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Chapter III

           Shewasverypretty.Hefeltakeendesiretokissher,andwhatmighttranspireatRuthMerriam’spartyrosevividlybeforehiseyes.

           Thiswasjustoneoftheearlyloveaffairs,orpuppyloves,thatheldhismindfromtimetotimeinthemixtureofafterevents.PatienceBarlowwaskissedbyhiminsecretwaysmanytimesbeforehefoundanothergirl.Sheandothersofthestreetranouttoplayinthesnowofawinter’snight,orlingeredafterduskbeforeherowndoorwhenthedaysgrewdarkearly.Itwassoeasytocatchandkissherthen,andtotalktoherfoolishlyatparties.ThencameDoraFitler,whenhewassixteenyearsoldandshewasfourteen;andMarjorieStafford,whenhewasseventeenandshewasfifteen.DoraFitterwasabrunette,andMarjorieStaffordwasasfairasthemorning,withbright-redcheeks,bluish-grayeyes,andflaxenhair,andasplumpasapartridge.

           Itwasatseventeenthathedecidedtoleaveschool.Hehadnotgraduated.Hehadonlyfinishedthethirdyearinhighschool;buthehadhadenough.Eversincehisthirteenthyearhismindhadbeenonfinance;thatis,intheforminwhichhesawitmanifestedinThirdStreet.Therehadbeenoddthingswhichhehadbeenabletodotoearnalittlemoneynowandthen.HisUncleSenecahadallowedhimtoactasassistantweigheratthesugar-docksinSouthwark,wherethree-hundred-poundbagswereweighedintothegovernmentbondedwarehousesundertheeyesofUnitedStatesinspectors.

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