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And
then
about
this
time
,
an
almost
revolutionary
thing
for
this
part
of
the
world
occurred
.
For
because
of
the
cheapness
of
labor
in
such
an
extremely
rural
section
,
a
small
hosiery
plant
was
built
at
Trippetts
Mills
.
And
though
Roberta
,
because
of
the
views
and
standards
that
prevailed
hereabout
,
had
somehow
conceived
of
this
type
of
work
as
beneath
her
,
still
she
was
fascinated
by
the
reports
of
the
high
wages
to
be
paid
.
Accordingly
she
repaired
to
Trippetts
Mills
,
where
,
boarding
at
the
house
of
a
neighbor
who
had
previously
lived
in
Biltz
,
and
returning
home
every
Saturday
afternoon
,
she
planned
to
bring
together
the
means
for
some
further
form
of
practical
education
--
a
course
at
a
business
college
at
Homer
or
Lycurgus
or
somewhere
which
might
fit
her
for
something
better
--
bookkeeping
or
stenography
.
And
in
connection
with
this
dream
and
this
attempted
saving
two
years
went
by
.
And
in
the
meanwhile
,
although
she
earned
more
money
(
eventually
twelve
dollars
a
week
)
,
still
,
because
various
members
of
her
family
required
so
many
little
things
and
she
desired
to
alleviate
to
a
degree
the
privations
of
these
others
from
which
she
suffered
,
nearly
all
that
she
earned
went
to
them
.
And
again
here
,
as
at
Biltz
,
most
of
the
youths
of
the
town
who
were
better
suited
to
her
intellectually
and
temperamentally
--
still
looked
upon
the
mere
factory
type
as
beneath
them
in
many
ways
.
And
although
Roberta
was
far
from
being
that
type
,
still
having
associated
herself
with
them
she
was
inclined
to
absorb
some
of
their
psychology
in
regard
to
themselves
.
Indeed
by
then
she
was
fairly
well
satisfied
that
no
one
of
these
here
in
whom
she
was
interested
would
be
interested
in
her
--
at
least
not
with
any
legitimate
intentions
.
And
then
two
things
occurred
which
caused
her
to
think
,
not
only
seriously
of
marriage
,
but
of
her
own
future
,
whether
she
married
or
not
.
For
her
sister
,
Agnes
,
now
twenty
,
and
three
years
her
junior
,
having
recently
reencountered
a
young
schoolmaster
who
some
time
before
had
conducted
the
district
school
near
the
Alden
farm
,
and
finding
him
more
to
her
taste
now
than
when
she
had
been
in
school
,
had
decided
to
marry
him
.
And
this
meant
,
as
Roberta
saw
it
,
that
she
was
about
to
take
on
the
appearance
of
a
spinster
unless
she
married
soon
.
Yet
she
did
not
quite
see
what
was
to
be
done
until
the
hosiery
factory
at
Trippetts
Mills
suddenly
closed
,
never
to
reopen
.
And
then
,
in
order
to
assist
her
mother
,
as
well
as
help
with
her
sister
's
wedding
,
she
returned
to
Biltz
.
But
then
there
came
a
third
thing
which
decidedly
affected
her
dreams
and
plans
.
Grace
Marr
,
a
girl
whom
she
had
met
at
Trippetts
Mills
,
had
gone
to
Lycurgus
and
after
a
few
weeks
there
had
managed
to
connect
herself
with
the
Finchley
Vacuum
Cleaner
Company
at
a
salary
of
fifteen
dollars
a
week
and
at
once
wrote
to
Roberta
telling
her
of
the
opportunities
that
were
then
present
in
Lycurgus
.
For
in
passing
the
Griffiths
Company
,
which
she
did
daily
,
she
had
seen
a
large
sign
posted
over
the
east
employment
door
reading
"
Girls
Wanted
.
"
And
inquiry
revealed
the
fact
that
girls
at
this
company
were
always
started
at
nine
or
ten
dollars
,
quickly
taught
some
one
of
the
various
phases
of
piece
work
and
then
,
once
they
were
proficient
,
were
frequently
able
to
earn
as
much
as
from
fourteen
to
sixteen
dollars
,
according
to
their
skill
.
And
since
board
and
room
were
only
consuming
seven
of
what
she
earned
,
she
was
delighted
to
communicate
to
Roberta
,
whom
she
liked
very
much
,
that
she
might
come
and
room
with
her
if
she
wished
.
Roberta
,
having
reached
the
place
where
she
felt
that
she
could
no
longer
endure
farm
life
but
must
act
for
herself
once
more
,
finally
arranged
with
her
mother
to
leave
in
order
that
she
might
help
her
more
directly
with
her
wages
.
But
once
in
Lycurgus
and
employed
by
Clyde
,
her
life
,
after
the
first
flush
of
self-interest
which
a
change
so
great
implied
for
her
,
was
not
so
much
more
enlarged
socially
or
materially
either
,
for
that
matter
,
over
what
it
had
been
in
Biltz
and
Trippetts
Mills
.
For
,
despite
the
genial
intimacy
of
Grace
Marr
--
a
girl
not
nearly
as
attractive
as
Roberta
,
and
who
,
because
of
Roberta
's
charm
and
for
the
most
part
affected
gayety
,
counted
on
her
to
provide
a
cheer
and
companionship
which
otherwise
she
would
have
lacked
--
still
the
world
into
which
she
was
inducted
here
was
scarcely
any
more
liberal
or
diversified
than
that
from
which
she
sprang
.
For
,
to
begin
with
,
the
Newtons
,
sister
and
brother-in-law
of
Grace
Marr
,
with
whom
she
lived
,
and
who
,
despite
the
fact
that
they
were
not
unkindly
,
proved
to
be
,
almost
more
so
than
were
the
types
with
whom
,
either
in
Biltz
or
Trippets
Mills
,
she
had
been
in
constant
contact
,
the
most
ordinary
small
town
mill
workers
--
religious
and
narrow
to
a
degree
.
George
Newton
,
as
every
one
could
see
and
feel
,
was
a
pleasant
if
not
very
emotional
or
romantic
person
who
took
his
various
small
plans
in
regard
to
himself
and
his
future
as
of
the
utmost
importance
.
Primarily
he
was
saving
what
little
cash
he
could
out
of
the
wages
he
earned
as
threadman
in
the
Cranston
Wickwire
factory
to
enable
him
to
embark
upon
some
business
for
which
he
thought
himself
fitted
.
And
to
this
end
,
and
to
further
enhance
his
meager
savings
,
he
had
joined
with
his
wife
in
the
scheme
of
taking
over
an
old
house
in
Taylor
Street
which
permitted
the
renting
of
enough
rooms
to
carry
the
rent
and
in
addition
to
supply
the
food
for
the
family
and
five
boarders
,
counting
their
labor
and
worries
in
the
process
as
nothing
.
And
on
the
other
hand
,
Grace
Marr
,
as
well
as
Newton
's
wife
,
Mary
,
were
of
that
type
that
here
as
elsewhere
find
the
bulk
of
their
social
satisfaction
in
such
small
matters
as
relate
to
the
organization
of
a
small
home
,
the
establishing
of
its
import
and
integrity
in
a
petty
and
highly
conventional
neighborhood
and
the
contemplation
of
life
and
conduct
through
the
lens
furnished
by
a
purely
sectarian
creed
.
