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To
be
sure
,
he
had
already
suggested
that
it
might
lead
to
some
superior
position
in
the
hotel
,
some
clerkship
or
other
,
but
he
did
not
know
when
that
would
be
,
and
the
other
had
promised
rather
definite
fulfillment
somewhat
earlier
--
as
to
money
,
anyhow
.
But
seeing
him
rush
in
on
Monday
afternoon
and
announce
that
he
had
secured
the
place
and
that
forthwith
he
must
change
his
tie
and
collar
and
get
his
hair
cut
and
go
back
and
report
,
she
felt
better
about
it
.
For
never
before
had
she
seen
him
so
enthusiastic
about
anything
,
and
it
was
something
to
have
him
more
content
with
himself
--
not
so
moody
,
as
he
was
at
times
.
Yet
,
the
hours
which
he
began
to
maintain
now
--
from
six
in
the
morning
until
midnight
--
with
only
an
occasional
early
return
on
such
evenings
as
he
chose
to
come
home
when
he
was
not
working
--
and
when
he
troubled
to
explain
that
he
had
been
let
off
a
little
early
--
together
with
a
certain
eager
and
restless
manner
--
a
desire
to
be
out
and
away
from
his
home
at
nearly
all
such
moments
as
he
was
not
in
bed
or
dressing
or
undressing
,
puzzled
his
mother
and
Asa
,
also
.
The
hotel
!
The
hotel
!
He
must
always
hurry
off
to
the
hotel
,
and
all
that
he
had
to
report
was
that
he
liked
it
ever
so
much
,
and
that
he
was
doing
all
right
,
he
thought
.
It
was
nicer
work
than
working
around
a
soda
fountain
,
and
he
might
be
making
more
money
pretty
soon
--
he
could
n't
tell
--
but
as
for
more
than
that
he
either
would
n't
or
could
n't
say
.
And
all
the
time
the
Griffiths
--
father
and
mother
--
were
feeling
that
because
of
the
affair
in
connection
with
Esta
,
they
should
really
be
moving
away
from
Kansas
City
--
should
go
to
Denver
.
And
now
more
than
ever
,
Clyde
was
insisting
that
he
did
not
want
to
leave
Kansas
City
.
They
might
go
,
but
he
had
a
pretty
good
job
now
and
wanted
to
stick
to
it
.
And
if
they
left
,
he
could
get
a
room
somewhere
--
and
would
be
all
right
--
a
thought
which
did
not
appeal
to
them
at
all
.
But
in
the
meantime
what
an
enormous
change
in
Clyde
's
life
.
Beginning
with
that
first
evening
,
when
at
5:45
,
he
appeared
before
Mr.
Whipple
,
his
immediate
superior
,
and
was
approved
--
not
only
because
of
the
fit
of
his
new
uniform
,
but
for
his
general
appearance
--
the
world
for
him
had
changed
entirely
.
Lined
up
with
seven
others
in
the
servants
'
hall
,
immediately
behind
the
general
offices
in
the
lobby
,
and
inspected
by
Mr.
Whipple
,
the
squad
of
eight
marched
at
the
stroke
of
six
through
a
door
that
gave
into
the
lobby
on
the
other
side
of
the
staircase
from
where
stood
Mr.
Whipple
's
desk
,
then
about
and
in
front
of
the
general
registration
office
to
the
long
bench
on
the
other
side
.
A
Mr.
Barnes
,
who
alternated
with
Mr.
Whipple
,
then
took
charge
of
the
assistant
captain
's
desk
,
and
the
boys
seated
themselves
--
Clyde
at
the
foot
--
only
to
be
called
swiftly
and
in
turn
to
perform
this
,
that
and
the
other
service
--
while
the
relieved
squad
of
Mr.
Whipple
was
led
away
into
the
rear
servants
'
hall
as
before
,
where
they
disbanded
.
"
Cling
!
"
The
bell
on
the
room
clerk
's
desk
had
sounded
and
the
first
boy
was
going
.
"
Cling
!
"
It
sounded
again
and
a
second
boy
leaped
to
his
feet
.
"
Front
!
"
--
"
Center
door
!
"
called
Mr.
Barnes
,
and
a
third
boy
was
skidding
down
the
long
marble
floor
toward
that
entrance
to
seize
the
bags
of
an
incoming
guest
,
whose
white
whiskers
and
youthful
,
bright
tweed
suit
were
visible
to
Clyde
's
uninitiated
eyes
a
hundred
feet
away
.
A
mysterious
and
yet
sacred
vision
--
a
tip
!
"
Front
!
"
It
was
Mr.
Barnes
calling
again
.
"
See
what
913
wants
--
ice-water
,
I
guess
.
"
And
a
fourth
boy
was
gone
.
