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The American Magazine
and givc 'cm gokld-cluins, I think it sca-
and make '(em marry or got 'em good govern-
ment jobs. No,, I'd like something of that
iort. 'i money is aS good as hi, x
even if the magazines do ask me ceery month
vhcre I g( ot it. VCs, I tes I'll do a little
('ardiitt bu:inessc to-night, and sc how it
Plalinlv dressed, ohl Tom ('rw left his
MN lison Avenue palace, and walked west
\\ard and then south. s he slteppcd to the
sidewnlk, Fate, ho holds the ends of the
slrings in the central ,offlics of all the en-
chanted cities, pulled a thre'ad, andi a ' utng
man \wentyv blocks away looked at a wall
clock, and then put on his 'oat.
lames 'Turner \xorkd in one of those little
hat-cleaning estiblisilnents on Sixth Avenue
in which a tir alarm rings N hen yotit pushi the
door open, and w here they lian your hat while
you wait -- o dais. Jamc stood td all iida at
int electric i machiii tai urned hats around
fader than the best branls of champagne ev -
couhl have do(n'. OV(erlooilg vour mild im-
pertinence in feeling a curioitY about the per-
sonal appearance of a stranger. I will give you
a modilicd description of him. Weight, ISm:
complexion, hair and brain, li h height, live
feel six: age. abou-t t\wcnty-three; dress0
SIo suit iof gr-enish-bilue serge; ipoc kct c'ogli'
lining two keys and sixty-thrccee cal(d ii
c inixe. worthy
BuI do not miconjecture because t):>ts m
Scriptioll sound like a (;General A\hirie t w<
iames was either lost or t dead one. tat led
Sliu. ll ad
ames stood ill day at his work. Hption 1
\\-trc tender and extrellmei- susce tile gtnedtt
position s being put upon or below them.' ord,
day long they turned and smarted, cltllutate
him much tsutlerig andi incoinvelience. Janc
he was earning twelve dollars per week,, oldl
he needed d to upport his feet whether hi rtu
would support him or not. Il ad
James Turner had his own concepti HBec
what happiness was, just as you and In't 1
ours. Vour delight is to gad about the iangcr
in Vachtsl and motor-cars and tol( hurl du .0: to,
,il f . Aline i, to smoke a pipe at eno:yt '
and %%atch a badger, a rattlesnake and a , our
go into their common prairie home onell
James T urner's idea of -bliss was diti't the
ut it was hi.He w<>uld go directly i erve t
~ a"'i, d it i
boarding house when his 1av's work u
done. After his supper of sm ll ,ta. no ,
Seier potatoes , stood (ant ste Vii
; it 't' x' 1 t x xi i m . i
hi5 s hoes and socks, place xtn
soles of his btlurning feet' aei pn
the cold iars of his iron Bed. hmnn
real Clark lRuscll's sea varnls. ,, stt
deliciou relief of the cool met n:1encet
plied to, his ,marting slecs wt-,ton
ni ghtl joy. Ili, fav rite no-els:r m 5
pulled upon him: the sca )(and ci, h
: - sole intellectual passion. No mil.perin
aire \a ever lhappier 11h n 111 :Lh" ri
Turner taking his case. ion
\\hel lamnes left the ha;lea lprolp
shop he v,alked three blocks 01::000,o
his way home to look -(,or the rest
of a second-hand bookstall. (O) seem
sidwc\alk stands he had more ;oif cl
once picked up a paper-colTI'll
- volume of ('lark usscll at colle
price. of v
While he was bending with a art ,
arly stoop over the marked-ditnI good
cellanIIv oif cast-off literature. oliT ,I\ou
t.. . he calilph, ounitercd hy. li and
ccrning eye, made keen by thl poor
to his yeCars' c!crinp e in the ma:nufa offer
of laundry soupi (savethe v-r per: I
Th c d lli ius reic/ of thi rool nidal ap/icd
smarting soles was hi. nighl/.y joy
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