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"
You
want
to
see
me
?
"
queried
the
captain
of
the
bellhops
,
turning
to
Clyde
,
and
observing
his
none-too-good
clothes
,
at
the
same
time
making
a
comprehensive
study
of
him
.
"
The
gentleman
in
the
drug
store
,
"
began
Clyde
,
who
did
not
quite
like
the
looks
of
the
man
before
him
,
but
was
determined
to
present
himself
as
agreeably
as
possible
,
"
was
saying
--
that
is
,
he
said
that
I
might
ask
you
if
there
was
any
chance
here
for
me
as
a
bell
-
boy
.
I
'm
working
now
at
Klinkle
's
drug
store
at
7th
and
Brooklyn
,
as
a
helper
,
but
I
'd
like
to
get
out
of
that
and
he
said
you
might
--
that
is
--
he
thought
you
had
a
place
open
now
.
"
Clyde
was
so
flustered
and
disturbed
by
the
cool
,
examining
eyes
of
the
man
before
him
that
he
could
scarcely
get
his
breath
properly
,
and
swallowed
hard
.
For
the
first
time
in
his
life
,
it
occurred
to
him
that
if
he
wanted
to
get
on
he
ought
to
insinuate
himself
into
the
good
graces
of
people
--
do
or
say
something
that
would
make
them
like
him
.
So
now
he
contrived
an
eager
,
ingratiating
smile
,
which
he
bestowed
on
Mr.
Squires
,
and
added
:
"
If
you
'd
like
to
give
me
a
chance
,
I
'd
try
very
hard
and
I
'd
be
very
willing
.
"
The
man
before
him
merely
looked
at
him
coldly
,
but
being
the
soul
of
craft
and
self-acquisitiveness
in
a
petty
way
,
and
rather
liking
anybody
who
had
the
skill
and
the
will
to
be
diplomatic
,
he
now
put
aside
an
impulse
to
shake
his
head
negatively
,
and
observed
:
"
But
you
have
n't
had
any
training
in
this
work
.
"
"
No
,
sir
,
but
could
n't
I
pick
it
up
pretty
quick
if
I
tried
hard
?
"
"
Well
,
let
me
see
,
"
observed
the
head
of
the
bell-hops
,
scratching
his
head
dubiously
"
I
have
n't
any
time
to
talk
to
you
now
.
Come
around
Monday
afternoon
.
I
'll
see
you
then
.
"
He
turned
on
his
heel
and
walked
away
.
Clyde
,
left
alone
in
this
fashion
,
and
not
knowing
just
what
it
meant
,
stared
,
wondering
.
Was
it
really
true
that
he
had
been
invited
to
come
back
on
Monday
?
Could
it
be
possible
that
--
He
turned
and
hurried
out
,
thrilling
from
head
to
toe
.
The
idea
!
He
had
asked
this
man
for
a
place
in
the
very
finest
hotel
in
Kansas
City
and
he
had
asked
him
to
come
back
and
see
him
on
Monday
.
Gee
!
what
would
that
mean
?
Could
it
be
possible
that
he
would
be
admitted
to
such
a
grand
world
as
this
--
and
that
so
speedily
?
Could
it
really
be
?
The
imaginative
flights
of
Clyde
in
connection
with
all
this
--
his
dreams
of
what
it
might
mean
for
him
to
be
connected
with
so
glorious
an
institution
--
can
only
be
suggested
.
For
his
ideas
of
luxury
were
in
the
main
so
extreme
and
mistaken
and
gauche
--
mere
wanderings
of
a
repressed
and
unsatisfied
fancy
,
which
as
yet
had
had
nothing
but
imaginings
to
feed
it
.
He
went
back
to
his
old
duties
at
the
drug-store
--
to
his
home
after
hours
in
order
to
eat
and
sleep
--
but
now
for
the
balance
of
this
Friday
and
Saturday
and
Sunday
and
Monday
until
late
in
the
day
,
he
walked
on
air
,
really
.
His
mind
was
not
on
what
he
was
doing
,
and
several
times
his
superior
at
the
drugstore
had
to
remind
him
to
"
wake-up
.
"
And
after
hours
,
instead
of
going
directly
home
,
he
walked
north
to
the
corner
of
14th
and
Baltimore
,
where
stood
this
great
hotel
,
and
looked
at
it
.
There
,
at
midnight
even
,
before
each
of
the
three
principal
entrances
--
one
facing
each
of
three
streets
--
was
a
doorman
in
a
long
maroon
coat
with
many
buttons
and
a
high-rimmed
and
long-visored
maroon
cap
.
And
inside
,
behind
looped
and
fluted
French
silk
curtains
,
were
the
still
blazing
lights
,
the
a
la
carte
dining-room
and
the
American
grill
in
the
basement
near
one
corner
still
open
.
And
about
them
were
many
taxis
and
cars
.
And
there
was
music
always
--
from
somewhere
.
