Американская трагедия

Chapter 4

           Later,inconversationwiththeyoungmanwhoseassistanthewastobe,andfromwhomhewastolearnthetrade,assumingthathewassufficientlywillingandfacile,hegatheredthatifhemasteredthisart,hemightmakeasmuchasfifteenandeveneighteendollarsaweek.ItwasrumoredthatStroud’satthecornerof14thandBaltimorestreetspaidthatmuchtotwooftheirclerks.Theparticularstoretowhichhewasapplyingpaidonlytwelve,thestandardsalaryofmostplaces.

           Buttoacquirethisart,ashewasnowinformed,requiredtimeandthefriendlyhelpofanexpert.Ifhewishedtocomehereandworkforfivetobeginwithwell,six,then,sincehisfacefellhemightsoonexpecttoknowagreatdealabouttheartofmixingsweetdrinksanddecoratingalargevarietyoficecreamswithliquidsweets,thusturningthemintosundaes.Forthetimebeingapprenticeshipmeantwashingandpolishingallthemachineryandimplementsofthisparticularcounter,tosaynothingofopeningandsweepingoutthestoreatsoearlyanhourasseven-thirty,dusting,anddeliveringsuchordersastheownerofthisdrugstorechosetosendoutbyhim.AtsuchidlemomentsashisimmediatesuperioraMr.Sieberlingtwenty,dashing,self-confident,talkative,wastoobusytofillalltheorders,hemightbecalledupontomixsuchminordrinkslemonades,Coca–Colasandthelikeasthetradedemanded.

           Yetthisinterestingposition,afterdueconsultationwithhismother,hedecidedtotake.

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