After reflection, Mrs. Brodsky said she thought about two dollars a week would be right. If that was too much she would charge them less.
"No; that is too cheap," said Rush. "We will give you two dollars and a half, gladly."
Mrs. Brodsky smiled benignly.
"Fine boys!" she said.
Ignatz was very happy. He began talking joyously, until sternly reproved by his mother. It was arranged that the boys were to move into their new quarters early on the following morning. The room assigned to them was small, but the perfection of neatness. There was a clean, white spread on the bed, a wash stand with a clean towel laid over it, though, as Bob observed, the pitcher and wash bowl had seen better days. There was no carpet on the floor, but this they did not mind. After making final arrangements and paying over one week's board, the Iron Boys took their departure, very well content with what had been accomplished.
"We could just as well have gotten it for two," said Jarvis after they had left the house.
"Yes, but I am not quite so mean as that. That extra fifty cents apiece means a lot to us, and I shall be glad to be there. We shall have a happy day to-morrow, and perhaps we will take that long-deferred picnic trip."