Then you could be respected and happy and become of use to the world." Stubby laughed.
"That has been tried," he replied; "but few ever made a success of it.
We're generally the kind that prefers idleness to work.

My family is wealthy, and I don't mind taking from them what little they give me willingly and all that I can screw out of them besides.

I'm in for life, as the saying is, and I've no especial ambition except to drink myself to death as soon as possible." Patsy shuddered.

It seemed a horrible thing to be so utterly hopeless.
Could this young fellow have really merited his fate?
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