Messenger No. 48

What's your name?
Jethro Lewis.
How old are you?
I don't know.
Judging from the size I shouldn't say you were over ten.
My size 's against me, that's a fact; but I can run a good deal faster than some fellers twice as big.
The manager of the District Messenger Station did not attempt to conceal a smile as the boy spoke thus earnestly, and continued the examination by asking:
Where do you live?
Down on East Tenth Street.
Mother and father alive?