Американская трагедия

Chapter 4

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

           Buttoacquirethisart,ashewasnowinformed,requiredtimeandthefriendlyhelpofanexpert.Ifhewishedtocomehereandworkforfivetobeginwith—well,six,then,sincehisfacefell—hemightsoonexpecttoknowagreatdealabouttheartofmixingsweetdrinksanddecoratingalargevarietyoficecreamswithliquidsweets,thusturningthemintosundaes.Forthetimebeingapprenticeshipmeantwashingandpolishingallthemachineryandimplementsofthisparticularcounter,tosaynothingofopeningandsweepingoutthestoreatsoearlyanhourasseven-thirty,dusting,anddeliveringsuchordersastheownerofthisdrugstorechosetosendoutbyhim.Atsuchidlemomentsashisimmediatesuperior—aMr.Sieberling—twenty,dashing,self-confident,talkative,wastoobusytofillalltheorders,hemightbecalledupontomixsuchminordrinks—lemonades,Coca–Colasandthelike—asthetradedemanded.

           Yetthisinterestingposition,afterdueconsultationwithhismother,hedecidedtotake.

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