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BOUND TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN

The man at once took the youth from one shop to another, explaining this machine and that. The young electrician was thoroughly interested, and he was astonished to find, when he had finished, that it was after two o'clock.

He walked away in a thoughtful mood. The sights he had seen had driven his trouble of the morning from his mind for the time.

"Gracious, what a fine place!" he kept saying to himself. "I've got to work pretty hard and prove myself wonderfully smart if ever I wish to own as good a one."