Chapter 4

           TheeffectofthisparticularconclusionwastocauseClydetothinkharderthaneverabouthimself.Andtheprincipalresultofhisthinkingwasthathemustdosomethingforhimselfandsoon.Uptothistimethebesthehadbeenabletodowastoworkatsuchoddjobsasbefallallboysbetweentheirtwelfthandfifteenthyears:assistingamanwhohadapaperrouteduringthesummermonthsofoneyear,workinginthebasementofafive-and-ten-centstoreallonesummerlong,andonSaturdays,foraperiodduringthewinter,openingboxesandunpackinggoods,forwhichhereceivedthemunificentsumoffivedollarsaweek,asumwhichatthetimeseemedalmostafortune.Hefelthimselfrichand,inthefaceoftheoppositionofhisparents,whowereopposedtothetheaterandmotionpicturesalso,asbeingnotonlyworldly,butsinful,hecouldoccasionallygotooneoranotherofthoseinthegalleryaformofdiversionwhichhehadtoconcealfromhisparents.Yetthatdidnotdeterhim.Hefeltthathehadarighttogowithhisownmoney;alsototakehisyoungerbrotherFrank,whowasgladenoughtogowithhimandsaynothing.

           Laterinthesameyear,wishingtogetoutofschoolbecausehealreadyfelthimselfverymuchbelatedintherace,hesecuredaplaceasanassistanttoasodawaterclerkinoneofthecheaperdrugstoresofthecity,whichadjoinedatheaterandenjoyednotalittlepatronageofthissort.Asign—"BoyWanted"—sinceitwasdirectlyonhiswaytoschool,firstinterestedhim.

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