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Chapter 2

           AsClydepicturedthisuncle,hemustbeakindofCroesus,livingineaseandluxurythereintheeast,whilehereinthewestKansasCityheandhisparentsandhisbrotherandsisterswerelivinginthesamewretchedandhum-drum,hand-to-mouthstatethathadalwayscharacterizedtheirlives.

           Butforthisapartfromanythinghemightdoforhimself,asheearlybegantoseetherewasnoremedy.Foratfifteen,andevenalittleearlier,Clydebegantounderstandthathiseducation,aswellashissisters’andbrother’s,hadbeensadlyneglected.Anditwouldberatherhardforhimtoovercomethishandicap,seeingthatotherboysandgirlswithmoremoneyandbetterhomeswerebeingtrainedforspecialkindsofwork.Howwasonetogetastartundersuchcircumstances?Alreadywhen,attheageofthirteen,fourteenandfifteen,hebeganlookinginthepapers,which,beingtooworldly,hadneverbeenadmittedtohishome,hefoundthatmostlyskilledhelpwaswanted,orboystolearntradesinwhichatthemomenthewasnotverymuchinterested.FortruetothestandardoftheAmericanyouth,orthegeneralAmericanattitudetowardlife,hefelthimselfabovethetypeoflaborwhichwaspurelymanual.

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