Chapter 3

           TheClydewhomSamuelGriffithsdescribedashavingmetattheUnionLeagueClubinChicago,wasasomewhatmodifiedversionoftheonewhohadfledfromKansasCitythreeyearsbefore.Hewasnowtwenty,alittletallerandmorefirmlybutscarcelyanymorerobustlybuilt,andconsiderablymoreexperienced,ofcourse.ForsinceleavinghishomeandworkinKansasCityandcomingincontactwithsomeroughusageintheworld—humbletasks,wretchedrooms,nointimatestospeakof,plusthecompulsiontomakehisownwayasbesthemight—hehaddevelopedakindofself-relianceandsmoothnessofaddresssuchasonewouldscarcelyhavecreditedhimwiththreeyearsbefore.Therewasabouthimnow,althoughhewasnotnearlysosmartlydressedaswhenheleftKansasCity,akindofconsciousgentilityofmannerwhichpleased,eventhoughitdidnotatfirstarrestattention.Also,andthiswasconsiderablydifferentfromtheClydewhohadcreptawayfromKansasCityinaboxcar,hehadmuchmoreofanairofcautionandreserve.

           ForeversincehehadfledfromKansasCity,andbyonehumbledeviceandanotherforcedtomakehisway,hehadbeencomingtotheconclusionthatonhimselfalonedependedhisfuture.Hisfamily,ashenowdefinitelysensed,coulddonothingforhim.Theyweretooimpracticalandtoopoor—hismother,father,Esta,allofthem.

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