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Similarly
,
a
not
unrelated
and
yet
different
effect
was
produced
by
that
same
youth
who
had
first
introduced
Clyde
to
the
work
here
--
Hegglund
--
who
was
one
of
the
older
and
more
experienced
bell-hops
,
and
of
considerable
influence
with
the
others
because
of
his
genial
and
devil-may-care
attitude
toward
everything
,
outside
the
exact
line
of
his
hotel
duties
.
Hegglund
was
neither
as
schooled
nor
as
attractive
as
some
of
the
others
,
yet
by
reason
of
a
most
avid
and
dynamic
disposition
--
plus
a
liberality
where
money
and
pleasure
were
concerned
,
and
a
courage
,
strength
and
daring
which
neither
Doyle
nor
Ratterer
nor
Kinsella
could
match
--
a
strength
and
daring
almost
entirely
divested
of
reason
at
times
--
he
interested
and
charmed
Clyde
immensely
.
As
he
himself
related
to
Clyde
,
after
a
time
,
he
was
the
son
of
a
Swedish
journeyman
baker
who
some
years
before
in
Jersey
City
had
deserted
his
mother
and
left
her
to
make
her
way
as
best
she
could
.
In
consequence
neither
Oscar
nor
his
sister
Martha
had
had
any
too
much
education
or
decent
social
experience
of
any
kind
.
On
the
contrary
,
at
the
age
of
fourteen
he
had
left
Jersey
City
in
a
box
car
and
had
been
making
his
way
ever
since
as
best
he
could
.
And
like
Clyde
,
also
,
he
was
insanely
eager
for
all
the
pleasures
which
he
had
imagined
he
saw
swirling
around
him
,
and
was
for
prosecuting
adventures
in
every
direction
,
lacking
,
however
,
the
nervous
fear
of
consequence
which
characterized
Clyde
.
Also
he
had
a
friend
,
a
youth
by
the
name
of
Sparser
,
somewhat
older
than
himself
,
who
was
chauffeur
to
a
wealthy
citizen
of
Kansas
City
,
and
who
occasionally
managed
to
purloin
a
car
and
so
accommodate
Hegglund
in
the
matter
of
brief
outings
here
and
there
;
which
courtesy
,
unconventional
and
dishonest
though
it
might
be
,
still
caused
Hegglund
to
feel
that
he
was
a
wonderful
fellow
and
of
much
more
importance
than
some
of
these
others
,
and
to
lend
him
in
their
eyes
a
luster
which
had
little
of
the
reality
which
it
suggested
to
them
.
Not
being
as
attractive
as
Doyle
,
it
was
not
so
easy
for
him
to
win
the
attention
of
girls
,
and
those
he
did
succeed
in
interesting
were
not
of
the
same
charm
or
import
by
any
means
.
Yet
he
was
inordinately
proud
of
such
contacts
as
he
could
effect
and
not
a
little
given
to
boasting
in
regard
to
them
,
a
thing
which
Clyde
took
with
more
faith
than
would
most
,
being
of
less
experience
.
For
this
reason
Hegglund
liked
Clyde
,
almost
from
the
very
first
,
sensing
in
him
perhaps
a
pleased
and
willing
auditor
.
So
,
finding
Clyde
on
the
bench
beside
him
from
time
to
time
,
he
had
proceeded
to
continue
his
instructions
.
Kansas
City
was
a
fine
place
to
be
if
you
knew
how
to
live
.
He
had
worked
in
other
cities
--
Buffalo
,
Cleveland
,
Detroit
,
St.
Louis
--
before
he
came
here
,
but
he
had
not
liked
any
of
them
any
better
,
principally
--
which
was
a
fact
which
he
did
not
trouble
to
point
out
at
the
time
--
because
he
had
not
done
as
well
in
those
places
as
he
had
here
.
He
had
been
a
dishwasher
,
car-cleaner
,
plumber
's
helper
and
several
other
things
before
finally
,
in
Buffalo
,
he
had
been
inducted
into
the
hotel
business
.
And
then
a
youth
,
working
there
,
but
who
was
now
no
longer
here
,
had
persuaded
him
to
come
on
to
Kansas
City
.
But
here
:
"
Say
--
de
tips
in
dis
hotel
is
as
big
as
you
'll
git
anywhere
,
I
know
dat
.
