“Good afternoon,” said Mrs. Duwell, as they left the shop.
“Good-by,” answered the tailor; “come again.”
“Mother,” said Wallace, after they had walked a few minutes, “it was my fault that this accident happened, and I want to pay for having the suit cleaned. I have the money Aunt Mary gave me for Christmas.”
“That will please your father, Wallace. We will tell him the whole story this evening.”
III. What the Tailor Saved the Duwell Family
When Wallace finished telling about the accident his father said, “I wonder how much money the tailor is saving us by doing this work?”
“I never thought about that,” admitted Wallace.
“Let me see. We paid seven dollars and a half for that suit, didn’t we, mother?” asked Mr. Duwell.
“Yes, I think that was the amount,” answered Mrs. Duwell.
“Well, if the suit couldn’t be cleaned it would mean that we should have to buy another in its place. Mother can clean a suit well, but even she could not make as sorry a looking suit as yours look like new. Now do a little problem in arithmetic.”