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Chapter XXX. The Kingdom Of Greatness: The Pilgrim Adream

           Themajorityofthecelebritieswithwhomhehadtippedglassesinhisdayasmanagerhailedfromthisself-centredandpopulousspot.Themostinvitingstoriesofpleasureandluxuryhadbeentoldofplacesandindividualshere.Heknewittobetruethatunconsciouslyhewasbrushingelbowswithfortunethelivelongday;thatahundredorfivehundredthousandgavenoonetheprivilegeoflivingmorethancomfortablyinsowealthyaplace.Fashionandpomprequiredmoreamplesums,sothatthepoormanwasnowhere.Allthisherealised,nowquitesharply,ashefacedthecity,cutofffromhisfriends,despoiledofhismodestfortune,andevenhisname,andforcedtobeginthebattleforplaceandcomfortalloveragain.Hewasnotold,buthewasnotsodullbutthathecouldfeelhesoonwouldbe.Ofasudden,then,thisshowoffineclothes,place,andpowertookonpeculiarsignificance.Itwasemphasisedbycontrastwithhisowndistressingstate.

           Anditwasdistressing.Hesoonfoundthatfreedomfromfearofarrestwasnotthesinequanonofhisexistence.Thatdangerdissolved,thenextnecessitybecamethegrievousthing.Thepaltrysumofthirteenhundredandsomeodddollarssetagainsttheneedofrent,clothing,food,andpleasureforyearstocomewasaspectaclelittlecalculatedtoinducepeaceofmindinonewhohadbeenaccustomedtospendfivetimesthatsuminthecourseofayear.HethoughtuponthesubjectratheractivelythefirstfewdayshewasinNewYork,anddecidedthathemustactquickly.

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