Complex sentence: One day after working at the mines for a few years Fry walked past a store porch, on which sat two men loafing and spitting tobacco juice and decided at that moment that such a life was not for him and to return to school.
Split into simpler sentences: One day after working at the mines for a few years Fry walked past a store porch, on which sat two men loafing and spitting tobacco juice. At that moment Fry decided that such a life was not for him and he decided to return to school.