Американская трагедия

Chapter 3

           AndthishadeventuallyresultedinwhattheFreudiansareaccustomedtodescribeasapsychicsexscar.

           Attheageofseventeen,however,hehadsucceededininterestingthepublisherandeditoroftheBridgeburgRepublicantotheextentthathewaseventuallyinstalledasofficiallocalnews-gathererofthetown.LaterhecametobetheCataraquiCountycorrespondentofsuchpapersastheAlbanyTimes–UnionandtheUticaStar,endingeventuallyattheageofnineteenwiththeprivilegeofstudyinglawintheofficeofoneex-JudgeDavisRichofer,ofBridgeburg.Andafewyearslater,afterhavingbeenadmittedtothebar,hehadbeentakenupbyseveralcountypoliticiansandmerchantswhosawtoitthathewassenttothelowerhouseofthestatelegislatureforsomesixconsecutiveyears,where,byreasonofamodestandatthesametimeshrewdandambitiouswillingnesstodoashewasinstructed,heattainedfavorwiththoseatthecapitalwhileatthesametimeretainingthegoodwillofhishome-townsponsors.Later,returningtoBridgeburgandpossessingsomegiftsoforatory,hewasgiven,first,thepositionofassistantdistrictattorneyforfouryears,andfollowingthatelectedauditor,andsubsequentlydistrictattorneyfortwotermsoffouryearseach.Havingacquiredsohighapositionlocally,hewasabletomarrythedaughterofalocaldruggistofsomemeans,andtwochildrenhadbeenborntothem.

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