"Yes, I do. My mother is his sister."
"Is it possible? He has the reputation of being very rich, while you——"
"While I am very poor. Yes, that is true."
"Are you going to call upon him?"
"Yes. I thought, being my uncle, he might give me a place in his store."
"Did you write him that you were coming?"
"No—that is, not lately. I wrote three months ago, and he wrote back that I had better stay where I was."
"What were you doing?"
"I was working on a farm. I was paid three dollars a week."