
proceeded
to
dismiss
him
from
their
minds
.
He
was
doing
well
enough
,
and
they
would
see
something
more
of
him
later
,
perhaps
.
And
then
a
little
later
he
read
in
the
Lycurgus
Star
that
there
was
to
be
staged
on
June
twentieth
the
annual
inter-city
automobile
floral
parade
and
contest
(
Fonda
,
Gloversville
,
Amsterdam
and
Schenectady
)
,
which
this
year
was
to
be
held
in
Lycurgus
and
which
was
the
last
local
social
affair
of
any
consequence
,
as
The
Star
phrased
it
,
before
the
annual
hegira
to
the
lakes
and
mountains
of
those
who
were
able
to
depart
for
such
places
.
And
the
names
of
Bella
,
Bertine
and
Sondra
,
to
say
nothing
of
Gilbert
,
were
mentioned
as
contestants
or
defendants
of
the
fair
name
of
Lycurgus
.
And
since
this
occurred
on
a
Saturday
afternoon
,
Clyde
,
dressed
in
his
best
,
yet
decidedly
wishing
to
obscure
himself
as
an
ordinary
spectator
,
was
able
to
see
once
more
the
girl
who
had
so
infatuated
him
on
sight
,
obviously
breasting
a
white
rose-surfaced
stream
and
guiding
her
craft
with
a
paddle
covered
with
yellow
daffodils
--
a
floral
representation
of
some
Indian
legend
in
connection
with
the
Mohawk
River
.
With
her
dark
hair
filleted
Indian
fashion
with
a
yellow
feather
and
brown-eyed
susans
,
she
was
arresting
enough
not
only
to
capture
a
prize
,
but
to
recapture
Clyde
's
fancy
.
How
marvelous
to
be
of
that
world
.
In
the
same
parade
he
had
seen
Gilbert
Griffiths
accompanied
by
a
very
attractive
girl
chauffeuring
one
of
four
floats
representing
the
four
seasons
.
And
while
the
one
he
drove
was
winter
,
with
this
local
society
girl
posed
in
ermine
with
white
roses
for
snow
all
about
,
directly
behind
came
another
float
,
which
presented
Bella
Griffiths
as
spring
,
swathed
in
filmy
draperies
and
crouching
beside
a
waterfall
of
dark
violets
.
The
effect
was
quite
striking
and
threw
Clyde
into
a
mood
in
regard
to
love
,
youth
and
romance
which
was
delicious
and
yet
very
painful
to
him
.
Perhaps
he
should
have
retained
Rita
,
after
all
.
In
the
meantime
he
was
living
on
as
before
,
only
more
spaciously
in
so
far
as
his
own
thoughts
were
concerned
.
For
his
first
thought
after
receiving
this
larger
allowance
was
that
he
had
better
leave
Mrs.
Cuppy
's
and
secure
a
better
room
in
some
private
home
which
,
if
less
advantageously
situated
for
him
,
would
be
in
a
better
street
.
It
took
him
out
of
all
contact
with
Dillard
.
And
now
,
since
his
uncle
had
promoted
him
,
some
representative
of
his
or
Gilbert
's
might
wish
to
stop
by
to
see
him
about
something
.
And
what
would
one
such
think
if
he
found
him
living
in
a
small
room
such
as
he
now
occupied
?
Ten
days
after
his
salary
was
raised
,
therefore
,
and
because
of
the
import
of
his
name
,
he
found
it
possible
to
obtain
a
room
in
one
of
the
better
houses
and
streets
--
Jefferson
Avenue
,
which
paralleled
Wykeagy
Avenue
,
only
a
few
blocks
farther
out
.
It
was
the
home
of
a
widow
whose
husband
had
been
a
mill
manager
and
who
let
out
two
rooms
without
board
in
order
to
be
able
to
maintain
this
home
,
which
was
above
the
average
for
one
of
such
position
in
Lycurgus
.
And
Mrs.
Peyton
,
having
long
been
a
resident
of
the
city
and
knowing
much
about
the
Griffiths
,
recognized
not
only
the
name
but
the
resemblance
of
Clyde
to
Gilbert
.
And
being
intensely
interested
by
this
,
as
well
as
his
general
appearance
,
she
at
once
offered
him
an
exceptional
room
for
so
little
as
five
dollars
a
week
,
which
he
took
at
once
.
In
connection
with
his
work
at
the
factory
,
however
,
and
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
he
had
made
such
drastic
resolutions
in
regard
to
the
help
who
were
beneath
him
,
still
it
was
not
always
possible
for
him
to
keep
his
mind
on
the
mere
mechanical
routine
of
the
work
or
off
of
this
company
of
girls
as
girls
,
since
at
least
a
few
of
them
were
attractive
.
For
it
was
summer
--
late
June
.
And
over
all
the
factory
,
especially
around
two
,
three
and
four
in
the
afternoon
,
when
the
endless
repetition
of
the
work
seemed
to
pall
on
all
,
a
practical
indifference
not
remote
from
languor
and
in
some
instances
sensuality
,
seemed
to
creep
over
the
place
.
There
were
so
many
women
and
girls
of
so
many
different
types
and
moods
.
And
here
they
were
so
remote
from
men
or
idle
pleasure
in
any
form
,
all
alone
with
just
him
,
really
.
Again
the
air
within
the
place
was
nearly
always
heavy
and
physically
relaxing
,
and
through
the
many
open
windows
that
reached
from
floor
to
ceiling
could
be
seen
the
Mohawk
swirling
and
rippling
,
its
banks
carpeted
with
green
grass
and
in
places
shaded
by
trees
.
Always
it
seemed
to
hint
of
pleasures
which
might
be
found
by
idling
along
its
shores
.
And
since
these
workers
were
employed
so
mechanically
as
to
leave
their
minds
free
to
roam
from
one
thought
of
pleasure
to
another
,
they
were
for
the
most
part
thinking
of
themselves
always
and
what
they
would
do
,
assuming
that
they
were
not
here
chained
to
this
routine
.
