The Cash Boy

ious armchair on one side of the cheerful grate fire; "I wi

, sir," sa

. Wharton's kind tone, and h

usion, Mr. W

are you

teen,

and a good boy, and

k you

ay that you have a h

ow it

house for a few years, till you are old

," he said. "I promised my mother

you earn as

dollars

hat won't pay your own expenses!"

y cents a week for my room, an

will want

nd I am laying up fifty cents a w

llars a year. But that doesn't allow

fixing a troubled glance upon the fire. "I s

can yo

se there isn't much chance

ave a good

y fair

are pen and ink on the table,

t the table, and wrote

enough for a copyist, but you are correct in supposing tha

in reading

es

try, if

table-any book-and l

hand-one of Irving's and read in a clea

arton. "You have been well taug

he town sc

ate, made good use

me any good, s

t paid for rea

to be badly affected by evening use. Then suppose such a person could secure the service

u know of any such p

since by gaslight. Mrs. Bradley, my housekeeper, has read to me some, but she has other duties, and I don't think she

arton," said Frank, eager

nother question-perhaps you might ask a

a week be too mu

at," said Mr. Wharton, gravely. "Very

k you

e made up my mind to pay

epeated. "It is much more than

dge of tha

r expected to be so rich. I shall have no trouble in paying for Grace

night-that is, unless you

I have nothi

ead me the leading editorial. After

ut half an hour, when a kn

" said Mr

tered, with a s

gan, "you might like me

e you of that portion of your labors. My young fri

sure, and a sharp glance at Frank, which indicated no great amou

her tone that made Fr