For in his determination to square himself with the world he had
managed to dispose of nearly all he had, excepting a thousand dollars
which he had secretly deposited to Noah's account.
At first poverty was a somewhat diverting novelty; it served to keep
his mind off those pursuing terrors that had filled his horizon. For
the first time in life he was economizing for a purpose. But to make
the usual expenditure of a day extend over a week requires forethought
and judgment, neither of which qualities Donald possessed. He had
counted on augmenting the small sum received from the _Herald-Post_ by
writing feature articles for other papers, but his efforts had met
with small success. In vain he arranged his article after the exact
plan laid down by Cropsie Decker. He clipped, pasted and pinned,
looked up statistics, verified statements and ruthlessly weeded out
every little vagrant fancy that dared intrude on the solemn company of
facts. But his efforts when finished bore the same relation to
Cropsie's that a pile of bricks does to a house.
Only once had he set Cropsie and his lapboard literature aside, and
followed his own impulse.
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