“Don’t you?” said Pewee, who was now rowing against the current.
“No,” said Bob, “nor dough-faces, neither.”
CHAPTER XIX
THE RETURN HOME
As Mr. Niles’s school-term drew to a close, the two boys began to think of their future.
“I expect to work with my hands, Jack,” said Bob; “I haven’t got a head for books, as you have. But I’d like to know a leetle more before I settle down. I wish I could make enough at something to be able to go to school next winter.”
“If I only had your strength and size, Bob, I’d go to work for somebody as a farmer. But I have more than myself to look after. I must help mother after this term is out. I must get something to do, and then learning will be slow business. They talk about Ben Franklin studying at night and all that, but it’s a little hard on a fellow who hasn’t the constitution of a Franklin. Still, I’m going to have an education, by hook or crook.”
At this point in the conversation, Judge Kane came in. As usual, he said little, but he got the boys to talk about their own affairs.