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Chapter 5

           Theymustbecleanandneatabouttheirpersonsandclothesandshowuppromptly—onthedot—andingoodconditionfortheworkeveryday.Andanyboywhogottothinkingthatbecausehemadealittlemoneyhecouldflirtwithanybodyortalkback,orgooffonpartiesatnight,andthennotshowupontimeortootiredtobequickandbright,needn’tthinkthathewouldbeherelong.Hewouldbefired,andthatpromptly.Hewouldnottolerateanynonsense.Thatmustbeunderstoodnow,onceandforall.

           Clydenoddedassentoftenandinterpolatedafeweager"yes,sirs"and"no,sirs,"andassuredhimatthelastthatitwasthefurtherestthingfromhisthoughtsandtemperamenttodreamofanysuchhighcrimesandmisdemeanorsashehadoutlined.Mr.Squiresthenproceededtoexplainthatthishotelonlypaidfifteendollarsamonthandboard—attheservant’stableinthebasement—toanybell-boyatanytime.But,andthisinformationcameasamostamazingrevelationtoClyde,everyguestforwhomanyoftheseboysdidanything—carriedabagordeliveredapitcherofwaterordidanything—gavehimatip,andoftenquitealiberalone—adime,fifteencents,aquarter,sometimesmore.Andthesetips,asMr.Squiresexplained,takenalltogether,averagedfromfourtosixdollarsaday—notlessandsometimesmore—mostamazingpay,asClydenowrealized.Hisheartgaveanenormousboundandwasneartosuffocatinghimatthemerementionofsolargeasum.

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