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He
bustled
down
to
the
bar
,
and
having
secured
the
drinks
and
a
charge
slip
,
returned
--
and
was
paid
--
a
dollar
and
a
half
for
the
drinks
and
a
quarter
for
himself
.
And
once
more
he
had
a
glimpse
of
the
appealing
scene
.
Only
now
one
of
the
couples
was
dancing
to
a
tune
sung
and
whistled
by
the
other
two
.
But
what
interested
him
as
much
as
the
visits
to
and
glimpses
of
individuals
in
the
different
rooms
,
was
the
moving
panorama
of
the
main
lobby
--
the
character
of
the
clerks
behind
the
main
desk
--
room
clerk
,
key
clerk
,
mail
clerk
,
cashier
and
assistant
cashier
.
And
the
various
stands
about
the
place
--
flower
stand
,
news
stand
,
cigar
stand
,
telegraph
office
,
taxicab
office
,
and
all
manned
by
individuals
who
seemed
to
him
curiously
filled
with
the
atmosphere
of
this
place
.
And
then
around
and
between
all
these
walking
or
sitting
were
such
imposing
men
and
women
,
young
men
and
girls
all
so
fashionably
dressed
,
all
so
ruddy
and
contented
looking
.
And
the
cars
or
other
vehicles
in
which
some
of
them
appeared
about
dinner
time
and
later
.
It
was
possible
for
him
to
see
them
in
the
flare
of
the
lights
outside
.
The
wraps
,
furs
,
and
other
belongings
in
which
they
appeared
,
or
which
were
often
carried
by
these
other
boys
and
himself
across
the
great
lobby
and
into
the
cars
or
the
dining-room
or
the
several
elevators
.
And
they
were
always
of
such
gorgeous
textures
,
as
Clyde
saw
them
.
Such
grandeur
.
This
,
then
,
most
certainly
was
what
it
meant
to
be
rich
,
to
be
a
person
of
consequence
in
the
world
--
to
have
money
It
meant
that
you
did
what
you
pleased
.
That
other
people
,
like
himself
,
waited
upon
you
.
That
you
possessed
all
of
these
luxuries
.
That
you
went
how
,
where
and
when
you
pleased
.
And
so
,
of
all
the
influences
which
might
have
come
to
Clyde
at
this
time
,
either
as
an
aid
or
an
injury
to
his
development
,
perhaps
the
most
dangerous
for
him
,
considering
his
temperament
,
was
this
same
Green
--
Davidson
,
than
which
no
more
materially
affected
or
gaudy
a
realm
could
have
been
found
anywhere
between
the
two
great
American
mountain
ranges
.
Its
darkened
and
cushioned
tea-room
,
so
somber
and
yet
tinted
so
gayly
with
colored
lights
,
was
an
ideal
rendezvous
,
not
only
for
such
inexperienced
and
eager
flappers
of
the
period
who
were
to
be
taken
by
a
show
of
luxury
,
but
also
for
those
more
experienced
and
perhaps
a
little
faded
beauties
,
who
had
a
thought
for
their
complexions
and
the
advantages
of
dim
and
uncertain
lights
.
Also
,
like
most
hotels
of
its
kind
,
it
was
frequented
by
a
certain
type
of
eager
and
ambitious
male
of
not
certain
age
or
station
in
life
,
who
counted
upon
his
appearance
here
at
least
once
,
if
not
twice
a
day
,
at
certain
brisk
and
interesting
hours
,
to
establish
for
himself
the
reputation
of
man-about-town
,
or
rounder
,
or
man
of
wealth
,
or
taste
,
or
attractiveness
,
or
all
.
And
it
was
not
long
after
Clyde
had
begun
to
work
here
that
he
was
informed
by
these
peculiar
boys
with
whom
he
was
associated
,
one
or
more
of
whom
was
constantly
seated
with
him
upon
the
"
hop-bench
,
"
as
they
called
it
,
as
to
the
evidence
and
presence
even
here
--
it
was
not
long
before
various
examples
of
the
phenomena
were
pointed
out
to
him
--
of
a
certain
type
of
social
pervert
,
morally
disarranged
and
socially
taboo
,
who
sought
to
arrest
and
interest
boys
of
their
type
,
in
order
to
come
into
some
form
of
illicit
relationship
with
them
,
which
at
first
Clyde
could
not
grasp
.
The
mere
thought
of
it
made
him
ill
.
And
yet
some
of
these
boys
,
as
he
was
now
informed
--
a
certain
youth
in
particular
,
who
was
not
on
the
same
watch
with
him
at
this
time
--
were
supposed
to
be
of
the
mind
that
"
fell
for
it
,
"
as
one
of
the
other
youths
phrased
it
.
And
the
talk
and
the
palaver
that
went
on
in
the
lobby
and
the
grill
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
restaurants
and
rooms
,
were
sufficient
to
convince
any
inexperienced
and
none-too-discerning
mind
that
the
chief
business
of
life
for
any
one
with
a
little
money
or
social
position
was
to
attend
a
theater
,
a
ball-game
in
season
,
or
to
dance
,
motor
,
entertain
friends
at
dinner
,
or
to
travel
to
New
York
,
Europe
,
Chicago
,
California
.
And
there
had
been
in
the
lives
of
most
of
these
boys
such
a
lack
of
anything
that
approached
comfort
or
taste
,
let
alone
luxury
,
that
not
unlike
Clyde
,
they
were
inclined
to
not
only
exaggerate
the
import
of
all
that
they
saw
,
but
to
see
in
this
sudden
transition
an
opportunity
to
partake
of
it
all
.
Who
were
these
people
with
money
,
and
what
had
they
done
that
they
should
enjoy
so
much
luxury
,
where
others
as
good
seemingly
as
themselves
had
nothing
?
And
wherein
did
these
latter
differ
so
greatly
from
the
successful
?
Clyde
could
not
see
.
Yet
these
thoughts
flashed
through
the
minds
of
every
one
of
these
boys
.
At
the
same
time
the
admiration
,
to
say
nothing
of
the
private
overtures
of
a
certain
type
of
woman
or
girl
,
who
inhibited
perhaps
by
the
social
milieu
in
which
she
found
herself
,
but
having
means
,
could
invade
such
a
region
as
this
,
and
by
wiles
and
smiles
and
the
money
she
possessed
,
ingratiate
herself
into
the
favor
of
some
of
the
more
attractive
of
these
young
men
here
,
was
much
commented
upon
.
Thus
a
youth
named
Ratterer
--
a
hall-boy
here
--
sitting
beside
him
the
very
next
afternoon
,
seeing
a
trim
,
well-formed
blonde
woman
of
about
thirty
enter
with
a
small
dog
upon
her
arm
,
and
much
bedecked
with
furs
,
first
nudged
him
and
,
with
a
faint
motion
of
the
head
indicating
her
vicinity
,
whispered
,
"
See
her
?
There
's
a
swift
one
.
I
'll
tell
you
about
her
sometime
when
I
have
time
.
Gee
,
the
things
she
do
n't
do
!
"
