She seated herself at the opposite side of the table from him, and, after a moment of consideration, he dictated the following letter:
“James McCrae,
Superintendent of Construction of the State Armory,
Fairweather, Pa.
“Dear Sir:
“You will do me a favor by employing two boys, Halpert McCormack and Benjamin Barriscale, Jr., at such laborious tasks as they are fitted to perform in and about the State Armory. Their hours will be from 7 to 8:45 in the morning, and from 4:15 to 6 in the afternoon, with a full day on Saturdays. You will please keep them at such labor until their combined wages, at the rate of one dollar each per day, and at the rate of two dollars per day for Saturdays, shall amount to the sum of sixty dollars, at which time you will kindly make a report to me, accompanied by the appropriate extracts from your time-sheets, and I will arrange, through the proper channels, for their compensation. They will report to you for service on Monday morning of the coming week.
“Very truly yours,
Benj. Barriscale,
President of the local Armory Board.”
Mr. Barriscale leaned back in his chair with a look of self-satisfaction on his face. He faced each boy in turn, and asked:
“Are you content?”
And, when both boys had answered him in the affirmative, he said: