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His father started a small grocery business in Upper Street; Archibald succeeded to the shop, advanced soberly, and at length admitted a partner, by whose capital and energy the business was much increased. HIS FATHER STARTED A SMALL GROCERY BUSINESS IN UPPER STREET ARCHIBALD SUCCEEDED TO THE SHOP ADVANCED SOBERLY AND AT LENGTH ADMITTED A PARTNER BY WHOSE CAPITAL AND ENERGY THE BUSINESS WAS MUCH INCREASED
st, and die there as though in a distinct town, and practically without consciousness of its obliteration in the map of a world capital. The stable element of this population consists of more or less old-fashioned people. Round about them is the ceaseless coming and going of nomads who keep abreast with the time, who take their lodgings by the week, their houses by the month; who camp indifferently in regions old and new, learning their geography in train and tram-car. Abiding parishioners are wont to be either very poor or established in a moderate prosperity; they lack enterprise, either for good or ill: if comfortably off, they owe it, as a rule, to some predecessor's exertion. And for the most part, though little enough endowed with the civic spirit, they abundantly pride themselves on their local permanence. Representative of this class was Mr. Archibald Jordan, a native of Islington, and, at the age of five-and-forty, still faithful to the streets which he had trodden as a child. OME WHO ARE BORN SUBSIST AND DIE THERE AS THOUGH IN A DISTINCT TOWN AND PRACTICALLY WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS OF ITS OBLITERATION IN THE MAP OF A WORLD CAPITAL THE STABLE ELEMENT OF THIS POPULATION CONSISTS OF MORE OR LESS OLD FASHIONED PEOPLE ROUND ABOUT THEM IS THE CEASELESS COMING AND GOING OF NOMADS WHO KEEP ABREAST WITH THE TIME WHO TAKE THEIR LODGINGS BY THE WEEK THEIR HOUSES BY THE MONTH WHO CAMP INDIFFERENTLY IN REGIONS OLD AND NEW LEARNING THEIR GEOGRAPHY IN TRAIN AND TRAMCAR ABIDING PARISHIONERS ARE WONT TO BE EITHER VERY POOR OR ESTABLISHED IN A MODERATE PROSPERITY THEY LACK ENTERPRISE EITHER FOR GOOD OR ILL IF COMFORTABLY OFF THEY OWE IT AS A RULE TO SOME PREDECESSOR'S EXERTION AND FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH LITTLE ENOUGH ENDOWED WITH THE CYRIC SPIRIT THEY ABUNDANTLY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THEIR LOCAL PERMANENCE REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS CLASS WAS MISTER ARCHIBALD JORDAN A NATIVE OF ISLINGTON AND AT THE AGE OF FIVE AND FORTY STILL FAITHFUL TO THE STREETS WHICH HE HAD TRODDEN AS A CHILD
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