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Chapter 29

           SoMartinthought,andhethoughtfurther,tillitdawneduponhimthatthedifferencebetweentheselawyers,officers,businessmen,andbankcashiershehadmetandthemembersoftheworkingclasshehadknownwasonaparwiththedifferenceinthefoodtheyate,clothestheywore,neighborhoodsinwhichtheylived. Certainly,inallofthemwaslackingthesomethingmorewhichhefoundinhimselfandinthebooks. TheMorseshadshownhimthebesttheirsocialpositioncouldproduce,andhewasnotimpressedbyit. Apauperhimself,aslavetothemoney-lender,heknewhimselfthesuperiorofthosehemetattheMorses’; and,whenhisonedecentsuitofclotheswasoutofpawn,hemovedamongthemalordoflife,quiveringwithasenseofoutrageakintowhataprincewouldsufferifcondemnedtolivewithgoat-herds. 

           "Youhateandfearthesocialists,"heremarkedtoMr.Morse,oneeveningatdinner; "butwhy? Youknowneitherthemnortheirdoctrines." 

           TheconversationhadbeenswunginthatdirectionbyMrs.Morse,whohadbeeninvidiouslysingingthepraisesofMr.Hapgood. ThecashierwasMartin’sblackbeast,andhistemperwasatrifleshortwherethetalkerofplatitudeswasconcerned. 

           "Yes,"hehadsaid,"CharleyHapgoodiswhattheycallarisingyoungmansomebodytoldmeasmuch. Anditistrue. He’llmaketheGovernor’sChairbeforehedies,and,whoknows? maybetheUnitedStatesSenate." 

           "Whatmakesyouthinkso?"Mrs.Morsehadinquired. 

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