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Chapter 20

           HisfatherisofthesamestrainthathasgivenLycurgusoneofitslargestandmostconstructiveindustriestheGriffithsCollar&ShirtCompany.Hewaspooryesnodoubtofthat.ButnotmoresothanRobertaAldenandhercharacterappearsnottohavebeenaffectedbyherpoverty.HisparentsinKansasCity,Denver,andbeforethatChicagoandGrandRapids,Michigan,appeartohavebeenunordainedministersoftheproselytizingandmission-conductingtype-peoplewho,fromallIcangather,arereally,sincerelyreligiousandright-principledineverysense.Butthis,theiroldestson,andtheonewhomighthavebeenexpectedtobedeeplyinfluencedbythem,earlyturnedfromtheirworldandtooktoamoregarishlife.Hebecameabell-boyinacelebratedKansasCityhotel,theGreen-Davidson."

           AndnowheproceededtoexplainthatClydehadeverbeenarollingstoneonewho,byreasonofsomequirkoftemperament,perhaps,preferredtowanderhereandthere.Later,ashenowexplained,hehadbeengivenanimportantpositionasheadofadepartmentinthewell-knownfactoryofhisuncleatLycurgus.Andthengraduallyhewasintroducedintothecirclesinwhichhisuncleandhischildrenwerefamiliar.Andhissalarywassuchthathecouldaffordtokeeparoominoneofthebetterresidencesofthecity,whilethegirlhehadslainlivedinameanroominabackstreet.

           "Andyet,"hecontinued,"howmuchhasbeenmadehereoftheallegedyouthofthisdefendant?"(Herehepermittedhimselfascornfulsmile.

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