"I don't see how Mr. Gray should be willing to pay me so much," he said.
Marden smiled.
"Oh, he has a little private arrangement with me. There is another clerk, considerably older than you. He is not to know how much you get. Let him understand that it is five dollars."
"I understand. How generous you are, Mr. Marden."
"Not Mr. Marden—Dick."
"Well, Dick. But you ought not to pay so much for me."
"Why not? Consider me your uncle, and take care to do credit to my recommendation."
"I will," said Robert earnestly. "Shall you remain in the city, Uncle Dick?"
"I may come here now and then, but I expect day after to-morrow to go to the northern part of Michigan, to visit an old friend there, who is in the lumber business."
"Then, hadn't I better be looking for a boarding-place?"