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"
I
like
bookkeeping
and
arithmetic
,
"
he
observed
.
"
I
want
to
get
out
and
get
to
work
,
though
.
That
's
what
I
want
to
do
.
"
"
You
're
pretty
young
,
my
son
,
"
observed
his
uncle
.
"
You
're
only
how
old
now
?
Fourteen
?
"
"
Thirteen
.
"
"
Well
,
you
ca
n't
leave
school
much
before
sixteen
.
You
'll
do
better
if
you
stay
until
seventeen
or
eighteen
.
It
ca
n't
do
you
any
harm
.
You
wo
n't
be
a
boy
again
.
"
"
I
do
n't
want
to
be
a
boy
.
I
want
to
get
to
work
.
"
"
Do
n't
go
too
fast
,
son
.
You
'll
be
a
man
soon
enough
.
You
want
to
be
a
banker
,
do
you
?
"
"
Yes
,
sir
!
"
"
Well
,
when
the
time
comes
,
if
everything
is
all
right
and
you
've
behaved
yourself
and
you
still
want
to
,
I
'll
help
you
get
a
start
in
business
.
If
I
were
you
and
were
going
to
be
a
banker
,
I
'd
first
spend
a
year
or
so
in
some
good
grain
and
commission
house
.
There
's
good
training
to
be
had
there
.
You
'll
learn
a
lot
that
you
ought
to
know
.
And
,
meantime
,
keep
your
health
and
learn
all
you
can
.
Wherever
I
am
,
you
let
me
know
,
and
I
'll
write
and
find
out
how
you
've
been
conducting
yourself
.
"
He
gave
the
boy
a
ten-dollar
gold
piece
with
which
to
start
a
bank-account
.
And
,
not
strange
to
say
,
he
liked
the
whole
Cowperwood
household
much
better
for
this
dynamic
,
self-sufficient
,
sterling
youth
who
was
an
integral
part
of
it
.
It
was
in
his
thirteenth
year
that
young
Cowperwood
entered
into
his
first
business
venture
.
Walking
along
Front
Street
one
day
,
a
street
of
importing
and
wholesale
establishments
,
he
saw
an
auctioneer
's
flag
hanging
out
before
a
wholesale
grocery
and
from
the
interior
came
the
auctioneer
's
voice
:
"
What
am
I
bid
for
this
exceptional
lot
of
Java
coffee
,
twenty-two
bags
all
told
,
which
is
now
selling
in
the
market
for
seven
dollars
and
thirty-two
cents
a
bag
wholesale
?
What
am
I
bid
?
What
am
I
bid
?
The
whole
lot
must
go
as
one
.
What
am
I
bid
?
"
