"Sometimes four dollars and a half."
"I earn six, week in and week out. Then I do a little overwork every day, which gives me Saturday afternoon. Charlie, why don't you stay?"
Mary Jane was taking down her hair, and turned round suddenly.
"I thought I would;" and Charlie blushed. "I've saved up a little money, enough to pay my board for a few weeks, until I can find something to do."
"Flower-making is first-rate. Some of the girls earn ten dollars a week. I've only been at it a year, you see. They pay a dollar a week while you're learning. Shall I try to get you in?"
"I don't know yet," was the hesitating answer.
"What makes you wear your hair short, Charlie?"
"Why—I like it so. It's no trouble."
"But it's so childish!"