“Nor hire him of somebody else without his free consent.”
The boy was now called and Wilson said to him,—
“Jim, will you go to live with that man,” pointing to Mr. Whitman, “for four years?”
“He my master?” said the boy, pointing in his turn to Mr. Whitman.
“Yes. He’ll give you enough to eat every-day, and good clothes to keep you warm.”
“I’ll go, have plenty to eat, warm place to sleep, clothes keep me warm.”
“You are to work for this man, do everything he tells you.”
“I love to work,” replied the boy with a faint smile.
“Tell him about the length of time,” said Whitman.
“You are to stay with him four years.”