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But
even
more
than
by
the
luxury
of
the
hotel
or
these
youths
,
whom
swiftly
and
yet
surely
he
was
beginning
to
decipher
,
Clyde
was
impressed
by
the
downpour
of
small
change
that
was
tumbling
in
upon
him
and
making
a
small
lump
in
his
right-hand
pants
pocket
--
dimes
,
nickels
,
quarters
and
half-dollars
even
,
which
increased
and
increased
even
on
the
first
day
until
by
nine
o'clock
he
already
had
over
four
dollars
in
his
pocket
,
and
by
twelve
,
at
which
hour
he
went
off
duty
,
he
had
over
six
and
a
half
--
as
much
as
previously
he
had
earned
in
a
week
.
And
of
all
this
,
as
he
then
knew
,
he
need
only
hand
Mr.
Squires
one
--
no
more
,
Hegglund
had
said
--
and
the
rest
,
five
dollars
and
a
half
,
for
one
evening
's
interesting
--
yes
,
delightful
and
fascinating
--
work
,
belonged
to
himself
.
He
could
scarcely
believe
it
.
It
seemed
fantastic
,
Aladdinish
,
really
.
Nevertheless
,
at
twelve
,
exactly
,
of
that
first
day
a
gong
had
sounded
somewhere
--
a
shuffle
of
feet
had
been
heard
and
three
boys
had
appeared
--
one
to
take
Barnes
'
place
at
the
desk
,
the
other
two
to
answer
calls
.
And
at
the
command
of
Barnes
,
the
eight
who
were
present
were
ordered
to
rise
,
right
dress
and
march
away
.
And
in
the
hall
outside
,
and
just
as
he
was
leaving
,
Clyde
approached
Mr.
Squires
and
handed
him
a
dollar
in
silver
.
"
That
's
right
,
"
Mr.
Squires
remarked
.
No
more
.
Then
,
Clyde
,
along
with
the
others
,
descended
to
his
locker
,
changed
his
clothes
and
walked
out
into
the
darkened
streets
,
a
sense
of
luck
and
a
sense
of
responsibility
as
to
future
luck
so
thrilling
him
as
to
make
him
rather
tremulous
--
giddy
,
even
.
To
think
that
now
,
at
last
,
he
actually
had
such
a
place
.
To
think
that
he
could
earn
this
much
every
day
,
maybe
.
He
began
to
walk
toward
his
home
,
his
first
thought
being
that
he
must
sleep
well
and
so
be
fit
for
his
duties
in
the
morning
.
But
thinking
that
he
would
not
need
to
return
to
the
hotel
before
11:30
the
next
day
,
he
wandered
into
an
all-night
beanery
to
have
a
cup
of
coffee
and
some
pie
.
And
now
all
he
was
thinking
was
that
he
would
only
need
to
work
from
noon
until
six
,
when
he
should
be
free
until
the
following
morning
at
six
And
then
he
would
make
more
money
.
A
lot
of
it
to
spend
on
himself
.
The
thing
that
most
interested
Clyde
at
first
was
how
,
if
at
all
,
he
was
to
keep
the
major
portion
of
all
this
money
he
was
making
for
himself
.
For
ever
since
he
had
been
working
and
earning
money
,
it
had
been
assumed
that
he
would
contribute
a
fair
portion
of
all
that
he
received
--
at
least
three-fourths
of
the
smaller
salaries
he
had
received
up
to
this
time
--
toward
the
upkeep
of
the
home
.
But
now
,
if
he
announced
that
he
was
receiving
at
least
twenty-five
dollars
a
week
and
more
--
and
this
entirely
apart
from
the
salary
of
fifteen
a
month
and
board
--
his
parents
would
assuredly
expect
him
to
pay
ten
or
twelve
.
But
so
long
had
he
been
haunted
by
the
desire
to
make
himself
as
attractive
looking
as
any
other
well-dressed
boy
that
,
now
that
he
had
the
opportunity
,
he
could
not
resist
the
temptation
to
equip
himself
first
and
as
speedily
as
possible
.
Accordingly
,
he
decided
to
say
to
his
mother
that
all
of
the
tips
he
received
aggregated
no
more
than
a
dollar
a
day
.
And
,
in
order
to
give
himself
greater
freedom
of
action
in
the
matter
of
disposing
of
his
spare
time
,
he
announced
that
frequently
,
in
addition
to
the
long
hours
demanded
of
him
every
other
day
,
he
was
expected
to
take
the
place
of
other
boys
who
were
sick
or
set
to
doing
other
things
.
And
also
,
he
explained
that
the
management
demanded
of
all
boys
that
they
look
well
outside
as
well
as
inside
the
hotel
.
He
could
not
long
be
seen
coming
to
the
hotel
in
the
clothes
that
he
now
wore
.
Mr.
Squires
,
he
said
,
had
hinted
as
much
.
But
,
as
if
to
soften
the
blow
,
one
of
the
boys
at
the
hotel
had
told
him
of
a
place
where
he
could
procure
quite
all
the
things
that
he
needed
on
time
.
And
so
unsophisticated
was
his
mother
in
these
matters
that
she
believed
him
.
But
that
was
not
all
.
He
was
now
daily
in
contact
with
a
type
of
youth
who
,
because
of
his
larger
experience
with
the
world
and
with
the
luxuries
and
vices
of
such
a
life
as
this
,
had
already
been
inducted
into
certain
forms
of
libertinism
and
vice
even
which
up
to
this
time
were
entirely
foreign
to
Clyde
's
knowledge
and
set
him
agape
with
wonder
and
at
first
with
even
a
timorous
distaste
.
Thus
,
as
Hegglund
had
pointed
out
,
a
certain
percentage
of
this
group
,
of
which
Clyde
was
now
one
,
made
common
cause
in
connection
with
quite
regular
adventures
which
usually
followed
their
monthly
pay
night
.
These
adventures
,
according
to
their
moods
and
their
cash
at
the
time
,
led
them
usually
either
to
one
of
two
rather
famous
and
not
too
respectable
all-night
restaurants
.
In
groups
,
as
he
gathered
by
degrees
from
hearing
them
talk
,
they
were
pleased
to
indulge
in
occasional
late
showy
suppers
with
drinks
,
after
which
they
were
wont
to
go
to
either
some
flashy
dance
hall
of
the
downtown
section
to
pick
up
a
girl
,
or
that
failing
as
a
source
of
group
interest
,
to
visit
some
notorious
--
or
as
they
would
have
deemed
it
reputed
--
brothel
,
very
frequently
camouflaged
as
a
boarding
house
,
where
for
much
less
than
the
amount
of
cash
in
their
possession
they
could
,
as
they
often
boasted
,
"
have
any
girl
in
the
house
.
