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to see him, and he engaged me, more from 

 pity than from any likelihood that I should 

 shine in the service. My salary was to be 

 £$o a year, and joyfully indeed did I accept 

 his offer." 



Next day he entered the warehouse in 

 Soho Square for the first time. One who 

 w T as long employed there remembers his first 

 appearance. He writes, " On incidentally 

 looking across the haberdashery counter, I 

 saw an uncouth, thick-set country lad, stand- 

 ing there with tears in his eyes. In a minute 

 or two a large deal chest, such as Scottish 

 servant wenches use for their clothes, was 

 brought in by a man and set on the floor. 

 When the lad had dried his tears he carried 

 the box upstairs to the bedroom where he 

 was to sleep. After he had come downstairs 

 again he began working, and continued to 

 be the hardest worker in the establishment 

 until he left. Had you seen him then, you 

 would have said he was the most unlikely 

 lad in England to make the great future that 

 he did." 



Let us now turn onwards from page 57 

 to page 80 of Dr. Smiles' admirable " Life 



