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THE lads who came to the bag factory in the course of a few years were many and various. They represented pretty well all possible variants of the human boy, and quaint and curious types were numerous. The quaintest of all was Claude Alva Arthur Johns-miscalled Snivel-the Amorous Boy.
Claude was not yet fifteen, and was plainly a spoilt child. This was his first job. He came upstairs on his first morning, clinging to the hand of his papa, timorous and tearful.