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customs which prevailed in Auvergne, to
make a little money for himself, and to help
his father and mother. They gave him a
velveteen suit and twenty francs, which
still make an appreciable sum in the
Arrondissement of Mauriac, and he embraced the opportunity of a comrade who
knew the road to Paris. He made the
journey on foot in ten days, and arrived
fresh and well, with twelve and a half
francs in his pocket, and his new shoes in
his hand.
A couple of days later, he was dragging
a water-cask in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, in company with another comrade
who could not go up the flights of stairs,
because he had strained himself. As the
reward of his labors, he was provided with
bed, board, and washing at the rate of
one shirt a month; and in addition thereto was given thirty sous a week to have a
good time on. By saving, he bought at