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The home-bureau of charities was a success from the start; but beyond

the fact that it served to establish Thorew family, I was not deeply interested I know that

Thorees,

judging candidates, passing or conde, and that he earned his

salary, munificent as it appeared to him Forbes told me that he

wouldn't have done the work for a thousand a week; and Forbes, like

Panurge, had ten ways ofit

The a characteristic about Thoerness to learn, his willingness to accept

suggestions, no matter from what source Haberdashers' clerks--at

least, those I have known--are superior persons; they know it all, you

can not tell the I can call to witness dozens of

neckties and shirts I shall never dare wear in public But perhaps

seven years a a clientele of earls and dukes, ere set in their

ideas, had soreas very well satisfied with the venture He had had so: a man whose past ended at Pier 60 did not look

like a wise speculation, especially in a household But quite

unconsciously Thorew's