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A New Retainer

           Hisfatherhadbeenpromotedtoasectionbossafterworkingforyearsasaday-laborerontheadjoiningrailroad,andJohn,junior,oneofeightotherchildren,hadbeensentoutearlytodomanythings—tobeanerrand-boyinastore,amessenger-boyforatelegraphcompany,anemergencysweepaboutasaloon,andfinallyabartender.Thislastwashistruebeginning,forhewasdiscoveredbyakeen-mindedpoliticianandencouragedtorunforthestatelegislatureandtostudylaw.Evenasastriplingwhatthingshadhenotlearned—robbery,ballot-boxstuffing,thesaleofvotes,theappointivepowerofleaders,graft,nepotism,viceexploitation—allthethingsthatgotomakeup(ordid)theAmericanworldofpoliticsandfinancialandsocialstrife.Thereisastrongassumptionintheupperwalksoflifethatthereisnothingtobelearnedatthebottom.IfyoucouldhavelookedintothecapaciousbutbalancedtemperamentofJohnJ.McKentyyouwouldhaveseenastrangewisdomthereandstrangermemories—wholeworldsofbrutalities,tendernesses,errors,immoralitiessuffered,endured,evenrejoicedin—thehardy,eagerlifeoftheanimalthathasnothingbutitsperceptions,instincts,appetitestoguideit.Yetthemanhadtheairandthepoiseofagentleman.

           To-day,atforty-eight,McKentywasanexceedinglyimportantpersonage.

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