An
'
what
's
more
,
dey
's
nice
people
workin
'
here
.
You
do
your
bit
by
dem
and
dey
'll
do
right
by
you
.
I
been
here
now
over
a
year
an
'
I
ai
n't
got
no
complaint
.
Dat
guy
Squires
is
all
right
if
you
do
n't
cause
him
no
trouble
.
He
's
hard
,
but
he
's
got
to
look
out
for
hisself
,
too
--
dat
's
natural
.
But
he
do
n't
fire
nobody
unless
he
's
got
a
reason
.
I
know
dat
,
too
.
And
as
for
de
rest
dere
's
no
trouble
.
An
'
when
your
work
's
troo
,
your
time
's
your
own
.
Dese
fellows
here
are
good
sports
,
all
o
'
dem
.
Dey
're
no
four-flushers
an
'
no
tightwads
,
eider
.
Whenever
dere
's
anyting
on
--
a
good
time
or
sumpin
'
like
dat
,
dey
're
on
--
nearly
all
of
'em
.
An
'
dey
do
n't
mooch
or
grouch
in
case
tings
do
n't
work
out
right
,
neider
.
I
know
dat
,
cause
I
been
wit
'em
now
,
lots
o
'
times
.
"
He
gave
Clyde
the
impression
that
these
youths
were
all
the
best
of
friends
--
close
--
all
but
Doyle
,
who
was
a
little
standoffish
,
but
not
coldly
so
.
"
He
's
got
too
many
women
chasin
'
him
,
dat
's
all
.
"
Also
that
they
went
here
and
there
together
on
occasion
--
to
a
dance
hall
,
a
dinner
,
a
certain
gambling
joint
down
near
the
river
,
a
certain
pleasure
resort
--
"
Kate
Sweeney
's
"
--
where
were
some
peaches
of
girls
--
and
so
on
and
so
forth
,
a
world
of
such
information
as
had
never
previously
been
poured
into
Clyde
's
ear
,
and
that
set
him
meditating
,
dreaming
,
doubting
,
worrying
and
questioning
as
to
the
wisdom
,
charm
,
delight
to
be
found
in
all
this
--
also
the
permissibility
of
it
in
so
far
as
he
was
concerned
.
For
had
he
not
been
otherwise
instructed
in
regard
to
all
this
all
his
life
long
?
There
was
a
great
thrill
and
yet
a
great
question
involved
in
all
to
which
he
was
now
listening
so
attentively
.
Again
there
was
Thomas
Ratterer
,
who
was
of
a
type
which
at
first
glance
,
one
would
have
said
,
could
scarcely
prove
either
inimical
or
dangerous
to
any
of
the
others
.
He
was
not
more
than
five
feet
four
,
plump
,
with
black
hair
and
olive
skin
,
and
with
an
eye
that
was
as
limpid
as
water
and
as
genial
as
could
be
.
He
,
too
,
as
Clyde
learned
after
a
time
,
was
of
a
nondescript
family
,
and
so
had
profited
by
no
social
or
financial
advantages
of
any
kind
.
But
he
had
a
way
,
and
was
liked
by
all
of
these
youths
--
so
much
so
that
he
was
consulted
about
nearly
everything
.
A
native
of
Wichita
,
recently
moved
to
Kansas
City
,
he
and
his
sister
were
the
principal
support
of
a
widowed
mother
.
During
their
earlier
and
formative
years
,
both
had
seen
their
very
good-natured
and
sympathetic
mother
,
of
whom
they
were
honestly
fond
,
spurned
and
abused
by
a
faithless
husband
.
There
had
been
times
when
they
were
quite
without
food
.
On
more
than
one
occasion
they
had
been
ejected
for
non-payment
of
rent
.
None
too
continuously
Tommy
and
his
sister
had
been
maintained
in
various
public
schools
.
Finally
,
at
the
age
of
fourteen
he
had
decamped
to
Kansas
City
,
where
he
had
secured
different
odd
jobs
,
until
he
succeeded
in
connecting
himself
with
the
Green
--
Davidson
,
and
was
later
joined
by
his
mother
and
sister
who
had
removed
from
Wichita
to
Kansas
City
to
be
with
him
.
