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He
looked
after
her
with
a
smiling
face
.
She
was
very
pretty
.
He
felt
a
keen
desire
to
kiss
her
,
and
what
might
transpire
at
Ruth
Merriam
's
party
rose
vividly
before
his
eyes
.
This
was
just
one
of
the
early
love
affairs
,
or
puppy
loves
,
that
held
his
mind
from
time
to
time
in
the
mixture
of
after
events
.
Patience
Barlow
was
kissed
by
him
in
secret
ways
many
times
before
he
found
another
girl
.
She
and
others
of
the
street
ran
out
to
play
in
the
snow
of
a
winter
's
night
,
or
lingered
after
dusk
before
her
own
door
when
the
days
grew
dark
early
.
It
was
so
easy
to
catch
and
kiss
her
then
,
and
to
talk
to
her
foolishly
at
parties
.
Then
came
Dora
Fitler
,
when
he
was
sixteen
years
old
and
she
was
fourteen
;
and
Marjorie
Stafford
,
when
he
was
seventeen
and
she
was
fifteen
.
Dora
Fitter
was
a
brunette
,
and
Marjorie
Stafford
was
as
fair
as
the
morning
,
with
bright-red
cheeks
,
bluish-gray
eyes
,
and
flaxen
hair
,
and
as
plump
as
a
partridge
.
It
was
at
seventeen
that
he
decided
to
leave
school
.
He
had
not
graduated
.
He
had
only
finished
the
third
year
in
high
school
;
but
he
had
had
enough
.
Ever
since
his
thirteenth
year
his
mind
had
been
on
finance
;
that
is
,
in
the
form
in
which
he
saw
it
manifested
in
Third
Street
.
There
had
been
odd
things
which
he
had
been
able
to
do
to
earn
a
little
money
now
and
then
.
His
Uncle
Seneca
had
allowed
him
to
act
as
assistant
weigher
at
the
sugar-docks
in
Southwark
,
where
three-hundred-pound
bags
were
weighed
into
the
government
bonded
warehouses
under
the
eyes
of
United
States
inspectors
.
In
certain
emergencies
he
was
called
to
assist
his
father
,
and
was
paid
for
it
.
He
even
made
an
arrangement
with
Mr.
Dalrymple
to
assist
him
on
Saturdays
;
but
when
his
father
became
cashier
of
his
bank
,
receiving
an
income
of
four
thousand
dollars
a
year
,
shortly
after
Frank
had
reached
his
fifteenth
year
,
it
was
self-evident
that
Frank
could
no
longer
continue
in
such
lowly
employment
.
Just
at
this
time
his
Uncle
Seneca
,
again
back
in
Philadelphia
and
stouter
and
more
domineering
than
ever
,
said
to
him
one
day
:
"
Now
,
Frank
,
if
you
're
ready
for
it
,
I
think
I
know
where
there
's
a
good
opening
for
you
.
There
wo
n't
be
any
salary
in
it
for
the
first
year
,
but
if
you
mind
your
p
's
and
q
's
,
they
'll
probably
give
you
something
as
a
gift
at
the
end
of
that
time
.
Do
you
know
of
Henry
Waterman
&
Company
down
in
Second
Street
?
"
"
I
've
seen
their
place
.
"
"
Well
,
they
tell
me
they
might
make
a
place
for
you
as
a
bookkeeper
.
They
're
brokers
in
a
way
--
grain
and
commission
men
.
You
say
you
want
to
get
in
that
line
.
When
school
's
out
,
you
go
down
and
see
Mr.
Waterman
--
tell
him
I
sent
you
,
and
he
'll
make
a
place
for
you
,
I
think
.
Let
me
know
how
you
come
out
.
"
Uncle
Seneca
was
married
now
,
having
,
because
of
his
wealth
,
attracted
the
attention
of
a
poor
but
ambitious
Philadelphia
society
matron
;
and
because
of
this
the
general
connections
of
the
Cowperwoods
were
considered
vastly
improved
.
