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A
part
of
his
twenty-four
or
thirty-two
dollars
as
he
figured
it
was
going
glimmering
,
apparently
--
eleven
or
twelve
all
told
--
but
what
of
it
!
Would
there
not
be
twelve
or
fifteen
or
even
more
left
?
And
there
were
his
meals
and
his
uniform
.
Kind
Heaven
!
What
a
realization
of
paradise
!
What
a
consummation
of
luxury
!
Mr.
Hegglund
of
Jersey
City
escorted
him
to
the
twelfth
floor
and
into
a
room
where
they
found
on
guard
a
wizened
and
grizzled
little
old
man
of
doubtful
age
and
temperament
,
who
forthwith
ouffitted
Clyde
with
a
suit
that
was
so
near
a
fit
that
,
without
further
orders
,
it
was
not
deemed
necessary
to
alter
it
.
And
trying
on
various
caps
,
there
was
one
that
fitted
him
--
a
thing
that
sat
most
rakishly
over
one
ear
--
only
,
as
Hegglund
informed
him
,
"
You
'll
have
to
get
dat
hair
of
yours
cut
.
Better
get
it
clipped
behind
.
It
's
too
long
.
"
And
with
that
Clyde
himself
had
been
in
mental
agreement
before
he
spoke
.
His
hair
certainly
did
not
look
right
in
the
new
cap
.
He
hated
it
now
.
And
going
downstairs
,
and
reporting
to
Mr.
Whipple
,
Mr.
Squires
'
assistant
,
the
latter
had
said
:
"
Very
well
.
It
fits
all
right
,
does
it
?
Well
,
then
,
you
go
on
here
at
six
.
Report
at
five-thirty
and
be
here
in
your
uniform
at
five-forty-five
for
inspection
.
"
Whereupon
Clyde
,
being
advised
by
Hegglund
to
go
then
and
there
to
get
his
uniform
and
take
it
to
the
dressing-room
in
the
basement
,
and
get
his
locker
from
the
locker-man
,
he
did
so
,
and
then
hurried
most
nervously
out
--
first
to
get
a
hair-cut
and
afterwards
to
report
to
his
family
on
his
great
luck
.
He
was
to
be
a
bell-boy
in
the
great
Hotel
Green
--
Davidson
.
He
was
to
wear
a
uniform
and
a
handsome
one
.
He
was
to
make
--
but
he
did
not
tell
his
mother
at
first
what
he
was
to
make
,
truly
--
but
more
than
eleven
or
twelve
at
first
,
anyhow
,
he
guessed
--
he
could
not
be
sure
For
now
,
all
at
once
,
he
saw
economic
independence
ahead
for
himself
,
if
not
for
his
family
,
and
he
did
not
care
to
complicate
it
with
any
claims
which
a
confession
as
to
his
real
salary
would
most
certainly
inspire
.
But
he
did
say
that
he
was
to
have
his
meals
free
--
because
that
meant
eating
away
from
home
,
which
was
what
he
wished
.
And
in
addition
he
was
to
live
and
move
always
in
the
glorious
atmosphere
of
this
hotel
--
not
to
have
to
go
home
ever
before
twelve
,
if
he
did
not
wish
--
to
have
good
clothes
--
interesting
company
,
maybe
--
a
good
time
,
gee
!
And
as
he
hurried
on
about
his
various
errands
now
,
it
occurred
to
him
as
a
final
and
shrewd
and
delicious
thought
that
he
need
not
go
home
on
such
nights
as
he
wished
to
go
to
a
theater
or
anything
like
that
.
He
could
just
stay
down-town
and
say
he
had
to
work
.
And
that
with
free
meals
and
good
clothes
--
think
of
that
!
The
mere
thought
of
all
this
was
so
astonishing
and
entrancing
that
he
could
not
bring
himself
to
think
of
it
too
much
.
He
must
wait
and
see
.
He
must
wait
and
see
just
how
much
he
would
make
here
in
this
perfectly
marvelous-marvelous
realm
.
And
as
conditions
stood
,
the
extraordinary
economic
and
social
inexperience
of
the
Griffiths
--
Asa
and
Elvira
--
dovetailed
all
too
neatly
with
his
dreams
.
For
neither
Asa
nor
Elvira
had
the
least
knowledge
of
the
actual
character
of
the
work
upon
which
he
was
about
to
enter
,
scarcely
any
more
than
he
did
,
or
what
it
might
mean
to
him
morally
,
imaginatively
,
financially
,
or
in
any
other
way
.
For
neither
of
them
had
ever
stopped
in
a
hotel
above
the
fourth
class
in
all
their
days
.
Neither
one
had
ever
eaten
in
a
restaurant
of
a
class
that
catered
to
other
than
individuals
of
their
own
low
financial
level
.
That
there
could
be
any
other
forms
of
work
or
contact
than
those
involved
in
carrying
the
bags
of
guests
to
and
from
the
door
of
a
hotel
to
its
office
,
and
back
again
,
for
a
boy
of
Clyde
's
years
and
temperament
,
never
occurred
to
them
.
And
it
was
naively
assumed
by
both
that
the
pay
for
such
work
must
of
necessity
be
very
small
anywhere
,
say
five
or
six
dollars
a
week
,
and
so
actually
below
Clyde
's
deserts
and
his
years
.
And
in
view
of
this
,
Mrs.
Griffiths
,
who
was
more
practical
than
her
husband
at
all
times
,
and
who
was
intensely
interested
in
Clyde
's
economic
welfare
,
as
well
as
that
of
her
other
children
,
was
actually
wondering
why
Clyde
should
of
a
sudden
become
so
enthusiastic
about
changing
to
this
new
situation
,
which
,
according
to
his
own
story
,
involved
longer
hours
and
not
so
very
much
more
pay
,
if
any
.
