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ctktLu cognized instantly the poor
e ce: dl discermning s-c:holar, a
worthy io)iect of his calipha-
s lWMs mood. 1Ie decended
b\karme two shallm stone steps
,e. t led from the sidewalk,
d1( atddre--d without hesi-
Hi. tion the ,, ject of his de-
eil i gnc-d nmuniiicenc. His tirst
the. ords vere no worse than
I c,,utator t and tenltative.
once. j TIurner lookedtl up
cek oldl v, vith "Sartor Re-
ter i ttus" in one hand and "A/
1ad i Irrialge" in the other.
e "Beat it." said he. "I
nd I on't want to bun anv colat
the anhers r town lots in I 'an-
it l o , n ow 1 c'. . , t 'nl I w d p lay - w it-n.:h
it 1 1(1 n mant ' aid the ( .
aliph, inorin the li tlpancy
f the hat cleaner, "I ,1 -
.t i .erve Ith niti are ofi aut Sud
rkl
[AV C ttL ii t th- -Cta h(tittt I m -lle t,
ti e iorti m tinir t ut 'tltl l ilil
t iconw fromt the lIet a, ai where ii I
r li m m nothingri but f iacttilt t-
a he ponem l and lion ill
]hemI b.Iook- you are pi( i:ing aer, but I like
. see somebdy els-e >eem to knw what they
e ant: . Now, I'd like to make vu a lpropi
" tion. I'm worth about 4 o,oo,ooo, and
el mi['l setting richer evxri day. i made the
and light of it ilman facttrin- Aunt P 'ltty's silver
" . I I invented the art of making it. I ex-
mil![)erimented for three years before I got ju-t
h right quantity oft chloride of sodium s, lu-
ion and caustic potash mixture tol curdle
clea:lr-oprly. And after I had taken some So,-
01o 0ooo.oo out of the soup business I made the
e rest in corn and wheat futures. Now, vyu
I.keen to have the literary and scholarly turn
're 1of character; and I'll tell you what I'll do.
-co I'il p y for your educalion at the finest
at c ll(- .-in the world. I'll pa the expense
of vour rummaging over Europe and the
', art "galleries, and finally set you uIp in a
Wn: good bu-iness. You needn't make it soap if
11lT ou have any objections. I see iv your clothes
ais ind frazzled necktie that you are mighty
til poor: and you can't afford to turn doVn the
alar offer. Well, wlhen do you want to begin ?"
pper The hat cleaner turned upon old Tom the
c' a dbamc< ii p uln/ lil i/ guiiir p ep"
e-ie of the Bi ( it, whic i an e e. (,Pre ii-e
suslcndcd a>- high as liman \ as hun of
tselfl- '.c rv:tion, of chaillngI , - urios ity, i e-
thance, i-i nici m, t a , sc- tra ll is (ou i mayli
think it, of a childlike y atrlningl f or friendli-
nes- and fcllmeshilp that mu tt he hidlden whn
one w,1lks among "the strntl cr lrhus." For
in New Ba1gdad one, in order to >urrivec, mnu-t
lsu< e t whom-,o cr sits, w ll-, tdrink- , ride ,
walks or sleccp in the adjacent chair, house,
booth, scat. lath or room.
" ;ayv, like," -aid Jam ' :T'urner, "what's
your line, anvwa h- la c ? I'm not Ibu-
ing any thing. You bett.r put an egg in your
shoc and beat it before incident-s ceur to you.
' ou can't work off all% fountain >en:, p.ho]i
,pectac les you found on the Ir'et, or tru-t
company certificate house (lclarin1g' on me.
Say-, do I look like I'd climbei down wnw of
them mis-ing fir-escapes at Ihulicon 11; '
What's vitiatingg you. alhov:
"Non," said the calil,h, in hi- n ,-t lH r," -
ish tone,, "as I -aid, I'm vorth S4o, oo, 0 .
I don't want to have it all put in my ,,lman
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