"Now I began in this shop
by sweeping out, mornings, and running errands, delivering goods. Got
interested--came to be a clerk after a while. Always saw myself making
up dope, compounding prescriptions. Went off to a school of
pharmacy--came back--showed the old man I could look after the
prescription business. Finally bought him out. Trained for the trade
from the cradle as you might say."
"I wonder if I'm going to be useless," thought Richard, "because I'm
not trained from the cradle. Carson says he began as a wrapper at
fifteen. At my age--he looks my age--he's assistant buyer for one of
Kendrick & Company's biggest departments, and 'in line for promotion,'
as Henderson says. Rich Kendrick, do you think you're in line for
promotion--anywhere? I wonder!"
He had gone back to the hotel and was impatiently awaiting Carson for
some time before the buyer appeared. Carson came in with a look of great
interest and eagerness on his face. The assistant buyer had, Richard
thought, one of the brightest faces he had ever seen. He was sure he had
asked the right man to diagnose the case of the invalid business, even
before Carson began to talk.
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